Toyah's career has spanned 30 years, she has had 13 top forty singles, made 17 solo albums and appeared in over ten movies and 40 stage plays, she is one of Britain's largest box office names. She recently achieved major acclaim for her role as Calamity Jane, which toured nationally and finished with 3 months in the West End. In 2003, apart from appearing on the stage Toyah also took part in ITV's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. In August 2000 Toyah's Autobiography "Living Out Loud" (Hodder & Stoughton) was released and in 2007 Diary of a Facelift. Throughout all this Toyah continues to appear on stage in various theatrical roles and still performs with her band, whilst writing for newspapers and finishing her first novel.
Throughout her career, Toyah has maintained a deep interest in social issues and is particularly passionate about education. She is also, as her career will show, an expert on re-invention.
In 2008 Toyah presented the highly prestigious ‘Tonight’ programme for prime time ITV 1. The programme was titled ‘How do you sleep?’ and was up against BBC 1's Eastenders, yet it successfully claimed one of highest viewing figures for the series at 3.9 million viewers and was critically acclaimed. Her home has also been the subject of a Living TV special when the cameras for ‘Living With The Dead’ spent the night successfully ghost hunting.
Recently Toyah filled P&O’ MV Aurora’s 500 seater theatre to capacity for three talks on life in show business and later she raised £1500 for BBC 1's charity edition of ‘Cash in the Attic’ as well as walking in the Gobi Dessert to raise thousands of pounds for www.greatwalktobeijing.com in aid of Olivia Newton John's cancer wellness centre in Australia.
Toyah's music goes from strength to strength with the video for her new single ‘Sensational’ completed.
Toyah plays large festivals all over Britain and waves the banner for women over forty in the world of business and entertainment.
Throughout her career, Toyah has maintained a deep interest in social issues and is particularly passionate about education. She is also, as her career will show, an expert on re-invention.
In 2008 Toyah presented the highly prestigious ‘Tonight’ programme for prime time ITV 1. The programme was titled ‘How do you sleep?’ and was up against BBC 1's Eastenders, yet it successfully claimed one of highest viewing figures for the series at 3.9 million viewers and was critically acclaimed. Her home has also been the subject of a Living TV special when the cameras for ‘Living With The Dead’ spent the night successfully ghost hunting.
Recently Toyah filled P&O’ MV Aurora’s 500 seater theatre to capacity for three talks on life in show business and later she raised £1500 for BBC 1's charity edition of ‘Cash in the Attic’ as well as walking in the Gobi Dessert to raise thousands of pounds for www.greatwalktobeijing.com in aid of Olivia Newton John's cancer wellness centre in Australia.
Toyah's music goes from strength to strength with the video for her new single ‘Sensational’ completed.
Toyah plays large festivals all over Britain and waves the banner for women over forty in the world of business and entertainment.
1. Learning speech.
This is a twenty minute autobiographical speech about her years at school. She had dyslexia and her school didn't cater for this learning difficulty. She was expected to slip through the educational net. But She didn't. As in most cases of dyslexia there is usually an area the dyslexic excels in and her area was performance.
She tells this as a motivational and all too common story, which she wishes the whole audience can relate to. Also, that it is never too late to learn, we live in privileged times where education is our right and that learning should be a lifetime friend.
As with all her speeches, this is poignant and hopefully light and funny, but also motivating.
This is best suited to an adult audience who is embarking on adult education.
In the past it has also gone down particularly well with teachers.
2. Travel speech.
Again, this is a twenty minute speech. The subject is about her time as a travel presenter with the BBC HOLIDAY team, which was throughout the 1990's.
This is a very funny and light hearted look at the so called glamorous world of the holiday presenter. Anecdotal stories spanning from childhood holidays to dodging riots in Bethlehem while trying to get a relaxed piece to camera.
The irony of trying to make destinations look cool and relaxed when you're in a foreign country with a psychopathic director who is on the verge of a nervous break down. The trials and tribulations of weight gain because all you do is eat food in front of the camera all day.
This appeals to travel reps of course, but also to almost to all corporates who feel travel is a perk of the job.
3. Entertainment speech.
This speaks for its self. With over 30 years in the business there are an awful lot of stories to tell. All her stories are either wicked or spicy and she tries to make every thing very down to earth. From playing the donkey in the school nativity to wearing a rubber dress on the set of Das Boat in Germany on a hot summer's evening when the dress decided to constrict like a rubber band and leave her starkers in front of two hundred strangers. Her stories are slightly silly and very light hearted.
This speech appeals to anyone, it isn't political and doesn't make any social comment, it's just fun.
