Dan Wagstaffe

About me:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkcityfc/diary/4162511.Former_York_City_junior_Dan_Wagstaffe_takes_inspiration_from_club_history_to_pen_promising_new_book/

http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/article.asp?aid=6704&iid=119&sud=1489

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honey-Rich-Daniel-Geoffrey-Wagstaffe/dp/0956107206

BELOW is Dan's most recent play.

http://www.danwagstaffe.co.uk/index.php?theatre

Dan Wagstaffe was born in Leeds on October 25th 1979.

He is a British author, playwright and scriptwriter, currently living in Yorkshire. After spending his early years playing football, he soon developed a passion for writing. Daniel's Diary appeared in 1999. The diary took the form of a sports column which appeared on a weekly basis in his local newspaper. The column, often controversial, never bland lasted several months.

In 2004, he spent several months under the mentoring eye of Sheffield playwright Richard Hurford at York Theatre Royal. This period allowed him to write a monologue, A Charitable Man. The script was due to be filmed on location at the Deans Court Hotel with a view to being screened at the theatre. However, an eleventh hour equity dispute meant the project failed to materialise.

He joined Script Yorkshire in 2005. In 2006, his first stage play Blood Relative was performed at NAPA Theatre, Hull. The piece, directed by Hull playwright Rupert Creed, covered the issues of parental responsibility, suburban nightmares and accidental incest. In the same year, he contributed several pages of dialogue to a team written radio play Firestarter. However, the year finished in disappointment. He suffered a bleak spell on the south coast, enduring a dreadful screenwriting course. The shocking experience left him feeling so despondent that he moved back home to Yorkshire.

Early in 2007, whilst living in the Yorkshire Wolds, he was accepted on a writing scheme at John Godber's Hull Truck Theatre. The resulting three months proved to be an eye opening experience! During the summer, disillusioned with a closed door ‘industry' policy, he penned his debut novel Honey Rich. The book follows protagonist Nige Honey; a lowly professional footballer who embarks on a frightening journey of self discovery. Interviewed on BBC radio London, featured in national and regional newspapers, plus favourable comments from seasoned authors such as John King and David Nobbs, the book could be considered a relative success.

At the present time, Dan has recently finished a stage play Zoo Call. The sequel to his debut novel Pawn Prayers is currently being penned, whilst a short film Bang Up is also being written, due to be released in 2010. He is also overseeing a major new project which will see him become the artistic director of a professional touring theatre company.