Robert Myles

Robert Myles is a working class, multi-award-winning actor, writer, and director. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire to a glasier and shopkeeper, he was the first in his immediate family to go to university. He started his Shakespeare journey over thirteen years ago, when he attended a workshop led by Sir Ian McKellen. This lit a fire that has burned brightly ever since.

Through working with practitioners, directors and creatives from the RSC, Shakespeare's Globe, LAMDA and more, and by delving into books on the subject of Shakespare in Performance to unlock their secrets, Robert began to experiment with a huge range of techniques, devices and exercises. He soon began to adapt and innovate these for his own use.

At the same time, Robert's career as a writer saw him working as an agency content producer and creative director for global brands like Unilever, Diageo and Johnson & Johnson, while as a creative writer he published a novel, scripted short films, and presented documentaries. He frequently looked to Shakespeare for inspiration, identifying and using the same devices the Bard used to make his plays so effective. In doing so, he understood these insights would be invaluable to performers - and that this same knowledge would have been shared by the Elizabethan actors in his troupe.

Robert spent four years performing almost exclusively Shakespeare, and touring the country playing leading roles in his most celebrated plays, always experimenting with different techniques and approaches. Finally, Robert began to codify his approach to Shakespeare, and the results of a decade of exploration became a workshop and a product.

Cracking The Shakespeare Code is a workshop that aims to help actors of any level of experience to decode Shakespeare's hidden structures and use them to full effect, so performers can apply the full force of their imagination in harmony with Shakespeare's intentions as a dramatist.

The Shakespeare Deck is a powerful, portable toolkit for actors, enabling them to quickly and easily anchor themselves with any piece of text, and explore it further to uncover new depths and possibilities.

Teaching

Throughout his career, Robert has frequently been called upon as a teacher. He first taught English for a year in Japan as a graduate, and has since directed Merchant of Venice, Hamlet and Macbeth for schools in the UK, and has also taught stage combat to theatre students. He has been described as "not a teacher, but a coach" thanks to his emphasis on helping people excel through experimentation, rather than through orthodoxy.

Directing

Through The Show Must Go Online, Robert has directed all 36 of the First Folio plays in chronological order, creating one of the first freely available performed versions of the Complete Plays since the BBC in the 1980s, and one of the first directors to direct the whole canon since Trevor Nunn. The rapid turnaround of these shows inspired a concise, clear and creative approach to mounting shows efficiently, while driving innovation in every area of the medium.

astoundingly successful”
Everything Theatre

“an excellent and enjoyable way of engaging with the power and beauty of live performance.”
London Theatre 1

“Bloody brilliant… genuinely incredible”
Playhouse Pickings

“Shakespeare would no doubt applaud Myles. With The Show Must Go Online, all the world’s a stage.”
Reviews Hub

“Simply magical… pulled off effortlessly and with aplomb”
ScreenRant

“quirky and delightful… highly enjoyable”
Wee Review

“live digital theatre in its truest form… from the opening second, I knew something special was happening.”
TheatreJam


Robert's most recent in-person directing credit was as an associate director on MSND at Alexandra Palace. “sexually charged, poignant and hilarious” A Younger Theatre

Robert frequently offers one-on-one coaching for actors in person, and via Skype to actors around the globe.

Reviews for Robert Myles' Performances In Shakespeare:

"An unforgettable performance as Malvolio" Mind The Blog
"Brings wisdom and vivacity to Friar Laurence" Pocket Size
“Fantastic strength of character... he commanded the stage” North West End
"A wonder to behold" Edinburgh Guide
"Particularly captivating" Alice Frances
"Shamelessly brilliant... buckets of charm" Theatre Full Stop
"A Tour De Force" Desperately Seeking Cymbeline
"Steals the show" Remote Goat
"Steals the show" The Reviews Hub
"A force to be reckoned with... lifted the entire performance" Shakespeare Standard

