He attended Queen's University, King's College London, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Eyes Catch Fire, his first full-length play, won Canada's Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition in 2003.
It was subsequently produced at the Finborough Theatre, London in 2004 and was selected as a Time Out Critics' Choice.
[4] In 2005, he was selected by the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers Programme to attend the World Interplay Festival in Australia.
[5] Later that year, he was chosen by the British Council's Visiting Arts programme to spend three months in residence at El Teatro Libre in Bogotá, Colombia.