Toby Schmitz Biography

Fast Facts

• Wrote and performed in revue, stand-up comedy and theatre productions while studying performing arts and law at the University of Western Australia
• While studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, wrote his first play, dreamalittledreamalittle, which was presented as a director's project in 1998
• After graduating drama school, worked extensively with the Sydney Theatre Company, beginning with David Williamson's play The Great Man
• Directed a production of Howard Korder's play A Boy's Life in Sydney in 2000
• Won the Sydney Theatre Company's Patrick White Playwrights' Award for Lucky in 2002
• His play Chicks WIll Dig You won the Australian National Playwrights' Centre/New Dramatists Award in 2004
• Played the title role in Hamlet in the 2013 Belvoir St Theatre production in Sydney