David Challenger has been involved in amateur theatre for over 25 years as an actor and producer/ director. He wrote his first play ‘Father’s Funeral’ as a challenge, as he had watched some poor stage plays and thought “I could do better than that”. He was inspired to write about a funeral while listening to a radio programme, of which the topic under discussion was that you get invited to weddings, christenings and key birthdays etc, but never to a funeral, anyone can turn up for either good or other reasons. I though it sounded like a good idea for a play.

His second play ‘Secrets, Lies & Blackmail’ was the result of a writer’s course he was selected for run by Sheffield Theatre’s Associate writer who mentored him through the whole writing and characterisation process. The other plays he has written followed rapidly and cover different genres.

He is now retired and as a hobby he has recently swapped stage acting for TV and film work as an SA (Support Artist), with his recent appearances having been in ‘Victoria’ (Series 2 and Series 3).