Director / Writer / Producer
Bin Laden: The One Man Show
by Toby Tyrrell Jones & Sam Redway
'Bin Laden: The One Man Show' first premiered in 2013 it received widespread critical acclaim and went on to tour for a decade (over 250 performances). It was the first professional show I made and led to touring to USA, Australia and Europe as well as multiple tours in the UK. It was most recently translated into Norwegian by Kjetil Falkum and saw a Norwegian regional tour as well as performances in Oslo.
Notable Tour venues include: Det Norske Teateret, Oslo, Haugesund Teatr, Seymour Centre, Sydney; Canberra Theatre Centre; Adelaide Fringe; Theatre Works, Melbourne. Royal Exchange Theatre, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Sherman Theatre, The Dukes Lancaster, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Hollywood & San Diego Fringe Festivals, Cornelia St. Café NYC. Teatr Katapult (Denmark).
War with the Newts
adapted by Toby Tyrrell Jones from the novel by Karel Čapek
'War with the Newts' was produced while supported artist at the Royal Exchange theatre. It was an adaptation of the novel with collaboration from the company. It recieved the Summerhall Lustrum Award for outstanding theatre and toured across the UK including a 1 month run in London (Bunker Theatre).
Us (Post 23/3)
by Kamal Kaan
'Us (Post 23/3)' was a live streamed zoom play created during the pandemic. We commissioned Kamal Kaan to write a response to the pandemic, drawing on his families real life experience of working as key workers and the challenges they faced. It was performed live and streamed via youtube every night for one week as part of a lockdown theatre festival run by Knaive Theatre and as part of the Camden People Theatre digital festival.
Full Credits
2026– Director & Writer: Pain and The Brain (Short Film)
Manchester University & Digital Release
2024– Director: The American Clock by Arthur Miller
Leeds Conservatoire
2024– Director: A Town Called Folklore by Rob Green (New Musical)
Leeds Conservatoire
2023– Director: King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
Leeds Conservatoire
2023– Co-Director: Goodbye Uncle Fudgey by Tom Greaves
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe 2023
2022/3 – Director: Bin Laden: The One Man Show (Norwegian translation)
Haugesund Teater 2022, Heddadagene (National Norwegian Theatre Awards)
2021- Director: The Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco
Leeds Conservatoire
2020/21 – Director: Us.Post 23/3 by Kamal Kaan
Digital-lyceum.com, Camden People’s Theatre digital. Watch here.
2020/21 – Director: Covid Lockdown Breath Machine by Lavinia Murray
Digital-lyceum.com, Summerhall Digital July-August 2021. Listen here.
2019 - Assistant Director: When the Crows Visit by Anupama Chandrasekhar
Directed by Indhu Rubasingham; Kiln Theatre, London
2013-2019 Director: Bin Laden: The One Man Show by Tyrrell Jones & Sam Redway
UK & International Touring. 250 + Performances across UK, USA, Australia, Mexico & Denmark.
2018 – Director: War with the Newts by Karel Capek; adapted by Tyrrell Jones
Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe 2018 + UK Tour (inc. Royal Exchange Theatre, Theatre Clywd, Bunker Theatre)
2018 - Co-Director & Dramaturg: Baal by Bertolt Brecht
Dance/ Theatre Collaboration with Impermanence Dance Theatre, supported by KSF (Royal Exchange Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, The Place)
2016 - Associate Director: Wanted
Leeds Playhouse / Transform Festival 2016
2015 - Associate Director: Avocado by Eve Ensler (World Premiere)
Dir. Mark Rosenblatt, Leeds Playhouse and Latitude Festival 2015
2014- 2015 – Resident Assistant Director at Leeds Playhouse
Responsibilities included rehearsal support, actor notes, cover rehearsals and maintaining productions during transfer and performance runs.
The Crucible (dir. James Brining), James and the Giant Peach (dir. Max Webster), Boi Boi is Dead (dir. Lucian Msamati), Little Sure Shot (dir. Amy Leach)
2013 – Director: The Wandering Scholar by Holst (Opera)
King’s Head Theatre / Opera Les Fauves
Awards
▪ Heddadagene, ('Bin Laden: The One Man Show' in Norwegian) Oslo 2023
▪ Spirit of the Fringe Award, Goodbye Uncle Fudgey, 2023
▪ Summerhall Lustrum Award, War with the Newts, 2018
▪ Supported Artist at the Royal Exchange Theatre, 2017-18
▪ 8 International Awards for Bin Laden: The One Man Show (including ‘Best
Theatre’ Adelaide Fringe Festival 2019, ‘Critic’s Pick’ Hollywood Fringe
2016, Broadway Baby Golden Bobby 2013)
▪ KSF Artist of Choice, 2015