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Pop singer and ’80s icon Toyah Willcox will be the headline act at the Crick Boat Show.

The annual show will be held at Crick Marina from Saturday, May 24 to Monday, May 26 with more than 250 exhibitors at the event.

Toyah will be performing her acoustic, up close and personal set during the Saturday evening entertainment. Her gig will include renditions of her most well-known singles, such as It’s A Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want to Be Free and she will tell stories from her colourful 35-year career.

• Continue reading at the Daventry Express.

Hold on to your hats as Toyah Willcox plays her greatest hits at the Tivoli, Wimborne, next Friday (28th) at 7.30pm.

The lovable livewire has moved from punk princess to high priestess of TV, treading the boards as an actress, composing music and being an award-winning rock legend along the way.

Toyah will be performing a full set with her band, featuring songs from In the Court of the Crimson Queen along with classic hits and fan favourites.

• Continue reading at Blackmore Vale Magazine.

Pop icon Toyah Willcox headlining this year’s Crick Boat Show and Waterways Festival in Northamptonshire

Pop icon, TV presenter and actress Toyah Willcox is headlining this year’s Crick Boat Show & Waterways Festival.

The annual event, which showcases the inland waterways industry with over 250 exhibitors from across the canal world, takes place at Crick Marina, near Daventry in Northamptonshire, from 24 to 26 May 2014.

Toyah will be performing her ‘Acoustic, Up Close & Personal’ set at Crick as part of the show’s Saturday evening entertainment programme.

• Continue reading at Northampton Herald & Post.

80s singer Toyah Willcox to headline Crick Boat Show

Pop singer and TV presenter Toyah Willcox will headline this year’s Crick Boat Show & Waterways Festival.

The annual event, which showcases the inland waterways industry with over 250 exhibitors from across the canal world, takes place at Crick Marina, near Daventry in Northamptonshire, on the weekend of May 24 to 26.

The show is expected to attract 25,000 visitors and Toyah will be performing her ‘Acoustic, Up Close & Personal’ set during the Saturday evening entertainment programme.

Her gig will include renditions of her most well-known singles, such as It’s A Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want to Be Free and she will tell stories from her colourful 35-year career.

• Continue reading at Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

This is fast becoming our favourite diary date – the chance to see five incredible acts do their stuff live from the atmospheric and intimate Bedford pub in Balham. And this month veteran singer songwriter, broadcaster, campaigner and all-round good guy Tom Robinson is hosting.

Taking to the stage at the 4th Vintage TV Sessions (20th March, 8pm) are: punk princess Toyah Willcox and her band: indie rockers The Struts, 80s idol Nik Kershaw, the gorgeous Judie Tzuke of ‘Stay with me ‘til Dawn’ fame; and acclaimed singer songwriter Josephine. Let’s keep it live!

• Visit the Vintage TV website.

A short news article on Toyah, by the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, ahead of the Crimson Queen/ Greatest Hits…Live! gig in Holmfirth next Friday.

Seventies and 80s pop star Toyah is set to play a live show at the Picturedrome.

In a career spanning over 30 years she has amassed 13 top 40 singles, recorded 20 albums and toured the world. She first emerged in 1977 and by 1979 Toyah’s band was gaining critical success with the debut single, Victims of the Riddle.

A platinum album Anthem followed and in 1981 she featured on the famous Old Grey Whistle Test Christmas Special. The following year saw her winning Best Female Singer at the Rock And Pop Awards.

• Continue reading at the Huddersfield Daily Examiner.

The collaboration celebrates the life and work of Jarman in a year that marks the 20th anniversary of his death.

Jarman died in 1994, aged just 52, but his legacy lives on. In the 20 years since, his films have lost none of their relevance and remain influential, with public interest increasing substantially in recent years.

Edinburgh also plays a key role in Jarman’s fascinating story, as he brought several films – starting with The Tempest – to the Edinburgh’s International Film Festival.

With the help of the British Film Institute, the film season will include features such as Caravaggio, The Tempest, The Angelic Conversation, War Requiem, Jubilee, Wittgenstein, The Garden, Blue, The Last of England, Edward II and Glitterbug, alongside more experimental films and rarely seen shorts.

• Continue reading at the Edinburgh Evening News.

New science fiction film shot in Birmingham city centre features humans being zapped in Victoria Square

It’s like a scene from a Hollywood blockbuster, with screaming crowds running for their lives from alien spaceships. But look closer and the out-of-this world invaders zapping fleeing terrified humans are flying above the streets of Birmingham.

Simon Cox has written and directs Kaleidoscope Man, which is being shot in the city – and stars Kings Heath-born Toyah Willcox. The movie features Victoria Square as the backdrop for one scene where 700 extras flee the alien laser strike.

• Continue reading at the Birmingham Mail.

