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Writers Bloc: Monologues · Bristol Old Vic · 21
Directing:
How My Light Is Spent by Alan Harris (Riverside Studios & The Wardrobe Theatre) – Awarded the Elsie Roberts Director’s Prize
Engine Room R+D partnership with Nidhi Krishna (Omnibus Theatre)
- In development
Kensington’s Bottom by Rae Skerrett (New Wimbledon Theatre Studio)
Writer’s Bloc: Monologues (Bristol Old Vic)
by Millie Bloom, Edie Keays, Lucie Lovatt, Sally MacAlister, Carley Magee-Tollerton, Hayley Scott, & Truly Siskind-Weiss
Here We Go by Caryl Churchill (BOVTS, Weston Studio)
Juggling Act by Tamsin Pearce (Bristol Old Vic, Open Stage Festival)
A Common Story (Radio Drama, Christchurch Studios)
Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss by Millie Bloom (rehearsed reading, BOVTS)
Mrs Dalloway adapted from Virginia Woolf (RCSSD)
Cool Story Bro by Frank Osborne (Theatre 503)
Assistant Directing:
Messiah (Tour) (dir. Tom Morris, Wild Arts)
La Bohème (Tour) (dir. Bronek Pomorski, Opera Brava)
La Traviata (Tour) (dir. Christopher Lane, Opera Brava)
Tosca (dir. Tony Baker, Opera Brava)
Hamlet (dir. Ricky Dukes, Lazarus Theatre / Southwark Playhouse)
Henry VI (dir. Gemma Fairlie, Bristol Old Vic)
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (dir. Nik Partridge, The Station)
Forever Plaid (dir. John Plews, Upstairs at The Gatehouse)
The Emperor’s New Clothes (dir. Alisha Bailey, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
Treasure Island (dir. David Thackeray, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
Stage Management
Toby has worked in stage management for theatres including the Royal Opera House and National Theatre, as well as facilitating Learning and Participation projects for young people interested in technical production. Recent work includes:
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci (dir. Damiano Michieletto, revival dir. Noa Naamat, Royal Opera House)
The Choir Of Man (dir. Nic Doodson, Arts Theatre)
Knife / Moon (dir. Eleanor Burke & Harriet Taylor, Linbury Theatre)
The Hypochondriac (dir. Sarah Tipple, Sheffield Crucible)
Innocence (dir. Simon Stone, Royal Opera House)
Alcina (dir. Richard Jones, Royal Opera House)
Salome (dir. David McVicar, revival dir. Barbara Lluch, Royal Opera House)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (dir. Moshe Leisner & Patrice Caurier, Royal Opera House)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (dir. Katy Rudd, National Theatre & West End)
The Antipodes (dir. Annie Baker & Chloe Lamford, National Theatre)
Top Girls (dir. Lyndsey Turner, National Theatre)
Holes (dir. Adam Penford, Nottingham Playhouse & UK Tour)
Legend Trippers (dir. Kate Golledge, NYMT / The Other Palace)
The Sapling (dir. Emma Doherty, ROH Youth Opera Company)
Creative Producing:
Toby has led several major projects as Associate Producer for Waterperry Opera Festival, creatively developing ambitious ideas and participatory projects for outdoor performance, as well as generating opportunities, training, and support for Young Artists. Credits include: The Elixir of Love (dir. Dan Ayling); Hansel and Gretel (dir. Rebecca Meltzer); Peter and the Wolf (dir. Guy Withers, co-production with Opera Holland Park); Quartet for the End of Time (multi-media collaboration); On Wenlock Edge (dir. Emma Doherty); Cosi Fan Tutte (dir. Guy Withers); Ariel (dir. Rebecca Meltzer); The Fairy Queen (dir. Ruth Mariner); The Magic Flute (dir. Laura Attridge)
Research & Facilitation:
NT Discover Creative Careers – Workshop Facilitator (National Theatre)
Rehearsals in Virtual Reality – Workshop Facilitator (CAMERA / University of Bath)
The Gashleycrumb Tinies – R&D Participant (dir. Emma Rice, Wise Children)
Training:
Assistant Directing for Opera – Workshop (dir. Roxana Haines, Scottish Opera)
Facilitating Hybrid Working –Workshop (dir. Sue Emmas, Young Vic)
MA Directing (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School)
BA (Hons) Stage Management (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
Toby is a member of Stage Directors UK and Equity
★★★★★
‘Superb entertainment from start to finish…fabulously paced, completely uplifting theatre which fully deserved the standing ovation it received’
- Stagetalk Magazine
on How My Light Is Spent
Cavalleria Rusticana · Royal Opera House · 23
Photo: Marc Brenner