TOBY
OLIÉ (Puppetry Director, Designer and Puppeteer)
OLIÉ (Puppetry Director, Designer and Puppeteer)
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Toby has created productions that are both original and unconventional, expanding audience’s expectations of what puppetry is capable of. Through his work spanning plays, musicals, opera and dance, Toby strives to blur the boundaries between movement and design. He daringly fuses traditional and innovative techniques, creating compelling characters that lead audiences through fantastical, improbable and even impossible stories. |
Puppetry Director and Designer
| There’s a Bear on My Chair | Director, Adaptor & Puppetry Designer | Toby Olié | Southbank Centre/Theatre Royal Bath |
| Spirited Away | Puppetry Designer & Director | John Caird | Imperial Theatre Tokyo/West End |
| The Enormous Crocodile | Co-Director & Puppetry Designer | Emily Lim | Leeds Playhouse/Regent’s Park |
| 101 Dalmatians | Puppetry Designer & Director | Timothy Sheader | Regent’s Park |
| The Boy and the Beast | Puppetry Designer & Director | Go Aoki | Shiki Theatre Company |
| Animal Farm | Puppetry Designer & Director | Robert Icke | Fiery Angel |
| The Robot in the Garden | Puppetry Designer & Director | Yuna Koyama | Shiki Theatre Company |
| The Wolves in the Walls | Director, Designer & Adaptor | Toby Olié | Little Angel Theatre |
| Pinocchio | Puppetry Co-Designer & Director | John Tiffany | National Theatre |
| The Four Seasons: A Reimagining | Co-Director & Puppetry Co-Designer | Finn Caldwell & Toby Olié | Shakespeare's Globe |
| Peter Pan | Puppetry Designer & Director | Sally Cookson | National Theatre/Troubadour White City |
| The Hartlepool Monkey | Co-Director & Puppetry Co-Designer | Finn Caldwell & Toby Olié | UK Tour |
| Don Quixote | Puppetry Designer & Director | Angus Jackson | Royal Shakespeare Company/West End |
| The Grinning Man | Puppetry Co-Designer & Director | Tom Morris | Bristol Old Vic/West End |
| A Christmas Carol | Puppetry Designer & Director | Dale Rooks | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| Running Wild | Puppetry Co-Designer & Director | Dale Rooks & Timothy Sheader | Chichester/Regent's Park/UK Tour |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Puppetry Designer & Director | Derek Bond | Manchester Royal Exchange |
| The Elephantom | Co-Director & Puppetry Designer | Finn Caldwell & Toby Olié | National Theatre/West End |
| The Light Princess | Puppetry Designer & Director | Marianne Elliott | National Theatre |
| The Little Mermaid | Puppetry Designer & Director | Glenn Casale | Walt Disney Theatrical |
| Hansel & Gretel | Puppetry Designer & Director | Katie Mitchell | National Theatre |
| The Wind in the Willows | Puppetry Designer & Director | Will Tuckett | Royal Opera House/West End |
| Goodnight Mister Tom | Puppetry Designer & Director | Angus Jackson | West End/UK Tour |
| War Horse | Associate Puppetry Director | Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris | West End |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Puppetry Designer & Director | Christopher Wheeldon | Royal Ballet |
| Peter Pan | Puppetry Designer & Director | Dale Rooks | Chichester Festival Theatre |
Puppeteer
| Venus and Adonis | Adonis | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| War Horse | Joey/Topthorn & Goose | Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris | National Theatre |
| Homeless Polar Bear | Polar Bear Puppeteer | Michael Geoghegan | Greenpeace campaign film |
| Mongrels | Assistant Puppeteer | Adam Miller | BBC3 |
| Walking Backwards | David Hyde (Drummer) | Stephen Agnew | The Futureheads music video |
| Angelo | Angelo | Sarah Wright | Little Angel Theatre |
| Hospitalworks | Object Animator | Sue Buckmaster | Theatre-Rites |