Polly Stenham was educated at Wycombe Abbey and Rugby. After completing her A-Levels, she spent a gap year travelling during which time she also worked for the Ambassador Theatre Group and the Arcola Theatre. She began a degree at University College London, but abandoned her place to work on THAT FACE. Her debut play THAT FACE premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in April 2007 and it won both the Evening Standard's 2007 Charles Wintour Award, and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, as well as the 2007 Best New Play theatrical Management Association Award. Stenham had attended the Royal Court's Young Writers Programme in 2005. Her second Play, TUSK TUSK premiered at the royal Court in March 2009.
