INTIMACY COORDINATION

Co-creating Sensitive Sets

Robert integrates years of experience as an actor and teacher into his role as an Intimacy Coordinator (IC). He completed his training with the National Film and Television School in December 2024 on the inaugural training course led by Haley Muraleedharan.

Having worked in the field of theatre, as a performer, teacher, and mover for almost thirty years, the IC role draws on Robert’s ability to actively and deeply listen to the people he works with and understand their needs so that they can work sensitively, safely and creatively.

Robert’s approach draws heavily on his movement background and improvisation specialism. He works with the idea that you start with the person and where they’re at so that material is not ‘put on’ but rather ‘comes from’ them.

Robert’s IC work takes in his concern with equality, diversity and inclusion as well as his love of stories that centre working class and queer perspectives and draws in his experience of working with young/early career actors (18-25).

Robert joins other Intimacy Coordinators who have been fierce advocates for consent-based practice in the entertainment industry and acknowledges the great work that some of the pioneers of this practice have done tirelessly over the past several years to embed the work and pave the way for those who are joining this expanding field.

Credits:

A Walk in the Park | Dir: Gemma Doorly | Ireland, February 2025

Peripheral | Dir: Ritobahn Roy Burman | UK, February 2025

The Axe Forgets | Dir: John Christopher (Birdwall) | Ireland, December 2024 

Gobbl | Dir: CC Wade | UK, December 2024

Conflicted | Dir: Marc-Antoine Turcotte | UK, November 2024 

Glitched | Dir: Darren Murphy | UK, September 2024

Happened | Dir: Yueqi Guo | UK, August 2024