Wendy Toye

Studied dancing as a child and when she was only ten years of age produced a ballet at the Palladium. She made her first appearance on the stage at the Old Vic as Mustard Seed in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and then made many West End appearances in “Toad Of Toad Hall”, “Hiawatha”, “The Miracle”, “Ballerina”, “The Golden Toy”, “Tulip Time”, “Love And How To Cure It”, and “Aladdin”. She then choreographed many famous shows including several productions for George Black and many of the Charles Cochran musicals such as “Bless The Bride” (which she also directed). Immediately after playing a major part in “Annie Get Your Gun” she sent her own company, “Ballet-Hoo de Wendy Toye” to Paris for a season. During the 1950’s she began to direct opera in addition to plays and for Sadler’s Wells done “Bluebeard’s Castle”, “The Telephone”, “Russalka”, “Fledermaus”, “Orpheus in the Underworld”, and “La Vie Parisienne”. London stage productions include “As You Like It” at the Old Vic, “A Majority Of One”, and “Robert and Elizabeth”. Also directed on Broadway and for television. directing films including “The Teckman Mystery”, “Raising A Riot”, “All For Mary”, “The Twelfth Day” (in which she also appeared), “True As A Turtle”, “We Joined The Navy”, and “The King’s Breakfast” (which was nominated as the British Entry for the Cannes Festival).

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Cowardy Custard

Past productions

Associate Producer, Singin’ in the Rain, Harold Fielding Ltd 30^th June 1983 – 28^th September 1985, London Palladium.
Director, Gala – A Tribute to Joyce Grenfell 1984 – 1985, Aldwych Theatre, London.
Deviser, Cowardy Custard, Pitlochry Festival Theatre Company May – September 1984, Pitlochry Festival Theatre 1.
Director, This Thing Called Love, Michael Redington and Digby Burnell for Resourceful Productions Ltd 22^nd March – May 1983, Ambassadors Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Windsor.
Director, Colette ? – November 1980, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham and Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London).
Directed by, The Englishman Amused, Simon Clarke Productions 20^th – 31^st July 1976, Mercury Theatre, Colchester.
Choreograher / Director, Show Boat 29^th July 1971 – 29^th September 1973, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Director, Sybil, Combined Theatrical Charities Appeals Council 29^th October 1972, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
Direction & Musical Staging, The Great Waltz, Bernard Delfont & Harold Fielding’s “Great Waltz” Company 9^th July 1970 – March 1972, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Director, She Stoops to Conquer, National Theatre at the Young Vic started 2^nd February 1972, Young Vic, London.
Director, The Soldier’s Tale, National Theatre started 29^th September 1970, Young Vic, London.
Anything Goes 1969 – 1970, Bristol Hippodrome.
Director, A Talent to Amuse, Martin Tickner 15^th December 1969, Phoenix Theatre, London.
Director, Robert and Elizabeth, Marlan Productions Ltd started 13^th February 1967, Bristol Hippodrome, Empire Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
Choreographer / Director, Robert and Elizabeth, Marlan Productions Ltd 20^th October 1964 – 4^th February 1967, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
Director / Musical numbers staged by, On the Level, Martin Landau for Marlan Productions 19^th April – 30^th July 1966, Saville Theatre, London.
Director, Orpheus in the Underworld 1965 – 1966, Bristol Hippodrome.
Director, Virtue in Danger, Mermaid Theatre Company 10^th April – 29^th June 1963, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London) and Mermaid Theatre, London.
Director, Die Fledermaus 1959 – 1960, Bristol Hippodrome.
Director, A Majority of One 23^rd February – ? 1960, Phoenix Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
Director, As You Like It, Old Vic Company started 3^rd September 1959, Old Vic, London.
Director, As You Like It, Old Vic Company started 3^rd September 1959, Old Vic, London.
Director & Choreographer, Lady at the Wheel 23^rd January – 22^nd March 1958, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London and Westminster Theatre, London.
Director, Wild Thyme, Laurier Lister 23^rd May – 27^th August 1955, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Bath, and other locations.
Dances arranged by, Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure 2^nd June 1954 – 29^th January 1955, St Martin’s Theatre, London and Fortune Theatre, London.
Director, And So To Bed 1953 – 15^th May 1954, Bristol Hippodrome and Chiswick Empire, London.
Director, And So To Bed 23^rd February – 18^th April 1953, Theatre Royal, Brighton and Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham.
Director, Wild Thyme 1952 – 1953, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Director, Second Threshold 15^th September – 22^nd November 1952, Theatre Royal, Brighton and Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
Director, And So To Bed 1^st August 1951 – 26^th July 1952, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London, and other locations.
Winnie Tate, Annie Get Your Gun 7^th June 1947 – 29^th April 1950, London Coliseum.
Director, Bless the Bride 26^th April 1947 – 11^th June 1949, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Director, Tough at the Top 16^th July – ? 1949, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Director, The Shephard Show, Firth Shephard 3^rd September 1946 – 22^nd February 1947, Princes Theatre, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre (1963 – Present Day)) and Palace Theatre, Manchester.
Director, Big Ben 17^th July – ? 1946, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Dances & Ensembles, Hi-de-Hi 3^rd June 1943 – 11^th March 1944, Palace Theatre, London and Stoll Theatre, London.
Vic-Wells Ballet,The 1932 – 1933, Old Vic, London.
Choreographer, There Is A Willow Grows Aslant A Brook, The Camargo Ballet 4^th – 5^th December 1932, Adelphi Theatre, London.

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