Toyah
THE ORIGINAL PRINCESS OF PUNK
From punk princess to high priestess of TV, Toyah Willcox is a uniquely gifted performer. Charismatic, outspoken and impossible to categorise, she is one of Britain's iconic household names - an award-winning rock legend as well as a much-loved actress and music composer. In a career spanning thirty years Toyah has had thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, made ten feature films and presented such diverse television programmes as The Good Sex Guide Late, Watchdog and Songs Of Praise.
It all began in her hometown Birmingham in 1977 when film director Derek Jarman offered her the role of 'Mad' in seminal punk epic Jubilee.
She continued to gain strong roles, appearing alongside Katherine Hepburn in the film, The Corn is Green, as well as playing 'Monkey' in the legendary Quadrophenia.
She teamed up with Jarman again to play Miranda in his innovative version of The Tempest, which won her a nomination as Best Newcomer at the 1980 Evening Standard Awards.
By this time Toyah's band was gaining critical success with the debut single Victims of the Riddle (no.1 in the independent charts) and six track EP Sheep Farming in Barnet.
Her first album, The Blue Meaning, became a Top 40 hit. A TV Documentary "Toyah", an accompanying live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! - as well as hit singles It's A Mystery, I Want to Be Free, Brave New World and Be Proud, Be Loud, Be Heard plus the platinum albums Anthem and The Changeling - confirmed her status as one of the most significant talents of the Eighties.
In 1982 she won the Best Female Singer at the Rock & Pop Awards. In 2002 Toyah proved her staying power selling out eleven stadium gigs for the Here and Now Tour.
Musically, Toyah has remained fresh, uncompromising and ground-breaking. In 2007 she signed a new worldwide publishing deal with Zomba Music. Alongside this Toyah began a collaboration with Bill Rieflin (REM) and Chris Wong on the band project, The Humans.
Toyah continues to be seen on film with her recently completed starring role in the British film Power of Three, a light-hearted feel-good comedy that follows the adventures of 3 friends who pool their strengths when the going gets tough.
Toyah still maintains her multi-faceted and vibrant career.
TOUR DATES
2021
JANUARY 2021
Friday 15th Pizza Express Live, The Waters Edge, Birmingham
Thursday 28th Acapela, Heol y Pentra, Cardiff - Re Scheduled
MARCH 2021
Thursday 18th Pizza Express Live, High Holborn, London
APRIL 2021
Thursday 15th St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham, Kent - Re Scheduled
Friday 23rd The Princess Royal Theatre, Civic Centre, Port Talbot
JUNE 2021
Saturday 12th Newcastle Academy 2, Westgate Road, Newcastle
Friday 18th The Memorial Hall, Nigh St, Gwynedd
Saturday 20th Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival, Middlewich, Cheshire Cancelled
JULY 2021
Thursday 29th The Factory Live, Worthing
AUGUST 2021
Friday 20th Acapela, Heol y Pentra, Cardiff
OCTOBER 2021
Saturday 2nd St Edwards Chruch, Church St, Stow on the Wold
Friday 29th Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge
DECEMBER 2021
Thursday 2nd St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham, Kent
2022
MARCH 2022
Saturday 12th St Mary n the Castle, Pelham Cres, Hastings
Thursday 17th The Old Firestation, Peter St, Carlisle
Thursday 24th Glassbox Theatre, Medway, Gillingham
JULY 2022
Saturday 2nd Chilfest, Tring, Herts
AUGUST 2022
Friday 5th Rebellion Festival, Blackpool
Sunday 7th Stone Valley North, Durham
Saturday 27th Stone Valley Festival Midlands, Newark, Notts
SEPTEMBER 2022
Friday 16th EPIC, Magdalen St, Norwich
Friday 23rd The Assembly, Leamington Spa
OCTOBER 2022
Saturday 1st Gt British Alt Festival, Butlins, Skegness
Friday 7th Concorde 2, Madeira Dr, Brighton
NOVEMBER 2022
Saturday 12th The Sub Rooms, George St, Stroud
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT :
PETER HUGHES
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OR
COLIN BLACK 07846 427 810

Photography By Paul Leather Photography © 2015

