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'''Dean Cavanagh'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2583937/|title=Dean Cavanagh|website=IMDb|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> is a screenwriter, novelist and Playwright born in [[Bradford]], West Yorkshire. In 1990, at the height of the [[acid house]] scene, he founded the [[club culture]] magazine ''Herb Garden'' and a band with Enzo Annecchini. His electronic music outfit, Glamorous Hooligan, was picked up by [[Warner Bros.]] offshoot [[Arthrob]], and in 1996, they released an album, ''Naked City Soundtrax''. Glamorous Hooligan's first album ''Wasted Youth Club Classics'' was released by indie label Mass of Black in 1994. Cavanagh has stated that his proudest moment was getting [[Robert Anton Wilson]] to guest on one of the tracks. As a musician, he featured on [[John Peel]]'s ''Sounds of the Suburbs'' TV show, in the late 1990s. As a [[clubland (dance brand)|clubland]] promoter, he ran [[underground house music]], and [[techno]], clubs in Bradford, called Tolerance, before moving on to Leeds, where he promoted the Soundclash club bringing in DJs such as [[Andrew Weatherall]], [[Alex Patterson]], [[Adrian Sherwood]] and [[J. Saul Kane]].

Cavanagh has written two theatre plays with Irvine Welsh that have been performed internationally. Babylon Heights premiered in San Francisco in 2006 before a run in Dublin. Performers premiered at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh as part of the festival in 2017. Both plays have been published.