As a guest director Bob has directed productions for
The Dukes Playhouse Lancaster
The Young Vic
The Chung Ying Theatre Hong Kong
The Mercury Theatre Colchester
The Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough
The Gatehouse Theatre Stafford
The Queens Theatre Hornchurch


As an actor he has worked at
The Victoria Theatre, Stoke
The Library Theatre Scarborough
The Dukes Playhouse Lancaster
Contact Theatre Manchester
The Sheffield Crucible 
(seen below at The Crucible in IT'S A BIT LIVELY OUTSIDE by Joyce Halliday)

Bob has written several plays, musicals and musical adaptations, including:
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
based on The novel by Mark Twain
produced by the Victoria Theatre, Stoke
MUMMY!
with music by Paddy Cunneen
produced by The London Bubble
LENNON
Liverpool Everyman, Entermedia Theater New York, Astoria Theatre London 
and Royal Court Theatre Liverpool

GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY
New Vic Theatre Newcastle Under Lyme
Arts Theatre London, Oldham and Royal Court Liverpool

I DON'T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE
New Vic Theatre Newcastle Under Lyme

THREE MINUTE HEROES
Belgrade Theatre Coventry

FACE 
Lyrics. Book by Bob Carlton and Phil Whitchurch, Music by Julian Littman


OUR DAY OUT - THE MUSICAL
by Willy Russell. Songs by Bob Eaton and Willy Russell


 and with Sayan Kent:

DINOSAUR DREAMS 
produced by The Unicorn Theatre Company at The Arts Theatre London
Nominated for Writers' Guild best young people's play 1992

COUNTRY 
produced at the New Victoria Theatre Newcastle Under Lyme, The Mercury Theatre Colchester and, under the title LIMESTONE COWBOY, at the Belgrade Coventry

THE GOOD COMPANIONS
a musical adaptation of the novel by JB Priestley

First produced at The New Vic Newcastle Under Lyme
and subsequently at the Theatre By The Lake Keswick,
The New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
and the Belgrade Theatre Coventry


SILAS MARNER
a musical adaptation of the novel by George Eliot
produced at the BelgradeTheatre Coventry.


and three pantomimes for the Belgrade Theatre Coventry
MOTHER GOOSE
DICK WHITTINGTON
and
ALADDIN