Dominic Hill is

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at the

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. He took up post in October 2011.

Early life

Hill was born in

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on 22 April 1969.

Career

Dominic Hill was appointed Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre in 2011. Dominic Hill’s programmes of classic texts told for contemporary audiences alongside Glasgow stories, as well as his own distinctive production style, have won praise from public and critics alike and have reaffirmed the Citizens’ role as the leading producer of courageous theatre in Scotland. Since joining the Citizens in 2011, he has directed ''The Comedy of Errors'', ''Krapp’s Last Tape/Go On'', ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', ''A Christmas Carol'', ''Oresteia: This Restless House'' (winner of Best Director, 2016 CATS Awards), ''Hamlet'', ''Crime and Punishment'' (winner of Best Director and Best Production, 2014 CATS Awards), ''King Lear'' and ''Betrayal'' (winner of Best Director, 2012 CATS Awards). In 2013, Dominic became the most recognised Director in the history of Scotland’s leading theatre awards: the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland, holding 14 nominations and six wins since the awards were established in 2004. Hill was Artistic Director of the

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in Edinburgh from 2008 to 2011. He previously worked at

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where he was first Associate Director and then, from 2003, Joint Artistic Director. Whilst at Dundee Rep Dominic directed ''Peer Gynt'', in co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland, which won four CATS Awards and toured to the Barbican in London. He also worked as associate director at the

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, where he was on the Orange Tree's Trainee Director scheme, and as assistant director at the

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and assistant director at

Perth Theatre Perth Theatre at 185 High Street (no longer its registered address) Perth, Scotland, opened in 1900 and was extended in the 1980s. The building is category B listed by Historic Scotland, and is operated by the charitable organisation Horsecro ...

. He directed

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's play ''

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'' at London's

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in 2008. Other credits include ''Falstaff'' and ''Macbeth'' (Scottish Opera), ''The City Madam'' (Royal Shakespeare Company) and ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and Scottish Opera). He has directed in theatres in London and throughout the UK.

Awards

In 2016 Dominic won his 5th CATS ( Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland) award for Best Director - the most any director has won in the CATS' 14-year history. Awards include Best Director for This Restless House presented by the Citizens Theatre in association with

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(2015/16), Crime and Punishment (& Best Production 2013/14), Betrayal (2011/12) ''

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'', presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of Scotland (& Best Production 2007/08); and ''

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'' (& Best Production 2003/04).

References

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