Three Sides

Toby studied Drama at the University of Leeds, and has since become well established as a writer of theatre, musical theatre, and TV and Radio comedy.

His first play - 'The Way Home' was directed by Noel Greig in 2000. Since then he has continued to write straight theatre - 'Even After All' (Hazlitt Theatre, and tour), 'Changeling Rooms' (C too, Edinburgh Festival), 'Lost and Found' (BYTF and Hazlitt Theatre), '21 Nights' (BYTF and Tour), 'The Blue Diamond of Azkabar' (Directed by Paul King) - in which he also performed, and first wrote songs with Grant Olding.

His musical theatre credits include 'Spittin' Distance', with Grant Olding, commissioned by the Stephen Joseph Theatre, and subsequently developed at the National Theatre Studio, 'The Magnets - Magnetude' (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh), 'Yeti', which he and Grant are currently writing - to be performed by the RSAMD at the Edinburgh festival this year.

He has also contributed regularly to such Radio 2 comedy shows as 'It's Been a Bad Week', and Richard Herring's 'That Was Then, This Is Now'. He has contributed to many TV sketch shows - most recently the Channel 5 show - 'Swinging'. He is currently working on the new BBC1 sketch show 'That Mitchell and Webb Look'.

His sitcom - '55 Half Moon Road' is in development with the BBC, and Pozzitive Productions.

Grant, who has been hailed as "one of the UK's leading contemporary musical theatre writers", trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama and was resident composer at the Bridewell Theatre, London's premier venue for new musical theatre writing. As a composer/lyricist his work includes "Spittin' Distance" (Stephen Joseph Theatre, and National Theatre Studio), "Yeti - an abominamusical" (Edinburgh Festival), "A Celebrity Chef Ate My Hamster!" (Bridewell and Chichester), "Beyond the Sea" (Bridewell), "Born of Glass" (NYMT, Lyric Belfast) and "Three Sides". He has composed songs and scores for "Tracy Beaker Gets Real" (Nottingham Playhouse and tour), "Southwark Fair" (National Theatre), "All in the Timing" (Bridewell), "Romeo & Juliet" (Southwark Playhouse), "The Blue Diamon of Azkabar" (Hazlitt and tour), "Reunion" (Bridewell), and "Macbeth", "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "Twelfth Night". In March 2006 a concert of his work "Not(es) From New York" played to a full house and critical acclaim at the Duchess Theatre, this was the first time his work had been heard in a West End theatre. His shows have never been seen outside of the UK. For more info go to www.grantolding.co.uk