She’s our Vintage TV presenter and princess of punk and he’s played with Bowie and Blondie and is one of the world’s greatest guitarists. Now Toyah Willcox and her musician, composer and record producer husband Robert Fripp, of prog rockers King Crimson, invite us into their Worcestershire home for a joint My Vintage (16th Feb, 5pm), giving a fascinating and intimate insight into the records they are both passionate about and telling the tales behind their top tracks. What a couple! What a coup for My Vintage!

• Visit the Vintage TV website. Toyah and Robert are also currently pictured on their Home page. (Photo © Vintage TV)

The Aylesbury club that rocked the music world of the 1970s and 80s is the focus of a major new exhibition at Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury.

Step back to that era and chart-topping names such as Fleetwood Mac, Mott The Hoople, Genesis, David Bowie, Howard Jones, Marillion, Toyah Willcox, The Clash and The Ramones, all took the stage at Friars club.

Many more rock stars of the time would say the club helped make their name.

Peter Gabriel, founder of the band Genesis, said: “I suppose it started for us at the legendary Friars Aylesbury. That’s where people first got to know us.”

• Continue reading at the Advertiser & Review.

Simon Cox is seeking financial backing for ambitious sci-fi thriller ‘The Kaleidoscope Man’

Film-maker Simon Cox is seeking financial backing for an ambitious sci-fi thriller, which he says “is starting to look like a Hollywood blockbuster.” Simon is based at Nuneaton’s Centenary Business centre and already has half of the project in the can, but now needs investors to come on board to help him complete the next phase.

His feature-length movie is called ‘The Kaleidoscope Man’ and last year he transformed his studio into the set of an International Space Station, while another scene had 700 people screaming through the streets of Birmingham from an onslaught of attacking alien spaceships and outdoor shooting has also taken place in Kenilworth.

…Eighties pop star Toyah Willcox and TV drama actess Lucy Drive both have parts in “Kaleidoscope Man” which is being put together through Simon’s Alpha Star Productions company.

• Continue reading at the Coventry Telegraph. View a photo Simon posted at Facebook of himself and Toyah. Become involved by donating to help the film progress at Indiegogo.

Actress and post-punk legend Toyah Willcox has been confirmed to star in Steve Oram‘s directorial debut, Aaaaaaaah!

We first told you about the film a few weeks ago, after hearing it discussed in hushed tones for some time, but the news of Toyah’s casting came to us twice over yesterday evening – first via Oram himself at Julian Barratt’s live show, then via Toyah’s web-master as the news was revealed on her official website.

Typically oddball, the film will contain no spoken dialogue, with the cast – Oram, Tom Meeten, Julian Barratt, Tony Way, Waen Shepherd, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Hannah Hoeskra and now, Toyah Willcox, will communicate like monkeys.

• Continue reading at The Velvet Onion.

Toyah Willcox has been confirmed as this year’s headlining act at Crick Boat Show 2014.

Fresh from her positively received diving on ITV1’s Splash, household name, pop icon, TV presenter and stage and screen actress (Calamity Jane, Cabaret Peter Pan, Jubilee, Quadrophenia) Toyah comes to Crick Boat Show this May to perform her Acoustic, Up Close & Personal set. Toyah will be the final act on Saturday, after a day of Crick favourites and talented local musicians.

If you’ve yet to book your tickets to Crick Boat Show 2014, you can do so by clicking here or by calling 01283 742970.

• Continue reading at www.crickboatshow.com.

Anna Williamson pays tribute to her Splash! pal Toyah in her “Showbiz Peek at the Week” column at Digital Spy.

…However, it was the lovely Toyah Willcox who after pulling off a spectacular inward dive tuck off the 5-meter board, gave me a run for my money for a place in the semi-finals.

By the skin of my teeth I ‘won’ the ‘splash-off’ and I’m incredibly grateful to have been put through to the next round, but I must say it was rather bittersweet as Toyah is not only a wonderfully talented and gracious lady, she was also my fellow girly training partner – I’ll miss her chirpy banter next week when it’s back to the swimming pool.

For a woman in her 50s with a hip replacement to have achieved what she did on Saturday night I think is truly inspiring. Toyah, I salute you!

• Continue reading at Digital Spy. (Photos © Digital Spy)

The biggest music event that Tring has ever seen is returning for a second year with the very best sounds from the 1980s and contemporary pop.

July’s event saw 11,000 people flock to see some of the biggest names in the industry – and judging by the line-up – this year will be no different for Chilfest music festival. And the advice for this year’s three-day concert is to book early in order to avoid disappointment.

…While on Saturday, July 5, Chilfest presents Jason Donovan, Toyah, Imagination, Bad Manners, Go West and Bony M featuring Maizie Williams.

• Continue reading at the Leighton Buzzard Observer.

A new Toyah interview and photo/fashion feature published today by the Daily Mail.

How Toyah can make a style Splash! Proof you CAN find a swimsuit to flatter every figure

As a 55-year-old woman with short legs, scars across my stomach from childhood surgery and a bosom so generous it can make me look dumpy, I never dreamed that one day I’d be parading around in a swimming costume on national television.

