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 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.
He was listed in The Stage's 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.
[6] He has received 27 Off West End Award nominations for his productions.