Toby Frow
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Toby is a British Asian TV, film and theatre director who lives in London. In the last seven years he has been directing for television, with credits including several episodes of Midsomer Murders, Holby City, Hollyoaks, and EastEnders. Last year Toby directed his debut short film, Maude, starring Kathryn Pogson and Matthew Kelly.
He read English at Oxford University before working extensively as a director in theatre, including spells at the Donmar Warehouse, the National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, the West End, Off Broadway, and in cities across the UK and internationally.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2021 | Red Planet/BBC One | 2 episodes |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2019 | FrowFred / Jessica Hodges | Retired housewife Maude feels trapped in her existence. Hope comes in a letter saying she has won a cruise; Maude imagines escaping with Henry, her local shopkeeper. As her daydreams become more bizarre her fantasy world becomes muddled with life. |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2021 | Bentley Productions | Ep 5 |
2021 | Red Planet/BBC One | Eps 7-8 |
2014 - 2020 | BBC | 64 episodes to date, including Christmas Day 2019 and New Year 2017 |
2019 | Bentley Productions | Ep 3 'The Miniature Murders' |
2019 | Lime Pictures | Eps 5151-55 |
2018 | Bentley Productions | Ep 3 'Drawing Dead' |
2016 - 2018 | BBC | 8 episodes to date |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE CARETAKER 2015 | Gate Theatre, Dublin | By Harold Pinter |
MY COUSIN RACHEL 2014 | Spoleto Festival, Charleston/Gate Theatre, Dublin | Adapted by Joseph O'Connor |
FIRST LOVE 2013 | Royal Lyceum/EIF | By Samuel Beckett |
THE LAST SUMMER 2012 | Gate Theatre, Dublin | By Declan Hughes |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 2012 | Shakespeare's Globe | By William Shakespeare |
DA 2012 | Gate Theatre, Dublin | By Hugh Leonard |
HAPPY DAYS IN THE ART WORLD 2011 | Tramway Glasgow/Skirball Centre, New York | By Elmgreen & Dragset |
EDWARD II 2011 | Manchester Royal Exchange | By Christopher Marlowe |
DR FAUSTUS 2010 | Manchester Royal Exchange | By Christopher Marlowe |
PLAYHOUSE LIVE: CROCODILE 2010 | Sky Arts | By Frank McGuinness |
LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES 2010 | Salisbury Playhouse | By Christopher Hampton |
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2009 | Theatre Royal Bath/No 1 Tour | Adapted by Simon Reade |
SPEAKING IN TONGUES 2009 | Duke of York's Theatre | By Andrew Bovell |
THE REAL THING 2008 | Salisbury Playhouse | By Tom Stoppard |
SOME KIND OF BLISS 2008 | Trafalgar Studios/Brits Off Broadway | By Samuel Adamson |
20 CIGARETTES 2007 | Soho Theatre/NYT | By Marcy Kahan |
SHIP OF FOOLS 2007 | Theatre503 | By Andrew Bovell |
BOX 2007 | Birmingham Rep | By Sarah Woods |
BEAUTIFUL THING 2006 | Sound Theatre | By Jonathan Harvey |
THE PILLOWMAN 2005 | National Theatre Tour | By Martin McDonagh |
SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME 2004 | Northampton Theatre Royal | By Frank McGuinness |
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 2003 | Birmingham Rep/West Yorkshire Playhouse | By Arthur Miller |
PEER GYNT 2000 | Battersea Arts Centre | By Henrik Ibsen |
OF MICE AND MEN 2000 | Southwark Playhouse | By John Steinbeck |