Robert’s play THE BIG I AM – a re-imagining of Ibsen’s ‘Peer Gynt’ was the last production of the Liverpool Everyman’s 2018 award-winning Rep season.
‘Ambitious in its scale, breathless in its direction, never flagging for a second.’ ~ Liverpool Echo
https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/whats-on/the-big-i-am
He is presently involved in developing a number of projects, for both stage and screen. Amongst these are a musical theatre piece based upon Hogarth’s paintings A RAKES PROGRESS, in collaboration with Jon Glew (Jamie Lloyd Theatre Co). Also a new version UBU with Nick Bagnall (Globe/Liverpool Everyman).
He wrote the screenplay for the film KICKING OFF. It won the Best British Feature at Raindance Festival in 2016.
His other plays include DEAD HEAVY FANTASTIC, BAD JAZZ, DI IS DEAD, GODS OFFICIAL, DUST TO DUST, ALMOST FOREVER BUT, EDDIE MOJO and KISSING SID JAMES. They have been performed in many theatres in the UK including Liverpool Everyman, Liverpool Playhouse, Edinburgh Traverse, Plymouth Drum, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hull Truck and Bolton Octagon. They have also been produced internationally in countries such as the United States, Italy, Australia, Norway, Malta, and Mexico. Plays are published by Josef Weinberger.
His version of Kafka’s THE TRIAL OF JOSEF K was performed by 3 rd Year LIPA students in 2017.
Has also written and directed for Big Wow. Productions include INSOMNOBABBLE, THE ART OF FALLING APART, DARK GRUMBLINGS and THE FRIENDSHIP EXPERIMENT.
Other projects include SPOOKSHOW (Spymonkey), FOUR TO THE FLOOR (Turntable), BEGGAR’S OPERA (European Opera Co.), SINK OR SWIM (Spike), A WORD DOES NOT EXIST (Slung Low), NO PLACE LIKE (Soho Theatre) and SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN (Channel Four).