Rob worked extensively as a professional actor in film, television & theatre for over twenty years. His earliest writing credit saw him presented with the National Writers ‘Winning Words’ Award for his story A Private War (1995). He then went on to co-write and direct A Million Things Run through My Mind, which premiered at the Crucible Studio in Sheffield (1997) before embarking on a tour starting at the Live Theatre in Newcastle (1998).

 

His work as a director was later followed with Dennis Potter’s Blue Remembered Hills as part of the Burngreave Performing Arts Festival (2003). This was followed with an adaptation of the best-selling novel Weerz Me Dad? which he directed, and co-headlined the Grin up North Comedy Festival (2006). His short story The Sermon at St. Mount was selected for publishing in the Perito Prize Anthology (2019), and his monologue My Misophonia was chosen to be included in the Loud Voices, Silent Streets Theatre Project (2021).

 

In the same year, his radio script All Work & Role Play was broadcast on BBC Radio Sheffield as part of the New Writing Festival, Upload Performance. More recently, his new monologue Lungs was chosen to be a part of the SLAMinutes does Mental Health Showcasing New Writing Award at the Arcola Theatre in London (2022). Rob is also a founding member of Twisted Kites.