Nick Payne is a playwright who won the prestigious George Devine Award in 2009 with his play If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet. Nick made his debut at the Royal Court theatre in September 2010 with his comedy Wanderlust and is currently under commission at Paines Plough, the Royal Court and Manhattan Theatre Club/Alfred P Sloan Foundation writing a new play about Nobel prize winning mathematician, Paul Dirac. In January 2012, Nick's play, Constellations, opened at the Royal Court. It transferred to the West End in November 2012. It received universally glowing reviews and won the Evening Standard Best Play Award and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Play. Constellations transfers to Broadway in late 2014. In August 2013 Nick's dark comedy The Same Deep Water As Me premièred at the Donmar Warehouse. It was nominated for the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.