Autographs of Wayne Sleep
Wayne Philip Colin Sleep OBE (born 17 July 1948) is a British dancer, director, choreographer, and actor who appeared on the BBC series The Real Marigold on Tour and ITV's The Real Full Monty.
Wayne Sleep was born in Plymouth, Devon. His mother enrolled him at an early age with Geraldine Lamb Dance School, where he studied tap and jazz, wanting to be the next Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire rather than a ballet dancer. He and his family moved to Hartlepool in around 1951 and spent 10 years there. He lived at Friar Terrace on the Headland and attended Baltic Street Junior School. He began ballet lessons in Hartlepool in 1955 with Muriel Carr, before gaining a Leverhulme Scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in 1961 and joining the Royal Ballet in 1966 and becoming a senior principal dancer performing globally.
At 157 cm (5 ft 2 in), Sleep was the shortest male dancer admitted into the Royal Ballet School. Because of his diminutive stature, many directors were reluctant to cast him in traditional male lead roles. As a result, many roles were created for him by noted choreographers, including Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Ninette de Valois, Joe Layton, Rudolf Nureyev, Gillian Lynne and John Neumeier. Sleep is often chosen for character roles because of his unusual physique. In 1982, Andrew Lloyd Webber adapted his Variations album as the second half of stage show Song and Dance for Sleep. Sleep created the role of Mr. Mistoffelees in Lloyd Webber's musical Cats in London's West End at the New London Theatre on 11 May 1981.
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Current items with a signature of Wayne Sleep
These are the most current items with a signature of Wayne Sleep that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | WAYNE SLEEP- DANCER - POSTCARD PHOTO SIGNED- DEDICATED | £11.29 |  |
| WAYNE SLEEP- DANCER - POSTCARD PHOTO SIGNED- DEDICATED | £11.29 | |
Traded items with a signature of Wayne Sleep
The most expensive item with a signature of Wayne Sleep (Wayne Sleep - Signed Autograph - “Aspects of Dance” (1999) UK Tour Handbill) was sold in October 2025 for £128.94 while the cheapest item (FROM COLLECTION BENHAM CAT FDC COVER SIGNED WAYNE SLEEP + INSERT . SEE POST) found a new owner for £0.49 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2016 with an average selling price of £3.88 for an autographed item of Wayne Sleep. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with £108.46 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.49 was May 2016. In average, an autographed item from Wayne Sleep is worth £4.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Wayne Sleep were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Wayne Sleep Autograph 1981 On Postcard Plymouth | £4.22 |  |
| Wayne Sleep Autograph 1981 On Postcard Plymouth | £4.22 | |
 | Wayne Sleep Hand Signed 10x8 Photo | £55.64 | |
| Wayne Sleep Hand Signed 10x8 Photo | £55.64 | |
| Wayne Sleep Hand Signed Photo | £13.74 | |
| Wayne Sleep Hand Signed Photo | £13.74 | |
| Wayne Sleep OBE (British Dancer - Choreographer) Signed Photo Paper | £5.10 | |
| Wayne Sleep OBE (Dancer - Choreographer) Signed 1st Day Cover | £5.10 | |
| Wayne Sleep OBE (Dancer - Choreographer) Signed 1st Day Cover | £5.10 | |
| Wayne Sleep OBE (Dancer - Choreographer) Signed Photo Paper | £4.60 | |
| Wayne Sleep OBE (Dancer - Choreographer) Signed Photo Paper | £4.60 | |
 | Wayne Sleep OBE (The Real Marigold on Tour - Dancer) Signed 1st Day Cover | £7.10 | |
| Wayne Sleep OBE (The Real Marigold on Tour - Dancer) Signed 1st Day Cover | £7.10 | |
| Wayne Sleep Signed Photo | £108.46 | |
| Wayne Sleep Signed Photo | £108.46 | |
