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Dan Needles
Gift for gentle comedy and the human condition
Dan Needles is the creator of the popular Wingfield Farm plays, full-length stage comedies that have filled theatres across Canada and the United States for more than 3,000 performances since 1984. Wingfield’s Inferno, the sixth in the series of plays starring Rod Beattie, opens at the Stratford Festival in June 2005 and moves to Toronto's Royal Alex Theatre in May 2006.
A 21-part CBC television series, "Letter from Wingfield Farm," filmed in 2001 and based on the adventures of the stockbroker-turned farmer, continues on the Bravo channel this year.
Dan Needles is a winner of the 2003 Stephen Leacock Medal for humour for With Axe and Flask, the history of his mythical Persephone Township. He writes regular columns for two national magazines, Harrowsmith - Country Life and Country Guide. His third book, Wingfield's Hope, will be published by Key Porter in June.
Needles has entertained crowds for the last fifteen years as speaker across Canada for corporations, government and public service groups. Just a few of his clients include the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Club, Royal Winter Fair, Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank, Outdoor Farm Show, as well as many charitable fund-raisers for hospitals and service clubs.
Topics:
- A Stroll down the Seventh Line of Persephone Township
References:
"Dan Needles stands squarely in the tradition of other comic chroniclers of the human condition, such as T.C.Haliburton and Mark Twain" The Globe and Mail
"Dan Needles has much the same gift for gentle comedy as England's James Herriot of All Creatures Great and Small glory" The Toronto Sun
"A kind of philosophical Will Rogers touch with a flair for the well-told anecdote that is like the best of W.O. Mitchell, AND IT'S FUNNY!" CKLN Newswave
“The light-hearted message you presented truly captured the attention of our guests” Chatham & District Chamber of Commerce
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