Joe Douglas

Joe Douglas (born 1983) is a British theatre director, playwright and performer based in Scotland.

Background

Douglas was born and raised in Manchester where he attended St. Bede's College. He studied directing at Rose Bruford College in London before winning a place on the ITV Theatre Director Scheme^[1] to train with the National Theatre of Scotland.

Career

As a freelance director Douglas has directed at the Dundee Repertory Theatre,^[2] Oran Mor and the Traverse Theatre among others. He has worked for the National Theatre of Scotland, HighTide^[3] and National Youth Music Theatre.^[4]

In 2012 he was awarded an Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Educating Ronnie,^[5] a one-man show based on his experiences in Uganda which he both wrote and performed. He directed two shows at the Edinburgh festival in 2014^[6] including a play by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Theatre credits

• Dear Scotland (2014), co-directed with Catrin Evans for the National Theatre of Scotland^[7]
• Bloody Trams (2014) by Joe Douglas at the Traverse Theatre^[8]
• The Call of the Wild (2014) by Jack London at Oran Mor^[9]
• The BFG (2013) by Roald Dahl at the Dundee Repertory Theatre
• The Reprobates (2013) by Phil Porter^[10]
• Thank You (2013) by Catrin Evans at Oran Mor
• The Last Polar Bears (2011) by Harry Horse for the National Theatre of Scotland^[11]
• The Sunday Lesson (2010) by Cathy Forde at Oran Mor
• Our Teacher's A Troll (2010) by Dennis Kelly for the National Theatre of Scotland^[12]
• Videotape (2009) by Oliver Emmanuel at Oran Mor

References