DIRECTING (THEATRE)
2023
Antigone - after Sophocles, JMC
Oedipus Rex - after Sophocles, JMC
Julius Casear - William Shakespeare, JMC
Rick Springfield’s Late, Late at Night (National Tour) - Kieran Carroll (Book), Rick Springfield (Music & Lyrics), Type Faster Productions
2022
Little Eyolf - Henrik Ibsen, Burning House, Heartstring & Theatre Works
Caligula - Albert Camus, Burning House & Theatre Works
Measure of a Moment - Charles Mercovich, Punch Buggy Theatre & La Mama Theatre
Rick Springfield’s Late, Late at Night (National Tour) - Kieran Carroll (Book), Rick Springfield (Music & Lyrics), Type Faster Productions
2021
Boy Overboard - Patricia Cornelius, CGS
2020
An Evening of Chekhov - Anton Chekhov, Acting Performance Studio
2019
Echoes of Villers-Bretonneux - Shane Palmer, Edinburgh Fringe / Greenside Fern Studio
Ajax - after Sophocles, Burning House & Old 505 Theatre
2018
Medea - after Euripides, Acting Performance Studio
Herakles - after Euripides, Acting Performance Studio
Echoes of Villers-Bretonneux - Shane Palmer, Melbourne Fringe Festival
The Persians (WORKSHOP) - after Aeschylus, Burning House & Darebin Speakeasy Development
The Suppliants (WORKSHOP) - after Aeschylus, Burning House & Darebin Speakeasy Development
2017
The Most Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare, Burning House
The Bear / The Proposal - Anton Chekhov, Burning House
Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, Monivae College Performing Arts Group
Sunday in the Park with George - Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine, UMMTA
Summerfolk - Maxim Gorky, Burning House
2016
Ajax - after Sophocles, Burning House & Hawthorn Arts Centre . Melbourne Fringe
The Lover - Harold Pinter, Victorian College of the Arts
Othello - William Shakespeare, Bell Shakespeare, Directing Secondment to Peter Evans
The Tragedy of Coriolanus - William Shakespeare, Burning House
The Son - Louris Van de Geer, Melbourne Theatre Company (Cybec), Directing Secondment to Kat Henry
2015
Bounty - Eric Gardiner, MKA: Theatre of New Writing, Assistant Director to Tom Gutteridge
The Doll Hospital - Nathaniel Moncrieff, MKA: Theatre of New Writing
Lucky - Tobias Manderson-Galvin, MKA: Theatre of New Writing & Melbourne Theatre Company (NEON), Assistant Director to John Kachoyan
Archimedes’ War - Melissa Reeves, Melbourne Theatre Company (Cybec), Directing Secondment to Tanya Dickson
2014
Ten Plagues - Mark Ravenhill & Conor Mitchell, Loose Canon Theatre Company / Melbourne Fringe
Oedipus Rex - after Sophocles, Belvoir St Theatre, Assistant Director to Adena Jacobs
Pacific Overtures - Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman, Watch This & Theatre Works, Assistant Director to Alister Smith
2013
The Threepenny Opera - Bertolt Brecht, Monash University
Closer - Patrick Marber, Loose Canon Theatre Company
The Winter’s Tale - William Shakespeare, Monash Academy of Performing Arts, Assistant Director to John Kachoyan
The Age of Reason - Robert Johnson, Monash University
The Woman in Black - Stephen Mallattratt, Loose Canon Theatre Company
Penelope - Enda Walsh, Red Stitch Actor’s Theatre, Director’s Assistant to Alister Smith
2012
By Your Pupils You’ll Be Taught - Book and Lyrics by various artists. Co-director.
When Nietzsche Wept - Robert Johnson, Loose Canon Theatre Company.
Robert served as producer on all Burning House and Loose Canon Theatre Company productions.
DIRECTING (OPERA)
2018
The Nose - Dmitri Shostakovich, Opera Australia, Royal Opera House & Komishe Oper, Directing Secondment to Felix Seiler, Original Director Barrie Kosky
Carmen - George Bizet, Opera Australia, Directing Secondment to Roger Press, Original Director John Bell
2017
L’incoronazione di Poppea - Claudio Monteverdi, Lyric Opera Melbourne, Assistant Director to Tyran Parke
Tosca - Giacomo Puccini, Opera Australia, Directing Secondment to Roger Press, Original Director John Bell
2015
Winterreise - Franz Schubert, Post-Opera Company
Gianni Schicchi - Giacomo Puccini, Lyric Opera Melbourne, Assistant Director to Jane Miller
L’Heure Espagnol - Maurice Ravel, Lyric Opera Melbourne, Assistant Director to Nicholas Cannon
Captives of the City - Sarah Kriegler & Ben Grant, Chamber Made Opera & Arts Centre Melbourne, Directing Secondment to Sarah Kriegler
2014
The Tender Land - Aaron Copland, Lyric Opera Melbourne, Assistant Director to John Kachoyan
DRAMATURGY
2021
Ace of Hearts: An Asexual Music - Natasha Pearson & Hayden Dun, Dionysus Theatre
2020
Measure of a Moment - Charles Mercovich, Punch Buggy Theatre
2019
Sad as Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Peter Finch - Kieran Carroll, Burning House
2018
Gargoyle - Jake Matricardi, The Butterfly Club / Melbourne Fringe
Conjugated Stalking - Meredith Fuller, Burning House
The Mule Spinner - Nathaniel Moncrieff, Burning House
2017
Baron - Eric Gardiner, Victorian College of the Arts
2016
Hecuba - after Euripides, Victorian College of the Arts
The Adding Machine - after Elmer Rice, Victorian College of the Arts
2015
The Doll Hospital - Nathaniel Moncrieff, MKA: Theatre of Nw Writing
Lost and Found - Various Artists, Post-Opera Company
2014
Antony & Cleopatra - William Shakespeare, Melbourne University Shakespeare Company
2013
Body Maps - Tim Miller & Ensemble, Monash Academy of Performing Arts
POSITIONS HELD
Lecturer in Theatre Studies - CollArts - Sept 2022 to present
Acting Tutor / Resident Director - Acting Performance Studio - Sept 2018 to Feb 2021
Literary Intern - Melbourne Theatre Company - March 2017 to July 2017
Founding / Artistic Director - Burning House - March 2016 to present
Associate Artist (Director/Literary) - MKA: Theatre of New Writing - Oct 2015 to Dec 2016
Associate Artist - Post-Opera Company - Jan 2015 to Dec 2015
Founding / Artistic Director - Loose Canon Theatre Company - March 2012 to Oct 2014
TRAINING
Bachelor of Performing Arts - HONOURS YEAR (First Class) - Monash University, 2019
Masters of Directing for Performance - Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne), 2016 - 2017
Bachelor of Performing Arts - Monash University, 2011 - 2013