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Fresh from making waves by diving on ITV1’s Splash, household name, pop icon, TV presenter and stage and screen actress Toyah Willcox, who lists Calamity Jane, Jubilee, and Quadrophenia among her credits, comes to Trading Boundaries at Sheffield Park for an intimate, lively gig.

Promoters say “this is a unique chance to experience Toyah up close and personal”.

Billed as a lively unplugged/storyteller-style gig, it will feature Toyah performing an acoustic set of hit singles such as It’s A Mystery and other classic songs, alongside recollections and anecdotes from her colourful 35-year career.

• Continue reading at the East Grinstead Courier.

As previously mentioned, Toyah is interviewed in the latest issue of Classic Pop magazine, in their “Godmothers Of Pop” feature.

From punk rock to Top Of The Pops, cinema and theatre to All Star Mr & Mrs – it’s been a frantically varied 33 years since Toyah’s first hit single It’s A Mystery and the Four From Toyah EP in 1981. We caught up with her at the start of an autumn packed full of live dates…

One of my personal highlights from your back catalogue is the acoustic album from 1994. The piano version of It’s A Mystery was very striking…
I liked the orchestral version as well. Every so often I’m given the chance to do something outside the norm. I’m touring an acoustic show at the moment and it’s going down a storm. It’s lovely that you can see the songwiriting, you can see the song. The song isn’t veiled with noise.

• Issue 13 (September 2014) is available now. Visit classicpop.com. (Thanks to Lärwi)

Six songs from Toyah’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane gig, and the final of the Good Morning Universe European Tour, from Christmas Eve 1981 have been aired by BBC 6 Music for the first time in over three decades. Listen for the next week at BBC iPlayer.

Toyah and The Moondogs: Chris Hawkins presents recordings from the BBC’s archive of live music. Tonight including Toyah recorded at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London in 1981, plus The Moondogs in session.

Toyah tweeted about seeing Kate Bush live last night: “Kate Bush gig last night. Truly awesome. Saw her after. She held me in her arms & kissed me…really topped the evening. Cant stop smiling“. (Speaking of Kate Bush – A huge thanks to Sharon for the wonderful tour programme)

The special Toyah celebrity edition of Living With The Dead is repeated later this month on Pick. This originally aired in June 2008. Pick is available on: Sky (Channel 152), Freeview (Channel 11), Virgin (Channel 123).

Toyah was interviewed by ‘Digital Spy’ at the time:
Have you always believed in the paranormal?  ”I believe in the paranormal and I accept it but I don’t change my life around it. I’m not an avid follower, as it were. I am open-minded.”

Living With The Dead: Pick: Thursday 25th September: 3.05an
Toyah Willcox, Pershore, Worcs (Celeb Special). Singer Toyah Willcox invites the Living with the Dead experts to her hometown nearby Pershore Abbey to exorcise paranormal activity connected to 15th-century criminal monks. Also airing on Pick +1.

• Read the full ‘Digital Spy’ 2008 interview with Toyah here. View some of their related press, from Dreamscape 2008, here.

The latest issue, number 13, of Classic Pop magazine is published on 17th September, and it includes a new interview with Toyah. You can view a preview of some of the new issue pages at Facebook.

Who’s Doing The Dishes? sees Toyah Willcox make a Punky Puffy Pastry, Vegetable Crumble and Sherry Trifle.

Starter: Punky Puff Pastry: (Camembert Wrapped in Puff Pastry)

Main: I Want to Be Meat Free: (Vegetable Crumble with Roast Potato and Beetroot Wedges)

Dessert: Over the Hill and Far Away Trifle

Toyah’s edition of the programme is available to watch online at ITV Player for the next four weeks.

You can also see the recipes for her dishes at itv.com.

More webisodes have been uploaded to ToyahTV over the last few days.

• The entire collection, so far, is available to watch at the Official Toyah Vimeo page.

It is often said that small is beautiful and Toyah Willcox provided indisputable evidence.

In the court of the Crimson Queen, aka the Stroud Subscription Rooms, the diminutive, one-time punk princess demonstrated why after 35 years she still deservedly draws the crowds.

Opening appropriately with Good Morning, Universe, she cruised triumphantly through her greatest hits, strikingly revamped as a frothy acoustic set.

