EXPERIENCE
Scroll down for Robin's DIRECTING, WRITING and TEACHING/PARTICIPATION credits...
DIRECTING
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Twelfth Night
RSC, First Encounters national tour
Previously...
The Merchant of Venice
RSC, First Encounters national tour
Here Be Monsters and The Santa Trap by Belfield & Slater
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and national tour
Alice in Wonderland adapted by Belfield & Slater
Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Walking The Chains by ACH Smith
Show of Strength & Circomedia (Passenger Shed, Bristol)
Peter Pan adapted by Belfield & Slater
Watermill Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sussex Actors Studio (Open Air)
You Can't Take It With You by Kaufman and Hart
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Hibiscus Hotel by R.Belfield
Yellowtale Theatre (Bahamas)
Anna Karenina adapted by Helen Edmondson
The Oxford School School of Drama (Pegasus Theatre / Royal Court)
The Adventures of Pinocchio adapted by Belfield & Slater
Watermill Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
Sussex Actors Studio (open air)
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell
The Oxford School of Drama (Pegasus Theatre / Royal Court)
Arabian Nights by Toby Hulse
Watermill Theatre
Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare
OnO Theatre Company (touring)
Othello, or the Tragedy of Conchy Joe adapted by R.Belfield
Nuffield Theatre and Yellowtale Theatre (touring)
The Works (short concerts) Mozart and JS Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Southbank Centre)
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Treasure Island adapted by Toby Hulse
Watermill Theatre
Venison by Tom Morton-Smith
Yellowtale Theatre Company (Theatre 503)
Trade It?
(10 short plays by Mustapha Matura, Sandi Toksvig among others)
Show of Strength Theatre Company (promenade theatre, Bristol)
Great West Road by Ade Morris
Watermill Theatre
The Twits adapted by David Wood
The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Oleanna by David Mamet
Nuffield Theatre, Southampton (touring)
Charlotte's Web adapted by Joseph Robinette
The Dukes Theatre
A Christmas Carol adapted by David Holman
The Dukes Theatre
The Entertainer by John Osborne
Nuffield Theatre
Kiss of the Spiderwoman by Manuel Puig
Nuffield Theatre
The Duck Variations by David Mamet
Nuffield Theatre
WRITING
Telling The Truth - How to Make Verbatim Theatre (Nick Hern Books)
A practical guide for artists, students & teachers.
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Walking The Chains (dramaturg)
Site specific verbatim play by ACH Smith
Family musical (music & lyrics by Simon Slater)
Family musical (music & lyrics by Simon Slater)
Hibiscus Hotel
A Caribbean comedy
Family musical (music & lyrics by Simon Slater)
Hey U OK? (National Theatre, R&D)
Verbatim play about online relationships
Dat Bahamian Ting
A romantic comedy, set in The Bahamas
Around the World in Eighty Days
Large cast adaptation of Jules Verne's classic adventure
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Youth Theatre adaptation of Washington Irving's thriller
TEACHING / PARTICIPATION
Robin is a highly skilled and experienced workshop leader and education facilitator. Below are some of his current and most recent positions:
Young People's Performance Developer (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Creative lead on Next Generation: ACT talent development initiative and the RSC's annual Playmaking Festival.
Connect Associate (Nuffield Theatre)
Lead practitioner for RSC's Open Stages and Learning & Performance Network
Learning Associate (National Theatre)
Regularly leading workshops in schools and at NT Studio
External Examiner (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School)
Guest Tutor / Director
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, The Oxford School of Drama and Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Deputy Outreach Director (Watermill Theatre)
Developing and delivering a vibrant education programme
Workshop Leader (Education)
Numerous schools (primary & secondary), colleges, univeristies. Areas covered include: Shakespeare, Audition technique, Approaching Text (Stanislavski), Verbatim Theatre and Directing.
Workshop Leader (Community & Business)
Subjects include: Teambuilding, Self-confidence and Voice/Public Speaking.