Toby Frow

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Dan Usztan

Dan Usztan

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Assistant: Charlotte Edwards

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Film, TV & Theatre

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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.

Short Films

Production	Company	Notes
MAUDE 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. Starring Kathryn Pogson, Ansu Kabia and Matthew Kelly Selected for Middlebury New Filmmakers’ Festival, Bolton International Film Festival, This Is England Festival and Salute Your Shorts Film Festival.

Television

Production	Company	Notes
DEATH IN PARADISE XI 2022	Red Planet/BBC One	2 episodes
MIDSOMER MURDERS XXII 2021	Bentley Productions	Ep 5
DEATH IN PARADISE X 2021	Red Planet/BBC One	Eps 7-8
EASTENDERS 2014 - 2020	BBC	64 episodes to date, including Christmas Day 2019 and New Year 2017 Nominated for Best Single Episode ('Lee on the Edge') and Scene of the Year ('Ronnie and Roxy's Exit'), 2017 Soap Awards
MIDSOMER MURDERS XXI 2019	Bentley Productions	Ep 3 'The Miniature Murders'
HOLLYOAKS 2019	Lime Pictures	Eps 5151-55
MIDSOMER MURDERS XX 2018	Bentley Productions	Ep 3 'Drawing Dead'
HOLBY CITY 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 Revival
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 Played at Performa International Festival of New Visual Art Performance With Joseph Fiennes and Charles Edwards
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 Time Out Critics' Choice Award
20 CIGARETTES 2007	Soho Theatre/NYT	By Marcy Kahan
SHIP OF FOOLS 2007	Theatre503	By Andrew Bovell Time Out Critics' Choice Award
BOX 2007	Birmingham Rep	By Sarah Woods Site-specific production
BEAUTIFUL THING 2006	Sound Theatre	By Jonathan Harvey
THE PILLOWMAN 2005	National Theatre Tour	By Martin McDonagh Best Touring Production, Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards
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 Nominated for TMA Award
PEER GYNT 2000	Battersea Arts Centre	By Henrik Ibsen JMK Festival
OF MICE AND MEN 2000	Southwark Playhouse	By John Steinbeck