Robert Tsonos
Robert Tsonos is a Canadian actor, director, and playwright. He has acted in, or directed, over 50 productions across Canada, Japan, England, Venezuela, and Hong Kong during his 18 year career. He has been the Artistic Director of Sometimes Y Theatre for the past 13 years and was the resident director at the Canadian Embassy Theatre in Tokyo from 2003-2006.
His film and television roles include “Push” (Summit Entertainment); “Twisted Sheets” and “Below the Belt” (Toronto International Film Festival); “Indicator”, “Pride” (Fuji TV); and “Off Record”, “Luck”, “Unbelievable” (TBS). Robert’s theatre acting credits include “Macbeth” (Shouson Theatre Hong Kong), “The Domino Heart” and “Problem Child” (Canadian Embassy Theatre, Tokyo), “True West” (Akasaka Playbox, Tokyo), “The Qualities of Zero”, “Ines de Castro”, “Total Body Washout”, and “Romeo & Rosaline” (Tarragon Theatre’s Extra Space), “Othello” (Persephone Theatre), and “Three Days of Rain” (Sudbury Theatre Centre).
Robert’s directing credits include “Shakespeare’s Will” and “Old Times” at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, “Elisa’s Skin” for TEATRELA in Caracas, “The Goat” at the Hong Kong Fringe Club, “La Ronde” for Temple University Japan, “Night, Mother” at The Etcetera Theatre in London and the Dancehall Theatre in Manchester; “Vigil”, “The Drawer Boy”, and “For The Pleasure Of Seeing Her Again” at the Canadian Embassy Theatre; and “A Doll’s House” and “Proof” for Tokyo International Players.
As a playwright, his play “The Hum” was produced at the Hong Kong Arts Centre; received readings in Toronto and with NAAA in London; and was a finalist for The Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition. His play “William & James” has been produced in Toronto (Theatre Passe Muraille), New York, Montreal and Ottawa with staged readings in Melbourne and Washington. His other plays include “Sharnoozle!”, which toured international schools in Tokyo, the CBC Radio play “Ice Age”, as well as “I Am Not The One”, “Running - 3 short plays”, and the short film “Coffee Dogs”.