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Toyah Willcox: Pop icon of the 80’s.
Actress in Quadrophenia. Recipient of an LIPA award. Best Female Singer at the 1982 British Rock & Pop Awards.
Toyah Willcox’s career over the years has seen her with 13 top 40 singles and 15 solo albums. She has also written 2 books, appeared in over 20 stage plays and made 10 feature films!
The last few years have been the busiest of Toyah’s life. She has performed hundred’s of shows to well over half a million people. Eleven of those shows where for a Here and Now tour, where she realised her ambition of playing Wembley to sixteen thousand enthusiasts. The majority were for her starring role in Calamity Jane, which was nominated for the Manchester Evening News Best Musical in November 2002 and went on to be a huge success in London’s West End. She later revived the role in 2005.
TOUR:
2026 sees Toyah embark on her Songs & Stories tour. Tickets are on sale now
She presented the programme Life Class for HTV West, looking into the drawings of the human figure. This won her an award at the 2002 Columbus International Film & Video Festival in the USA. She also presented the last programme to come from Birmingham’s legendary TV studio BBC Pebble Mill. Alongside all this, she took time out to survive 12 long days and nights in the Australian Jungle for ITVs I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in May 2003.
Her first Novel We Have Angels Here, was published in 2003. This was the year her first self penned one-woman show hit British Theatres. On top of all that she made two TV series one for ITV1 and the second for FIVE. And Q Magazine gave a huge thumbs up to her latest album Velvet Lined Shell.
Toyah’s presenting career began back in 1992 with a show called 1st Night for Mentorn Barraclough Carey. This soon resulted in many offers, she was asked to present Meridians Anything Goes and a BBC1 series Discovering Eve. She also became the only female ever to play the title role in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Peter Pan, which received massive critical acclaim.
BOOKS:
In August 2000 Toyah Willcox’s autobiography Living Out Loud was released. Later in 2005 she released Diary of a Facelift
In 1996 Toyah presented The Good Sex Guide Late for Carlton Television every Friday night as part of the new late-night series of programmes. She also began a long-standing relationship with the BBC where she has since presented the Holiday programme, Fasten your Seatbelts, Face Value, a Songs of Praise special and The Heaven & Earth Show.
In keeping in with her musical background, she became a face of VH1 presenting a series of programmes namely Into the Music, Weekend Review, her own show Toyah then Toyah & Chase and Happy Hour.
During the year 2000 Toyah reported for Paradise Found (ITV). Here she spent a week at a retreat in Santa Barbara away from her stressful work routine. This was to go on an adventure to find her true self! She also presented a series for BBC Open University called Ever Wonder and became a team captain for Meridians property quiz show Under Offer. The following year Toyah Willcox presented an alternative health series for Discovery Health called Beyond Medicine and Whose Recipe is it Anyway? a food show for the Carlton Food Network.
SPEAKING:
Toyah is a superb speaker at after dinner and motivational events. She is also a great option for Awards Hosting. To Book Toyah Willcox for your next event call SpeakOut on 020 8914 8966. Or, Click on the Enquire Now button below, fill in a few details and a member of our team will get straight back to you.
