Toby Marlow

Marlow was born on 12 October 1994 to parents Helma and Andrew Marlow and was raised in Henley-on-Thames, England. They have two siblings: an older brother named Jasper and a younger sister named Annabel,^[4][5] who later originated the role of Katherine Howard in Six at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.^[6] Marlow's mother and maternal grandparents are Jewish.^[7] They were a child actor from the ages of 9 to 14,^[4] appearing in several films and on TV, including an appearance on ITV's Marple, in which they played a French boy with glasses.^[8] Marlow's father is a professional musician, their grandfather also trained as an actor and their great-grandmother taught speech and drama.^[9]

Marlow was educated at Abingdon School from 2008 to 2013,^[10] and was a member of the Acorn Music Theatre Company in Henley.^[11] They went on to study English at Robinson College at Cambridge University.^[8] While at Cambridge, they were very active in the ADC Theatre scene, as both a performer and a composer.^[12][13] According to Lucy Moss, their friendship "solidified" during the 2015 amateur student production of Rent at the ADC Theatre,^[14] during which Marlow played the lead character Angel, and Moss was one of the dancers.^[15]

Six

Main article: Six (musical)

In 2017, Marlow co-composed and co-wrote the musical Six, produced by Kenny Wax.^[16] The musical received positive reviews at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and went on to be performed in the West End in London.^[17][4] On 28 July 2019, Marlow stepped into the role of Catherine Parr for two sold-out performances at London's Arts Theatre when a cast member was on vacation, the two standbys for the role were out sick, and the other understudy was performing in a different role in the show.^[18] Marlow, along with their collaborator Lucy Moss, signed with Warner Chappell Music in August 2019.^[19] Six began previews on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on 13 February 2020 and was scheduled to open on 12 March 2020.^[20] However, the show's opening night was delayed due to the closure of all Broadway theatres because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[21] Previews for the show resumed on 17 September 2021 and the official opening night occurred on 3 October 2021.

On 12 June 2022, Marlow became the first openly non-binary composer–lyricist to win a Tony Award, sharing the Tony Award for Best Original Score for Six with Moss.^[2][22][23]

In 2022, Marlow and Moss were included in Time magazine's Time 100 Next list.^[24]

Marlow is transfeminine and queer. Marlow uses they/them pronouns.^[23]

• Six (musical)
• Lucy Moss
• List of Old Abingdonians