Yet as a contestant on ITV’s reality diving show Splash!, I’m doing just that – and couldn’t be more terrified. Ever since I agreed to be in the show, I’ve been petrified at the thought of exposing my physique in a swimming costume.

Yes, I try to keep fit and I’m a size ten, but I’m only 5ft 1in, and my body confidence is so low that I never go on beach holidays. The thought of walking down the sands showing off so much skin makes me feel ill with nerves. I haven’t worn a bikini since I was a teen – and even the swimming costume I wear to the local pool has a skirt attached to cover my legs up…

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail.

Just a few more of the numerous press reports on last night’s Splash! (Photos © ITV)

• Metro: Toyah Willcox Was A Bundle Of Energy: Toyah Willcox was last to take a leap of faith, doing it for the over-50s. ‘Oh God, sorry’ she apologised as she fell from a board during practice, such a polite punk – Continue reading…

• Daily Mail: Splash! Heat Two: Taking to the board more like a warrior princess, Toyah prepared for her backwards dive by getting into the zone and then diving in spectacular, if surprisingly good, fashion. Judge Jo Brand said Toyah’s dive was ‘incredible – can I have some of what you have?’ Co-judge Leon Taylor called Toyah a ‘pocket rocket – amazing, well done’ – Continue reading…

• Mirror: Splash!: Boyzone star Keith Duffy wins splash-off against Toyah Willcox to make it to semi-final: Willcox, 55, who executed an impressive inward dive with tuck from the 5m platform to win 24 points, said she had found a new hobby. “I love diving, it’s become a new passion,” she said – Continue reading…

• So So Gay: As It Happened: Splash! 2014 – Episode 2: Finally, singer, actress and ‘Princess of punk’, Toyah Willcox was introduced to the crowd – Continue reading…

• Entertainment Focus: Splash! heat two winners revealed: Toyah Willcox and Anna Williamson had to battle it out for the second place and after diving again it was Anna who claimed victory – Continue reading…

• Inagist: Presenter to Toyah Willcox: “What do the judges think? It’s a mystery. No it’s not, we’re going to ask them now.” Saturday telly, folks.

This week’s top moments, from a mermaid inspired diving routine to Martin Offia conquering his diving fear

Toyah Willcox being one of the best 55 year old’s we’ve ever seen

For 55 years old, Toyah Wilcox is looking and diving extremely well! The singer wasn’t looking a day over 40 and placed joint second on the leaderboard with Anna Williamson just behind Keith Duffy – Not too shabby! However, it was one of the most nail-biting moments watching Toya dive, as her head missed the diving board by mere centimetres!

• Continue reading at Entertainment Wise.

Toyah Willcox’s 5m inward dive with tuck: Score – (8-8.5-7.5) 24

Jo: “You’re a bundle of energy. I don’t know how you do it, but can I have some of what you’ve got?”. Andy: “You need to go higher, but really good effort.”

Splash! Scorecard – Heat Two:

1. Keith Duffy – 24.5, =2. Anna Williamson – 24, =2. Toyah Willcox – 24, 4. Paul Ross – 21.5, 5. Martin Offiah – 18

HEAT WINNER: Keith Duffy. SPLASH-OFF: Anna Williamson v Toyah Willcox: Leon chose Anna, Jo chose Toyah, Andy chose Anna.

• Continue reading at Digital Spy.

As Paul Ross is (unsurprisingly) sent home, here’s what we learned from week two of the celebrity diving competition

Toyah Has A Close Shave – But Still Scores High: Toyah Willcox, described as the princess of punk as she sashays across the pool to the sound of Pink’s ‘So What’, looks like she’s up for the challenge of the competition… Her performance is really good – but Toyah tucks in so early that her hair actually brushes the board as she falls into the water. Any closer and she could have smacked her head, suffered partial memory loss. Imagine… The judges loved Toyah’s energy and skill, praising her for punching above her weight. She gets an 8, 8.5 and 7.5, equalling an impressive 24.

Toyah And Anna Duke It Out In The Splash-Off: After Paul Ross and Martin are (unsurprisingly) sent home, and Keith Duffy is put through to next week, it falls to the two honourable ladies of the evening, Toyah and Anna, to duke it out for a position in the semi-final… Jo Brand wants Toyah to go through, and reminds us all she’s had a hip operation, but the other judges choose Anna and she is sent through with Keith.

• Continue reading at the Mirror.

Toyah Willcox must be just about the only celebrity who is more scared of stripping down to her swimsuit than she is about diving off the high board on Splash!

And whilst her style back in the Eighties might not be one you’re in a hurry to recreate today, as she prepares to take the plunge we couldn’t help but notice how good she’s looking nowadays in that swimsuit.

She’s got nothing to worry about…

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail.