Joe Douglas

Joe Douglas is a British theatre director, playwright and performer. He was the Artistic Director of Live Theatre in Newcastle from 2018 to 2020.

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 to train with the National Theatre of Scotland.

As a freelance director Douglas has directed at the Dundee Repertory Theatre, Oran Mor and the Traverse Theatre among others. He has worked for the National Theatre of Scotland, HighTide and National Youth Music Theatre.
In 2012 he was awarded an Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Educating Ronnie, 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 including a play by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
His revivals of The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil and Death of a Salesman were both critical and commercial successes, winning several CATS.
His first directorial production for Live Theatre was Clear White Light.

Clear White Light, for Live Theatre
Arabian Nights, for the Royal Lyceum Theatre
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller for Dundee Repertory Theatre
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil by John McGrath for the Dundee Repertory Theatre
Dear Scotland, co-directed with Catrin Evans for the National Theatre of Scotland
Bloody Trams by Joe Douglas at the Traverse Theatre
The Call of the Wild by Jack London at Oran Mor
The BFG by Roald Dahl at the Dundee Repertory Theatre
The Reprobates by Phil Porter
Thank You by Catrin Evans at Oran Mor
The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse for the National Theatre of Scotland
Our Teacher's A Troll by Dennis Kelly for the National Theatre of Scotland
Videotape by Oliver Emmanuel at Oran Mor