Toby Millard

Hello! I am a freelance director & stage manager working in Opera and Theatre, based in South London.

As a director my recent work includes fringe, touring, and community projects, as well as assistant experience in both opera and theatre. With my stage management hat on, recent work includes shows with Sheffield Crucible, Royal Opera House, and the National Theatre.

I'd love to meet other theatre-makers switching between multiple hats - let's team up!

Credits

Assistant Director - MESSIAH by G.F. Handel, Wild Arts (Tour), 2023

Assistant Director - LA BOHÈME by G.Puccini, Opera Brava (Tour), 2023

Assistant Director - LA TRAVIATA by G.Verdi, Opera Brava (Tour), 2023

Assistant Director - TOSCA by G.Puccini, Opera Brava, 2023

Assistant Director - HAMLET by William Shakespeare, re-imagined by the company, Lazarus Theatre / Southwark Playhouse, 2023

Director - KENSINGTON'S BOTTOM by Rae Skerrett, New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, 2023

Director - MAN EQUALS MAN (R&D) by Nidhi Krishna after Bertolt Brecht, Omnibus Theatre, 2023

Director - HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT by Alan Harris, Riverside Studios & The Wardrobe Theatre, 2022

Director - WRITER'S BLOC: SEVEN MONOLOGUES
by Lucie Lovatt, Sally MacAllister, Hayley Scott, Carley Magee-Tollerton, Edie Keayes, Millie Bloom, & Truly Siskend-Weiss
Bristol Old Vic - Weston Studio, 2022

Director - JUGGLING ACT by Tamsin Pearce, Bristol Old Vic, Open Stage Festival, 2022

Director - HERE WE GO by Caryl Churchill, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 2022

Director - REHEARSALS IN VIRTUAL REALITY, Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research, and Applications, 2022

Director - A COMMON STORY (Radio), Christchurch Studios, 2022

Assistant Director - HENRY VI by William Shakespeare, Bristol Old Vic, 2022

Assistant Director - THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Station, 2022

Assistant Director/Teaching Assistant - THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES (devised), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2017

Assistant Director/Teaching Assistant - TREASURE ISLAND (devised), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2017


RECENT STAGE MANAGEMENT

ASM - Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, Royal Opera House, 2023

ASM - The Hypochondriac, Sheffield Crucible, 2023

Stage Manager - The Sapling, ROH Linbury Theatre, 2023

ASM - Innocence, Royal Opera House, 2023

ASM - Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Royal Opera House, 2023

ASM - Alcina, Royal Opera House, 2022

ASM - Salome, Royal Opera House, 2022

ASM Dep. - The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Duke of York's, 2021

Tech ASM - Holes, Nottingham Playhouse & UK Tour, 2020

ASM - The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre, 2019

ASM / Book Cover - The Antipodes, National Theatre, 2019


FURTHER EXPERIENCE

Associate Producer - Waterperry Opera Festival, 2018 - 2021
Productions include: The Elixir of Love, Hansel & Gretel, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Magic Flute, The Fairy Queen, Don Giovanni, The Quartet for the End of Time, Ariel, Peter and The Wolf, and Mansfield Park.

Training

Assistant Directing for Opera (day course), Scottish Opera, 2023

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, MA Drama Directing, 2021-22

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, BA (Hons) Theatre Practice: Stage Management, 2016-19