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Dave Simpson is a Salford born professional playwright. He has over 40 years experience in the industry and is now living and working in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.

Dave Simpson has had many different careers on the road to becoming a writer. He is an ex-teacher, ward orderly, hot potato merchant, encyclopaedia salesman and a doffer in a Yorkshire mill although writing was always his passion. He started his career at the BBC, and was Resident Writer for the Library Theatre in Manchester for two years. He wrote several plays for them including "The Beauty Game," "The Cheeky Chappie" (about the comedian Max Miller), "Soapbox," and "A Marginal Affair." He also did several Christmas shows, including "The Prince and the Pauper," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Secret Garden" (which went on a nationwide tour), and "The Little Princess" (which was then adapted for BBC radio).

His adaptation of "The Railway Children" is constantly performed by reps and amateurs and the Birmingham Rep produced a twenty five week nationwide tour. His other stage productions include "Single Sex" for the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch, "Perfect Partners" for the Bristol Old Vic and his comedy, "Girls' Night Out," a hugely successful play which toured for three years and had a ten week run in the West End in 1998.

He was also commissioned to write the "Girls' Night Out" the screenplay for Jeffrey Taylor of StageScreen Productions. His other films include "Love Ties" which received development money from the MEDIA programme of the European Union, "Raving Beauties," and "Losing It," optioned by Neil Peplow for Insider Films.

Other plays include "The Naked Truth," "Girls Night In" (no relation to Girls' Night Out), and "Star."

Dave spent five years on the writing team at Emmerdale Farm (1972) as well as writing for The Bill (1984) and Coronation Street (1960). His 6 part comedy drama, "Perfect Partners," has been optioned by Kay Mellor's company, Rollem Productions.

Dave formed a company called Bite Back Theatre along with his wife Diane Whitley, actress Lisa Riley and MD Theresa Barlow. They plan to tour 2 of his plays "Cock-tails" and "The Wrinklies Rock and Roll Choir."

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