Dan Musgrove – 2007

Dan grew up in Blenheim and was chosen to be in SGCNZ NSSP in 2000 and a member of SGCNZ YSC 2001. He graduated from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School in 2007.

Dan Musgrove is an award-winning actor/writer based in Auckland, NZ.  As an actor, Dan is best known for playing Marty Johnstone in TV3’s Underbelly New Zealand. He has also featured onscreen in Go Girls, SuperCity, Safehouse, and will soon appear in the TV3 prequel to Outrageous Fortune Westside. On stage, Dan has appeared in major productions for Silo Theatre Company and Auckland Theatre Company, including Romeo and Juliet, Angels and America, Midsummer, and Holding the Man.

As a writer, Dan has worked in collaboration with Natalie Medlock on a series of successful theatre works, including Blinkers, Spurs, the Christmas shows Christ Almighty and Toys, and the Michael Hurst solo show No Holds Bard, which premiered at the 2012 Wellington International Arts Festival. Along with Tom Sainsbury, they are currently developing their comedy festival hit I AM YETI, into a web series. Dan is a past winner of the Playmarket NZ Young Playwrights’ Competition.