Robert has been involved in Canadian Theatre for the past 45 years plus. His first show was prompter in a Peterborough Theatre Guild production of Playboy of the Western World by  J.M. Synge. He went on to act in shows at Trent University and Magic Circus Theatre before heading out west in 1982 where he became a professional actor based in Edmonton. Returning to Peterborough in the late 1980s, Rob founded an improv company East City Productions and was one of the founding members of the Union Theatre Collective. In 1992 he co-founded 4th Line Theatre on his family farm with Jerome Ackhurst. Since that time Rob has written or co-written 18 plays for the company as well as directing and acting in several.