Originally from Ballarat, Tobias Madden began his training at the Ballarat Ballet Centre. He then studied at Brent Street in Sydney, and completed a Bachelor of Music Theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2009.

Shortly after graduating, he sailed around the world as the Singer / Dancer and Dance Captain onboard the Pacific Princess, returning home to perform in the Aus/NZ tour of Mary Poppins in which he understudied and performed the role of Bert.

He has appeared as Corporal Calvin in Guys and Dolls and Rod in Singin’ in the Rain, both for The Production Company. He also played Paul in Vic Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Loving Repeating.

Other credits include Pippin, Oklahoma! and Hollywood Honkytonk.

In 2019, Tobias edited and published Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories, which featured his first published work, Variation. He also co-wrote the cabaret show Siblingship, which played to sold-out audiences in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

He continues to tell stories striking a chord with readers of Young Adult fiction. As an author his debut novel Anything But Fine was long listed for the Australian Book Industry Awards.

His second novel, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell was released by Penguin books in August.

Whether on the page or on the stage, Tobias has contributed vividly as a story-teller ….. welcome to STAGES Tobias Madden.

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