{"id":50,"date":"2013-11-03T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodenhead.org.uk\/newsite\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:58:38","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/?page_id=50","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Douglas O’Connell<\/span><\/h3>

Video Designer<\/span><\/h4>

Douglas is a UK based <\/span>filmmaker\u00a0and animator \u00a0and has \u00a0been a Digital Theatre specialist working in Universities in the US, UK and India and received a fellowship award for Promising New Research from the University of the Arts London and a grant from the British Arts Council to lead Digital Performance for the UKIERI Thematic Partner at Hyderabad University, India.<\/span><\/p>

Alongside\u00a0his design work, he has been lead artist on numerous commissioned projects in collaboration with the National Youth Theatre, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Save The Children International, and the Greenwich\/Dockland Festival London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0Video designs credits include: Nutcracker<\/em> (National Theatre Tokyo) Giovanna d’Arco<\/i> (<\/span>Malm\u00f6 Opera) \u00a0The<\/i>\u00a0Magic Flute<\/i> (Opera North)\u00a0\u00a0Rock Me Amadeus <\/i>(VBW, Vienna) Aspects of Love <\/i>( West End), The Wizard of Oz <\/i>( London Palladium and UK Tour), 1923<\/i> (Zorlu Center. Istanbul)\u00a0Grease<\/i> (West End and UK Tour), \u00a0Identical\u00a0<\/i> (Nottingham Playhouse),\u00a0Alls Well That Ends Well, Magician’s Elephant<\/i> \u00a0(RSC) We Will Rock You <\/i>( International Tour), Royal Hunt of the Sun<\/i> (Parco Theatre Tokyo) The Lost Thing<\/i> (Royal Opera House),<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Pinocchio<\/i>\u00a0(Texas Ballet Dallas\/\u00a0National Ballet of Canada), Witches of Eastwick (2Entertainment, Sweden)\u00a0<\/span>Hogarth’s Progress<\/i>\u00a0(Rose Theatre)\u00a0<\/span>An Officer and a Gentleman\u00a0<\/i>(UK National Tour),\u00a0<\/span>Sunset Boulevard<\/i>\u00a0 (Curve Theatre, UK National Tour), \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Tale of Two Cities<\/i>\u00a0(Regent\u2019s Park),\u00a0<\/span>Into the Woods<\/i>\u00a0(West Yorkshire Playhouse),\u00a0<\/span>The Mystery Plays<\/i>\u00a0 (York Minster Cathedral),\u00a0<\/span>Don Giovanni<\/i>\u00a0 (Hampstead Garden Opera Company),\u00a0<\/span>The Bomb, Part 1 and\u00a0<\/span>2 (<\/i>Tricycle Theatre) \u00a0I Love You, You\u2019re Perfect, Now Change\u00a0<\/i><\/span>\u00a0(Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama), Monsters <\/i>(Arcola )\u00a0<\/span>Mozart and Son: Benefit Gala<\/i>\u00a0(Royal Opera House, London)\u00a0<\/span>300th Anniversary Gala (St Johns Smith Square), Nine O\u2019Clock Slot<\/i>\u00a0(Ice and Fire, Red Gallery),\u00a0<\/span>Letter of Last Resort<\/i>\u00a0(Traverse Theatre),\u00a0<\/span>Sticks and Stones<\/i>\u00a0(Polka Theatre),\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Dance Marathon<\/i>\u00a0(Barbican Theatre),\u00a0<\/span>Fit and Proper People\u00a0<\/i>and<\/span>\u00a0Silence\u00a0<\/i>(RSC New Writing),\u00a0<\/span>This Isn\u2019t Romance\u00a0<\/i>(Soho Theatre)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Turn of the Screw<\/i>\u00a0(Arcola Theatre),\u00a0<\/span>Harold Pinter\u2019s Birthday Party<\/i>\u00a0(Commissioned by Lyric Hammersmith).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Douglas O’Connell Video Designer Douglas is a UK based filmmaker\u00a0and animator \u00a0and has \u00a0been a Digital Theatre specialist working in Universities in the US, UK and India and received a fellowship award for Promising New Research from the University of the Arts London and a grant from the British Arts Council to lead Digital Performance for the UKIERI Thematic Partner at Hyderabad University, India. Alongside\u00a0his design work, he has been lead artist on numerous commissioned projects in collaboration with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7147,"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/7147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasoconnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}