Robert Downes as UGLY SISTER DAME DOTTIE
Robert graduated in 2015 from The Conservatory of Music and Drama TU Dublin where he received a BA honours degree in Drama Performance. Also a graduate of NUI Galway’s MA programme in Drama and Theatre Studies, Robert is an actor, playwright, director, and drama teacher.
He is also the artistic director of SQUAD Productions, a small Dublin based theatre company committed to bringing innovative and collaborative theatre practices and experiences to Irish audiences. Recent work includes ‘The G Trilogy’ a trilogy of campy horror radio plays which he wrote and directed, featured in The Lasta Festival in association with the Town Hall Theatre Galway. ‘Dudder one’ in Causeway Production’s ‘Snow White’s Big Adventure – a Panto’.
‘The Dwyer Scandal’, written by Robert received a Pride Bursary from The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and was subsequently published in ‘18 and Coming of Age’, an anthology of plays from the festival.
Robert loves a panto and being a Panto Dame has been a dream since he was a young wan. This is his second year playing Dame Dottie.
