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Welcome to the website for writer and performer Robert Cohen. Born in London, raised in Dayton, San Diego & Eastbourne, Robert spent his early career in journalism before making a leap of faith into showbiz. He is married to the actor, writer and improviser Jenny Rowe, with whom he lives in the Sussex village of Hassocks. In addition to performances at others’ behest (including an abundance of Shakespeare, quite a lot of American stuff and the role of a Russian gangster called Stepan in the BBC sitcom Ideal), he’s won acclaim for a series of solo shows including the Hamlet paraquel Something Rotten (aka The Claudius Complex); the Jewish memoir Dog’s Chosen; The Trials of Harvey Matusow (pictured), the strange but true Cold War tale of a McCarthyite supergrass; and High Vis, in which he appeared at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. |
Quint, the traffic warden anti-hero from High Vis, was also the furloughed protagonist of Keeping the Faith, a web series made at home in Hove (pre-Hassocks, this) during the Big Lockdown of 2020. Later that year, three semi-alfresco Matusow shows at the Stroud Theatre Festival marked a Covid-defying return to live performance. The results can be witnessed here.
Robert’s multi-character plays have included the Constance Cox Prize-winning The Ragged Regiment, a black comedy set in a stuffed-animal museum in Cromer, and Propaganda, an account of Shakespeare’s tangential part in the Essex revolt against Elizabeth I. He is currently working on Say What You See, a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Emperor’s new Clothes. His novel Architecture For Beginners is due to be published by Hobart Books in the summer of 2022.
On these pages you’ll find info abundant about Robert’s acting and writing work, as well as news, occasional bloggery, and a page for useful links and contact details.
Robert’s multi-character plays have included the Constance Cox Prize-winning The Ragged Regiment, a black comedy set in a stuffed-animal museum in Cromer, and Propaganda, an account of Shakespeare’s tangential part in the Essex revolt against Elizabeth I. He is currently working on Say What You See, a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Emperor’s new Clothes. His novel Architecture For Beginners is due to be published by Hobart Books in the summer of 2022.
On these pages you’ll find info abundant about Robert’s acting and writing work, as well as news, occasional bloggery, and a page for useful links and contact details.
Robert Cohen can be Twittered at both @cohenbobbycoco and @HighVisTheShow
