Douglas Rintoul: Brave and Bold

What do you do when you have been to WAAPA and are a musical theatre tragic who is “relatable, charming and coy” but your pursuit of perfection and the auditions don’t quite go the way you want? Obvious- you make your own show which is ironic, thoughtful, a little bit cutting and most of all funny.

Douglas Rintoul has a buoyant, warm presence on stage, and he uses his honed musical and movement skills to advantage. He takes theatrical conventions and adds in screen images to create any number of characters. His longer songs, “Normal” and “I’m Not Addicted To Caffeine”, among others provide a strong structure which he spices up with mini-songs such as “My First Kiss” and vignettes which show off his physical theatre skills.

Douglas is ably backed up by a sound and image technician.

The humanity, warmth and relatability of the material presented with skill and dash had the audience delighted and laughing throughout the show.

Ruth Richter

Photographer: Tom Noble