Robert is the Artistic Director of Birds of Paradise (BOP), Scotland’s touring theatre company that promotes the work of disabled artists in partnership with non-disabled artists and mainstream theatre venues and companies.

Robert sits on the board of the National Theatre of Scotland and his previous work with the company includes Girl X (Traverse Theatre, Citizens Theatre, Dundee Rep Theatre, Eden Court Theatre).

Other theatre works include If These Spasms Could Speak (Arches, toured to Brazil, Estonia, Ireland, India and USA), Wendy Hoose (Birds of Paradise), Purposeless Movements (nominated for CATS Best Director award).