TOBY HIGGINS | MUSICAL DIRECTOR & SUPERVISOR

Toby is currently musical director on The Secret Life of Bees at the Almeida Theatre. He then goes on to MD Rock Follies at Chichester Festival Theatre. Toby is also the Musical Supervisor on Oliver! at Leeds Playhouse this Christmas.

Further musical direction credits include: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Tina (Aldwych Theatre); Calendar Girls (UK Tour); Sunshine On Leith (West Yorkshire Playhouse); The Wind in the Willows (London Palladium/UK Tour); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); The Wizard of Oz (Sheffield Crucible); Oliver! (UK Tour); Avenue Q (UK Tour); Little Shop of Horrors (Menier Chocolate Factory/UK Tour); The Braille Legacy (Charing Cross Theatre), and a series of symphonic concerts with Joss Stone.

As Children’s Musical Director: Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).

As Associate Musical Director: Little Shop Of Horrors (Duke of York’s/Ambassadors).

As Assistant Musical Director: Les Miserables (Queens Theatre); This Is My Family (Sheffield Theatres); Mamma Mia! (International Tour); Tracy Beaker Gets Real (UK Tour); Cover conductor/ Keys 4 for Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales/Novello).

Toby trained at Trinity College of Music and Royal Academy of Music (DipRAM). Toby is also an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.