An early autumnal rooftop jam in the beautiful city of Timisoara, Romania. This poem is a comment on the godlike power humankind now possesses.

“We have all of the time in the world
Held in the palm of our hands
And the harder we squeeze, the faster it flees
The tighter we grip, the shorter the trip…”

In Their hands

Royal albert home

As part of the Royal Albert Hall’s #RoyalAlbertHome series, Toby performs an exclusive set of poems from his aunt’s garden in Normandy. Crack open a cider and lose yourself in his dulcet tones why don’t you.

sunsets

'There is nothing quite like being alone at sunset
It's like heartbreak but warmer
It's like sitting with someone and holding their hand
As they die the perfect death
It's like torture, if torture were pleasant
It's music if music were silent... '

the Good listening to podcast

Here find Toby in conversation with motivational comedian Chris Grimes. Topics touched on include, but are not limited to: football; inspiration; quantum physics; smiling; poetry and death.

SEARCHING (WITH LYRIX ORGANIX)

One of Toby's regular collaborations with Lyrix Organix, performing his work alongside the London String Collective.  Here set against mesmeric visuals by Joanna Layla & Lizzy Rowlatt.

“I’m just trying to be a man, a good one
I just wish I had a plan, a good one
I’m just trying to be a… a good son
I’m just trying to be a good son.”

One from the archives. Teenage Toby performs his 2012 poem 'Tomorrow', in collaboration with the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company. This video has received a lot of love over the years.

“I thirst for your freedom
But still I can’t define it
These thoughts are all stuck in my stomach
I need a heimlich”

Tomorrow

MOMENTS

Quite possibly Toby’s rawest, most adolescent, and best dressed performance to date.

“From starting dessert, to inducing a payment
From smoking to calling a cab
From the last to the first of these truths I have faith in
I know this one surely is fact
When the past has occurred, and the future is waiting
These moments... these moments are all that we have”