Peter Hinton-Davis

Peter Hinton-Davis is a stage director, playwright, and teacher. Recent credits include Missing by Marie Clements and Brian Current (Pacific Opera), Sex by Mae West, An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Shaw Festival), Hadrian by Rufus Wainwright and Daniel MacIvor (Canadian Opera Company), Bombay Black by Anosh Irani (Factory Theatre), and Silence by Trina Davies (Grand Theatre London/National Arts Centre). From 2005 to 2012, Peter was Artistic Director of English Theatre at Canada’s National Arts Centre. Previously, he was Associate Artist at the Stratford Festival, Dramaturg at Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, and Associate Artistic Director at Canadian Stage. Peter has taught at the National Theatre School, Ryerson University, and the University of Alberta. From 2012 to 2020, Peter taught the M.F.A. seminar in stage direction at York University. In 2009, Peter was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.