Douglas Rintoul

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Douglas Rintoul is a British theatre director and playwright.

He is currently the Chief Executive/Artistic Director of the New Wolsey Theatre [1] in Ipswich. He was the artistic director of The Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch [2] (2015 - 2022), he founded and ran the national touring company Transport Theatre [3] (2017 - 2017) and was a longstanding associate of Complicite. [4]

Douglas was born in Bury St. Edmunds and grew up in Canterbury and Colchester. He read Drama & Theatre Arts at The University of Birmingham .

He won a Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme bursary to train at Salisbury Playhouse, [5] was selected for the Royal National Theatre Studio Young Director Programme and won an Esmeé Fairbairn Regional Theatre Initiative Award. During his tenure as artistic director of the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch the organisation won the London Theatre of the Year Stage Award 2020. He was listed in The Stage's 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

His script for his theatre production Elegy won a Royal National Theatre Foundation Playwright's Award. [6] He has received 27 Off West End Award nominations for his productions.

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References

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  2. "Douglas Rintoul appointed artistic director of Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch". The Stage. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. "Transport". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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  5. "Directors, alumni and past participants – RTYDS".
  6. "Playwrights' Studio, Scotland - ProjectsPlaywrights' Studio, Scotland - Awards". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.