4. Ladies speech.
She wrote this for a ladies business lunch. It is not totally autobiographical like her other speeches and very motivating. It is about how history has written women out of the picture, especially women artists and writers and she goes on to feature some women, especially the artist Rolida Sharples who changed the direction of art in 1820 and is now completely ignored in the history books. Then she talks about friends of hers who have built their own empires and how 'people friendly' they are, which is unique in the world of commerce.
This is a 'go out there and kick that male arse' speech. Not for the light hearted but for the thinkers.
It would be suited to any Ladies group and very daring to perform in front of men.
There are some subjects she is very passionate about and wants to work on. She has a very good knowledge of New Age themes, for example she works creatively in relation to the phases of the moon and has kept a moon diary for ten years. She believes we are all, but especially women, governed by the moon. She also has a fair knowledge of alternative therapies and remedies.
Her big love is Nutrition, especially for the diet conscious. But she firmly believes that good food cures all except genetic illness and mutated virus's. Nutrition is vital to us all as we get older to ensure good health and freedom from the pharmaceutical companies, who only have our ill health in mind.
She is passionate about our personal health and how it is the key to a better future and financial freedom. She has already started work on this speech and it is heavy weight and hard hitting, quite revolutionary, but it is a subject she feels very strongly about.
She would like to inspire people to continue self education and to stop relying on, and trusting industry to have their best interests in mind. The greatest revolutionary effect we can have on our world is 'not to finance' what we don't like and lets start with rubbish food products.
She would call this speech: Life management: 10 ways to escape yourself.
This is a twenty minute autobiographical speech about her years at school. She had dyslexia and her school didn't cater for this learning difficulty. She was expected to slip through the educational net. But She didn't. As in most cases of dyslexia there is usually an area the dyslexic excels in and her area was performance.
She tells this as a motivational and all too common story, which she wishes the whole audience can relate to. Also, that it is never too late to learn, we live in privileged times where education is our right and that learning should be a lifetime friend.
As with all her speeches, this is poignant and hopefully light and funny, but also motivating.
This is best suited to an adult audience who is embarking on adult education.
In the past it has also gone down particularly well with teachers.
2. Travel speech.
Again, this is a twenty minute speech. The subject is about her time as a travel presenter with the BBC HOLIDAY team, which was throughout the 1990's.
This is a very funny and light hearted look at the so called glamorous world of the holiday presenter. Anecdotal stories spanning from childhood holidays to dodging riots in Bethlehem while trying to get a relaxed piece to camera.
The irony of trying to make destinations look cool and relaxed when you're in a foreign country with a psychopathic director who is on the verge of a nervous break down. The trials and tribulations of weight gain because all you do is eat food in front of the camera all day.
This appeals to travel reps of course, but also to almost to all corporates who feel travel is a perk of the job.
3. Entertainment speech.
This speaks for its self. With over 30 years in the business there are an awful lot of stories to tell. All her stories are either wicked or spicy and she tries to make every thing very down to earth. From playing the donkey in the school nativity to wearing a rubber dress on the set of Das Boat in Germany on a hot summer's evening when the dress decided to constrict like a rubber band and leave her starkers in front of two hundred strangers. Her stories are slightly silly and very light hearted.
This speech appeals to anyone, it isn't political and doesn't make any social comment, it's just fun.
4. Ladies speech.
She wrote this for a ladies business lunch. It is not totally autobiographical like her other speeches and very motivating. It is about how history has written women out of the picture, especially women artists and writers and she goes on to feature some women, especially the artist Rolida Sharples who changed the direction of art in 1820 and is now completely ignored in the history books. Then she talks about friends of hers who have built their own empires and how 'people friendly' they are, which is unique in the world of commerce.
This is a 'go out there and kick that male arse' speech. Not for the light hearted but for the thinkers.
It would be suited to any Ladies group and very daring to perform in front of men.
There are some subjects she is very passionate about and wants to work on. She has a very good knowledge of New Age themes, for example she works creatively in relation to the phases of the moon and has kept a moon diary for ten years. She believes we are all, but especially women, governed by the moon. She also has a fair knowledge of alternative therapies and remedies.
Her big love is Nutrition, especially for the diet conscious. But she firmly believes that good food cures all except genetic illness and mutated virus's. Nutrition is vital to us all as we get older to ensure good health and freedom from the pharmaceutical companies, who only have our ill health in mind.
She is passionate about our personal health and how it is the key to a better future and financial freedom. She has already started work on this speech and it is heavy weight and hard hitting, quite revolutionary, but it is a subject she feels very strongly about.
She would like to inspire people to continue self education and to stop relying on, and trusting industry to have their best interests in mind. The greatest revolutionary effect we can have on our world is 'not to finance' what we don't like and lets start with rubbish food products.
She would call this speech: Life management: 10 ways to escape yourself.
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