Wagstaffe the Wind-up Boy

Directed by Mike Shepherd
Adapted from the book by Jan Needle, by Mike Shepherd and Carl Grose.

Wagstaffe is an adventure story, which should never have happened. Wagstaffe is a boy so awful his parents run away from home and join the circus. For a while he lives in a teenage bliss of slobbing about. Then he meets the articulated lorry….

Well what would you expect if you amuse yourself by throwing eggs at the windscreens of passing motorists on the motorway?

Almost by chance, and thanks to a good doctor, Wagstaffe survives. He is rebuilt with the most bizarre modifications including a key to wind him up and he has to pee through his finger. He has inadvertently become the most unlikely superhero with the most ridiculous powers.

Life is one big accident for Wagstaffe and he unwittingly uncovers a dastardly plot to send his missing parents over Niagara Falls in a barrel. How bad is Wagstaffe? Will he try to save them? Can he possibly conquer the most impossible odds? Will there be a happy ending?

For more information on the Wagstaffe the Wind-up Boy story please visit www.janneedle.com or to buy a copy of the book please visit www.back-to-front.com

‘The show is performed mostly by just three players, who nevertheless make a huge impact on stage. Wagstaffe is brilliantly captured by Carl Grose, who pours boundless energy into the role and establishes tremendous rapport with the audience’.

Theatre World Magazine

‘Simply irresistible, it’s full of giggles, magic and trickery…. fresh faced, interactive and simply good-clean-honest fun. It will engage you throughout, make you forget your worries and will awaken the child inside you, or beside you’.

Smith’s Magazine