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Canadian screenwriter and playwright Doug Bowie has written a wide range of film and TV dramas including The Newcomers, The Boy in Blue, Chasing Rainbows, Love and Larceny, Grand Larceny, and the Christmas perennial Must Be Santa. He has won an ACTRA Award for the hit CBC mini-series Empire, Inc., and a Gemini Award for an outstanding body of work in television. His stage plays include the award-winning comedy The Noble Pursuit; Goodbye, Piccadilly; Love & Larceny (the musical); Rope's End; Till It Hurts and Somewhere Beyond the Sea, which premiered in 2012 at the Thousand Islands Playhouse where he was playwright-in-residence for many years.
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"Bowie's writing is wonderful." 
~ Paula Citron, Classical 96.3 FM (Toronto)

“ Superbly written by Douglas Bowie, layered with subplots and richly etched characters, Empire, Inc. is quite possibly the CBC's best drama ever. ” 
~ Trish Worron, Canadian Press 

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“ Bowie is a gifted writer and Goodbye, Piccadilly is a showpiece of his art... it doesn't get much better than this. ”       ~ 701.com. Hamilton 

 “ Till It Hurts production is nothing short of brilliant. ” 
~ Greg Burliuk, Kingston Whig-Standard

Up Next

Rope's End
Mariposa Arts Theatre
Orillia, ON
April 5 - 15, 2018

Recent Productions

Goodbye, Piccadilly
Huronia Players
Midland, ON
May 27 - June 11, 2016
Rope's End
The Curtain Club
Richmond Hill, ON
September 17 - 
October 3, 2015
Rope's End
Victoria Playhouse
Victoria-by-the-Sea, PEI
August 8 - 
September 6, 2015
Goodbye, Piccadilly
Abernethy Community Players
Abernethy, Saskatchewan
April 16-19, 2015
Goodbye, Piccadilly
Ottawa Little Theatre
Ottawa, ON
March 24 - April 11, 2015
The Noble Pursuit
King's Town Players
Kingston, ON
March 18-28, 2015
The Noble Pursuit
Theatre Arts Guild
Halifax, NS
February 13 to March 1, 2014
Rope's End
Festival Antigonish
Antigonish, NS
July 18 to August 24, 2013