Bio: Actor, Director of Movement, Theatre Director, Movement Consultant.

Toby Sedgwick worked with Danny Boyle on the London 2012 Olympics as Director of Movement and Choreographer for the Green and Pleasant Land and the Industrial Revolution. He won the 2008 Olivier Award as Director of Movement and Horse Choreographer for War Horse and played Ted Narracottin the original production. He trained at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris, where he founded The Moving Picture Mime Show, which established itself as one of the innovators of physical theatre throughout the world.

Toby’s work as Director of Movement has been seen worldwide: A Dog’s Heart for De Nederlandse Opera, La Scala, Lyon Opera and English National Opera, Tintin (Barbican Theatre), The 39 Steps (West End, Broadway, Japan, Russia, Korea, Australia and Europe), War Horse productions in New York, Toronto, Berlin, a UK and a North American Tour. He created the movement for Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein at the National Theatre in 2012. Toby has worked with many other major companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and the Manchester Royal Exchange where he worked with Pete Postlethwaite on The Tempest. He was director of movement for A Christmas Carol starring Jim Broadbent in the West End and Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Glyndebourne in 2016 - also an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny & Alexander, at The Old Vic Theatre London in 2018.

As an actor he has frequently co-devised work with Theatre de Complicite, (most recently appearing in The Master and Margarita), played Harpo Marx in Animal Crackers, appeared in The Play What I Wrote for a UK tour, Vacuums a film by Stomp, and Laissez Passer for Bertrand Tavernier.

As a Director he worked with Ockham’s Razor on The Mill at the Royal Opera House and The Three Musketeers for Mime Theatre Project. He co-directed Macbed at the National Theatre with Ken Campbell and The Hudsucker Proxy with Simon Dormandy at the Nuffield Southampton and Liverpool Playhouse in 2015.

Alongside his specialist teaching of both clown and mask work, Toby’s enormous experience is much valued by actors interpreting character through movement. Recently Tom Burke in Comoran Strike, Daniel Radcliffe and Guillaume Delauney in Victor Frankenstein and a clown workshop with Michelle Williams. Movement direction on other films include: 28 Days Later and Sunshine for Danny Boyle, Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang for Susannah White and Victor Frankenstein for Paul McGuigan.

Toby was director of movement and choreography on Stan and Ollie, a feature film starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly - directed by Jon S. Baird. He also played the role of 'Theatre Manager'. The world premiere was on the closing night gala of the BFI London Film Festival and it was released in the U.K. and Ireland on January 11th 2019.

As Director of Movement and Horse Choreography for War Horse in October 2019 Toby choreographed a new fight sequence for the horse puppets, Joey and Topthorn, for the French television production Le Grand Echiquierin Paris.

At the end of 2019 Toby appeared in The Last Planet directed by Terrence Malick and in January 2020 taught physical theatre and co-directed Peter and the Starcatcher for three months at The University of California (Davis).

Toby is currently compiling details for his forthcoming one man show Bernard Knowes and is creating short films on Instagram directed by Clare Park to order to test run his character and offer some humour in these difficult times.

https://www.tobysedgwick.net

——————————————————————————— Host: Jamie Neale @jamienealejn Discussing with Toby his rituals of reflection and understanding his own habitual patterns both in personal and work life. We ask questions about how to come more aware of ones self and also the world around him. How do we become 360 with yourself? —- you can also find us on @360_yourself