Robert Jarman is a theater director and writer based in Hobart, Tasmania.

Education

His initial study was at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

 where he participated extensively with the University Theatre Society, performing, writing and directing shows varying in style from Shakespeare to experimental political cabaret. He graduated with a bachelor of arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 with honors in theatre.

Career

In the early nineties Jarman moved to Hobart where he quickly established himself as one the leading entities within the Tasmanian arts industry.

He directed the Australasian Premiere of Phillip Glass's opera Hydrogen Jukebox

Hydrogen Jukebox

Hydrogen Jukebox is a phrase coined by beat poet Allen Ginsberg, from his poem Howl.It is also the name of a chamber opera featuring the music of Philip Glass and the poetry of Ginsberg.-History:Of the project, Glass said:...

 at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music

Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music

The Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music forms part of the faculty of Arts at the University of Tasmania. It is a music training institution with courses and specializations in classical and contemporary music, music education, technology and composition....

 where he is currently the lecturer in Music Theatre.

He has collaborated extensively with composers including Raffæle Marcellino

Raffæle Marcellino

-Life:Raffaele Marcellino graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with merit in 1985.In 1995 Marcellino joined the staff of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music where he served as Director from 1996–1998 and resumed normal teaching duties in 1999...

 and Matthew Dewey

Matthew Dewey

Matthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...

.

Productions

Year	Title	Genre	Involvement	Other notes
2009	I Am My Own Wife I Am My Own Wife I Am My Own Wife is a play by Doug Wright based on his conversations with German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. The one-man play premiered Off-Broadway in 2003 at Playwrights Horizons. It opened on Broadway later that year. The play was developed with Moisés Kaufman and his Tectonic...		Actor
2008	Les Misérables Les Misérables (musical) Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....	Musical Musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...	Director	(Tasmanian Theatre Trust)
2007	Con Artists	Puppet theatre	Director	Terrapin Puppet Theatre
2007	underwhere	Physical theatre Physical theatre Physical theatre is used to describe any mode of performance that pursues storytelling or drama through primarily and secondarily physical and mental means. There are several quite distinct but indistinct traditions of performance which all describe themselves using the term "physical theatre",...	Director	Lucy Who Productions
2007	Troilus and Cressida Troilus and Cressida Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. It was also described by Frederick S. Boas as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play ends on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus...	Shakespeare	Director	(Old Nick Company Old Nick Company The Old Nick Company, established in 1948, is the main student theatre company at the University of Tasmania. It stages a popular annual revue and other smaller productions... )
2005	The Death of Chatterton The Death of Chatterton The Death of Chatterton is an oil painting on canvas by English painter Henry Wallis. The painting was completed in 1856 during the Romantic period in Europe. The subject of the painting was the 17-year-old English poet Thomas Chatterton. The model used for the painting was the young George...	Opera Opera Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...	Director/Co-librettist	Written by Matthew Dewey Matthew Dewey Matthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...  (IHOS Opera)
2005	Macbeth Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...	Shakespeare	Director	(Hobart Repertory Theatre)
2005	A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...	Shakespeare	Director	(Hobart Repertory Theatre)
2004	Euphonic Temples	Opera Opera Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...	Director/Designer	Conducted by Jean Louis Forestier (IHOS Opera)
2001	The Flight of Les Darcy	Opera Opera Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...	Director/Librettist	Written by Raffæle Marcellino Raffæle Marcellino -Life:Raffaele Marcellino graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with merit in 1985.In 1995 Marcellino joined the staff of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music where he served as Director from 1996–1998 and resumed normal teaching duties in 1999...  (10 Days on the Island 10 Days on the Island Ten Days on the Island is Tasmania’s state-wide biennial multi art-form festival. A unique event in Australia, Ten Days is a celebration of culture in Tasmania. With almost 250 events in 99 venues in over 50 locations, 195,000 Tasmanians and visitors took part in the 2009 event.Ten Days was the... )

Honours

In 2001 he was awarded the Australian Centenary of Federation Medal for services to the performing arts.