| Toby Marlow | |
| Birth Date: | 1994 10, df=yes |
| Nationality: | British |
| Awards: | Tony Award for Best Original Score (2022) |
| Notable Works: | Six Hot Gay Time Machine Why Am I So Single? |
| Education: | Abingdon School Robinson College, Cambridge |
Toby Marlow (born 12 October 1994) is a British musical theatre composer, lyricist, playwright, writer, and actor best known for co-creating the international hit musical Six with Lucy Moss. Six received five Olivier Award nominations, including Best New Musical and Outstanding Achievement in Music.[1] Marlow and Moss went on to win the Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2022.[2]
Marlow is also co-creator of Hot Gay Time Machine, a musical comedy cabaret show directed by Lucy Moss, in which he co-stars with Zak Ghazi-Torbati .[3]
Marlow was born on 12 October 1994 to parents Helma and Andrew Marlow and was raised in Henley-on-Thames, England. He has two siblings: an older brother named Jasper and a younger sister named Annabel,[4] who later originated the role of Katherine Howard in Six at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[5] Marlow's mother and maternal grandparents are Jewish.[6] He was a child actor from the ages of 9 to 14, appearing in several films and on TV, including an appearance on ITV's Marple, in which he played a French boy with glasses.[7] Marlow's father is a professional musician, his grandfather also trained as an actor and his great-grandmother taught speech and drama.[8]
Marlow was educated at Abingdon School from 2008 to 2013,[9] and was a member of the Acorn Music Theatre Company in Henley.[10] He went on to study English at Robinson College at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, he was very active in the ADC Theatre scene, as both a performer and a composer.[11] [12] According to Lucy Moss, their friendship "solidified" during the 2015 amateur student production of Rent at the ADC Theatre,[13] during which Marlow played the lead character Angel, and Moss was one of the dancers.[14]
See main article: Six (musical). In 2017, Marlow co-composed and co-wrote the musical Six, produced by Kenny Wax.[15] The musical received positive reviews at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and went on to be performed in the West End in London.[16] [17] On 28 July 2019, Marlow stepped into the role of Catherine Parr for two sold-out performances at London's Arts Theatre when a cast-wide illness struck and the show required a sixth performer.[18] Marlow, along with his collaborator Lucy Moss, signed with Warner Chappell Music in August 2019.[19] Six began previews on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on 13 February 2020 and was scheduled to open on 12 March 2020.[20] However, the show's opening night was delayed due to the closure of all Broadway theatres because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[21] Previews for the show resumed on 17 September 2021 and the official opening night occurred on 3 October 2021.
On 12 June 2022, Marlow became the first openly non-binary composer–lyricist to win a Tony Award, sharing the Tony Award for Best Original Score for Six with Moss.[2] [22] [23]
In 2022, Marlow and Moss were included in Time magazine's Time 100 Next list.[24]
Marlow is non-binary[2] [22] [23] and gay.[7] Marlow uses he/him pronouns.[23]
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple: 4.50 from Paddington | James Stoddard-West | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Marple: 4.50 from Paddington" |
| 2005 | The Mistress of Spices | Young Doug | Film |
| Egypt | Young Champollion | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone" | |
| 2006 | Silent Witness | Stephen Owen | (TV Series), 2 episodes: "Supernova" Part 1 and 2 |
| 2008 | Senseless | Young Eliott | Film |
| 2009 | Shadows in the Sun | Sam | Film |
| 2010 | Ben Hur | Young Messala | (TV Series), 2 episodes |
| Mongrels | Death (Voice role) | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Marion the Young Lover" |