Credits

DIRECTING

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & DRAMATURG - A Midsummer Night's Dream, RIFT, 4 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589–1591), The Show Must Go Online, 19 March 202O
DIRECTOR, The Taming of the Shrew (1590–1591), The Show Must Go Online, 26 March 2020
DIRECTOR, Henry VI, Part 1 (1591–1592), The Show Must Go Online, 01 April 2020
DIRECTOR, Henry VI, Part 2 (1591), The Show Must Go Online, 08 April 2020
DIRECTOR, Henry VI, Part 3 (1591), The Show Must Go Online, 15 April 2020
DIRECTOR, Titus Andronicus (1591–1592), The Show Must Go Online, 22 April 2020
DIRECTOR, Richard III (1592–1593), The Show Must Go Online, 29 April 2020
DIRECTOR, The Comedy of Errors (1594), The Show Must Go Online, 06 May 2020
DIRECTOR, Love’s Labour’s Lost (1594–1595), The Show Must Go Online, 13 May 2020
DIRECTOR, Richard II (1595), The Show Must Go Online, 20 May 2020
DIRECTOR, Romeo and Juliet (1595), The Show Must Go Online, 27 May 2020
DIRECTOR, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595), The Show Must Go Online, 03 June 2020
DIRECTOR, King John (1596), The Show Must Go Online, 10 June 2020
DIRECTOR, The Merchant of Venice (1596–1597), The Show Must Go Online, 17 June 2020
DIRECTOR, Henry IV, Part 1 (1596–1597), The Show Must Go Online, 24 June 2020
DIRECTOR, The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597), The Show Must Go Online, 01 July 2020
DIRECTOR, Henry IV, Part 2 (1597–1598), The Show Must Go Online, 08 July 2020
DIRECTOR, Much Ado About Nothing (1598–1599), The Show Must Go Online, 15 July 2020
DIRECTOR, Henry V (1599), The Show Must Go Online, 22 July 2020
DIRECTOR, Julius Caesar (1599), The Show Must Go Online, 29 July 2020
DIRECTOR, As You Like It (1599–1600), The Show Must Go Online, 05 August 2020
DIRECTOR, Hamlet (1599–1601), The Show Must Go Online, 12 August 2020
DIRECTOR, Twelfth Night (1601), The Show Must Go Online, 19 August 2020
DIRECTOR, Troilus and Cressida (1600–1602), The Show Must Go Online, 26 August 2020
DIRECTOR, Measure for Measure (1603–1604), The Show Must Go Online, 02 September 2020
DIRECTOR, Othello (1603–1604), The Show Must Go Online, 09 September 2020
DIRECTOR, All’s Well That Ends Well (1604–1605), The Show Must Go Online, 16 September 2020
DIRECTOR, King Lear (1605–1606), The Show Must Go Online, 23 September 2020
DIRECTOR, Timon of Athens (1605–1606), The Show Must Go Online, 30 September 2020
DIRECTOR, Macbeth (1606), The Show Must Go Online, 07 October 2020
DIRECTOR, Antony and Cleopatra (1606), The Show Must Go Online, 14 October 2020
DIRECTOR, Coriolanus (1608), The Show Must Go Online, 21 October 2020
DIRECTOR, The Winter’s Tale (1609–1611), The Show Must Go Online, 28 October 2020
DIRECTOR, Cymbeline (1610), The Show Must Go Online, 04 November 2020
DIRECTOR, Henry VIII (1612–1613), The Show Must Go Online, 11 November 2020
DIRECTOR, The Tempest (1610–1611), The Show Must Go Online, 18 November 2020

ACTING

THE BLUE CARBUNCLE, James Ryder, Sherlock Holmes Society, One Night, 2021, Dir. Bonnie MacBird
FIGHT CLUB, Lou/New Guy, Glasgow Film Festival, One Night, 2019, Dir. Janet Lawson
MSND (A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM) - ALEXANDRA PALACE, Puck, Egeus, Philostrate, 4 weeks, 2019, RIFT, Felix Mortimer, Joshua Nawras

ASSASSIN/EMMISSARY, SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Royal Opera House, 12 weeks, 2018, Dir. Elijah Moshinsky

THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND, Finnigus Hawthorne, Asaro, 1 week, Jack Stigner

ROMEO & JULIET, Friar Laurence, National Tour, 2017, dir. Scott Ellis

TWELFTH NIGHT, Malvolio, National Tour, 2017, dir. Tatty Hennessey

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Theseus, Oberon, Bottom, 9 months, National Tour, 2016 dir. Scott Ellis

HENRY V, Chorus, Dauphin, Bedford, Nym, National Tour, 9 months, 2016 dir. Tatty Hennessey

THE FIRST MUSKETEER, Television, Jean-Baptiste, 2015, Webtales dir. Harriet Sams

THE WINTER'S TALE, Autolycus/Archidamus, Shakespeare Sessions, 4 weeks 2014 dir. Ross McGregor

A PIT OF CLAY, Gravedigger, RIFT, dir Dominique Bull, 2014

JULIUS CAESAR, Brutus, Merely Theatre, Neil Sheppeck, 2014

MACBETH, Lennox (Angus, Siward, Young Siward), Balfron Tower, RIFT, 4 weeks, 2014 dir. Felix Mortimer

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Petruchio, The Merely Players, Cockpit, 2014 dir. Scott Ellis

JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA, Mr Elton, Short Film, 2013, dir. Benjamin Morris

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Training

Self Taught