Dallmeyer wrote and performed in his controversial 50-minute one-man play,<ref name=CNN/><ref name=Lothian/> ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', in which [[Osama bin Laden]] is [[Santa Claus]] in a shopping mall. It was released on the first [[September 11th attacks]] anniversary and attempts to explain possible reasons for Osama bin Laden's anger towards America.<ref name=Scotsman/><ref name=CNN>{{cite news|last1=Boulden|first1=Jim|title='O-Santa' bin Laden causes a stir|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/20/uk.santabinladen/|accessdate=28 February 2015|publisher=CNN|date=20 December 2002}}</ref><ref name=Scotsman/> The performance prompted complaints from the US consulate and Dallmeyer received death threats and abusive phone calls. There were calls from Scottish Parliament member, [[Brian Monteith]], to boycott the performance.<ref name=Scotsman /><ref name=Thorpe>{{cite news|last1=Thorpe|first1=Vanessa|title=Santa Osama arrives cloaked in controversy|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/nov/24/arts.christmas|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2002}}</ref> Dallmeyer defended the play, stating "I am not trying to create a sensation; it is just that I feel the piece is strong".<ref name=Thorpe/> The play featured "strongly anti-American sentiments and condemns United States foreign policy"<ref name=Scotsman/> and despite the backlash Dallmeyer has performed it over 100 times.<ref name=Lothian>{{cite news|title=Controversial drama makes county debut|url=http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/prestonpans/articles/2008/12/04/31539-controversial-drama-makes-county-sdebut/|accessdate=28 February 2015|work=East Lothian Courier|date=4 December 2008}}</ref>
His stage play, ''Playing a Blinder'', which attempted to re-create the 1940 [[Edinburgh Derby#New Year derby|Edinburgh Derby's New YearsYear's dayDay]] match, in which the commentator improvised what was happening on the pitch due to severe fog, was aired in 2002 on BBC Radio 4.<ref name=Talking/><ref name=McBurnie/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cocchi|first1=Massimiliano|title=The Edinburgh derby that nobody saw|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2015/01/03/hearts-hibernian-1940/|accessdate=25 February 2015|publisher=ILPost|date=3 January 2015|language=Italian}}</ref> The cast included [[Andy Gray (actor)|Andy Gray]] and [[Gavin Mitchell (actor)|Gavin Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGlone|first1=Jackie|title=I rescued Easter Road from the mists of time...|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F2B77AA17549719?p=UKNB|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=The Scotsman|date=18 December 2001}}</ref>
The play took Dallmeyer two years to create<ref name=McBurnie/> and due to their being no recordings of the event he had to "imagine how it might have sounded".<ref name=Talking>{{cite news|last1=Philip|first1=Robert|title=Talking points: Guess who's coming to dinner?|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3019478/Talking-points-Guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.html|accessdate=25 February 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=28 December 2001}}</ref>
