Douglas Rintoul

{{short description|British theatre director and playwright}}

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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{{Cite web |title=Douglas Rintoul appointed to run New Wolsey in Ipswich |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/appointments/douglas-rintoul-appointed-to-run-new-wolsey-in-ipswich |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=The Stage |language=En}} in Ipswich. He was the artistic director of The Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch{{Cite web |title=Douglas Rintoul appointed artistic director of Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/douglas-rintoul-appointed-artistic-director-of-queens-theatre-hornchurch |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=The Stage |language=En}} (2015 - 2022), he founded and ran the national touring company Transport Theatre {{Cite web |title=Transport |url=https://www.facebook.com/transporttheatre.eu/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}(2017 - 2017) and was a longstanding associate of Complicite.{{Cite web |title=Complicite - Douglas Rintoul |url=http://www.complicite.org/peopleproduction/DouglasRintoul |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=www.complicite.org}}

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 [http://www.rtyds.co.uk Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme] bursary to train at Salisbury Playhouse,{{cite web|url=http://www.rtyds.co.uk/directors-and-alumni/|title=Directors, alumni and past participants – RTYDS|publisher=}} 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 [https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/2020/the-stage-100-theatres-most-influential-2020-91-100/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=safari 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/projects/awards/royal-national-theatre-foundation.aspx#.V5zKv1fyebU|title=Playwrights' Studio, Scotland - ProjectsPlaywrights' Studio, Scotland - Awards|publisher=|access-date=30 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806051142/http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/projects/awards/royal-national-theatre-foundation.aspx#.V5zKv1fyebU|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead}} He has received 27 Off West End Award nominations for his productions.