Toby Sedgwick

Toby Sedgwick
Born (1958-08-16) 16 August 1958 (age 66)
England
Occupation(s)Movement director, actor,[1] theatre choreographer
Years active1981–present
Known forWar Horse
The 39 Steps

Toby Sedgwick (born 16 August 1958) is a British movement director, actor and theatre choreographer. He achieved critical acclaim for his expressive "horse choreography" for life-size puppets used in War Horse (2007), which played at West End's New London Theatre, Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Theater and Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre.[2][3][4] For the latter, Sedgwick won a 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer[5] and a 2012 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Play or Musical.[6] Due to its success, the play went on a 30-city tour in the United States and was also produced in Australia and in Germany, opening late in 2013, just before the centenary of the first world war.

  1. ^ "Toby Sedgwick Credits, London, England". London Theatre Database.
  2. ^ Database (undated). "War Horse" London Theatre Database. Accessed 20 January 2010.
  3. ^ Hetrick, Adam (20 December 2010). "Seth Numrich to Lead 'War Horse' on Broadway; 35-Member Cast Announced". Playbill. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Hairspray Wins Four 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards Including Best Musical" Archived 24 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, 9 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Black Canadian theatre company cleans house at Dora awards", Globe and Mail, 25 June 2012