Instead of a full band, the entire performance was powered by accomplished guitarists Chris Wong from her current outfit The Humans, and Colin Hinds, formerly of China Crisis, thrashing out any number of solid chords and sizzling breaks.

• Continue reading at the Gloucestershire Echo.

Toyah’s September blog is available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.

Toyah’s Official Website has now been online for over 14 years and has evolved in to a fantastic resource for fans – the Discography has to be one of the best online – The site also now boasts Ask Toyah and Toyah TV, the latest new features which make www.toyahwillcox.com an essential part of your online Toyah experience.

Toyah has answered a selection of questions submitted so far for Ask Toyah.

Keep an eye out in October when there will be another batch of videos.

Note: This Ask Toyah batch of videos is a playlist. You can either let the clips play through or use the arrows on the YouTube navigation to skip through them. Each clip is 2-3 minutes long.

There’s a new “Fan Of The Month” over at Sugar Rush: The Humans fansite.

The latest Breaking Through, Toyah’s Official newsletter, was emailed to subscribers earlier this week.

It contains lots of news as always, including details on gigs, Ask Toyah, ToyahTV, Drury Lane on BBC Radio 6 Music, Who’s Doing The Dishes?, The Power Of Three DVD, The Humans and much more.

• Subscribe: Sign up to ‘Breaking Through’, to receive regular newsletter updates, here.

Eighties punk star Toyah Willcox comes to Stroud for the first time next week for a gig at the Sub Rooms.

The 56-year-old singer, actress and reality TV star – who hit the charts in 1981 with It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free and appeared in The Who-inspired 1979 film Quadrophenia – will be at the central Stroud venue on September 5, to give an unplugged storyteller’s style gig.

Toyah will perform an acoustic set of her hit singles, alongside recalling stories from her colourful, thirty-five year career. She told the SNJ: “My shows aren’t self-indulgent, I want to share them with the audience, so it will be very up-beat.”

• Continue reading at the Stroud News & Journal.

Photos from Tuesday evening’s Acoustic, Up Close & Personal concert at Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. Please click below to view the full versions at Dreamscape’s Gallery. Browse all of Dreamscape’s Acoustic, Up Close & Personal news… (Photos © Layne Patterson)

There’s a new ToyahTV clip at toyahwillcox.com, as well as more webisodes at Vimeo from Toyah. Fans can also submit their questions for “Ask Toyah” at the official site too. Post your question in the comments section on the news post.

Toyah is filming short videos for a new series of webisodes for ToyahTV which you can be viewed at vimeo.com/toyahofficial.

Catch up with Toyah rehearsing for gigs, looking through costumes, getting haircut, sharing recipies and talking to Robert on Skype.Lots more webisodes to come….

A selection of fantastic Quadrophenia related photos taken by Damon King on a recent visit to Brighton. Please click below to view larger versions of the photos. (Thanks to Damon)

Your chance to get up close and personal with punk icon Toyah

Punk rock icon Toyah Willcox is set for a stunning return to the stage with an intimate Totnes concert featuring all her smash hits on Saturday night. Expect to hear songs such as It’s A Mystery, Echo Beach, Thunder In The Mountains, and I Want To Be Free.

The South Devon Arts Centre gig is a unique chance to see Toyah up close and personal with her full band.

This intimate show will include all her much-loved hit singles and classic songs, alongside recalling stories from her colourful 35-year career.

• Continue reading at the Torquay Herald Express. See also: Gloucester Citizen: Don’t miss events of the weekend: Moreton show, Toyah Willcox and Gloucester History Festival – Continue reading…

Video: Was Toyah’s the very first ever Ice Bucket Challenge?

Punk rock icon Toyah Willcox, who plays an intimate Totnes concert featuring all her smash hits on Saturday night, may have been the original Ice Bucket Challenge celebrity. This clip from 30 years ago shows Toyah taking part in the Bucket of Water Supporters Club challenge as part of the popular TV programme Tiswas.

• Continue reading/watch the clip at the Torquay Herald Express.

Punk Princess, TV presenter and actress Toyah Willcox will be performing and sharing tales of her 35 year career at Stroud’s Subscription Rooms on Friday.

Her show, Toyah, Acoustic, Up Close and Personal, sees her perform with a full band, and share stories with her audience.

Fresh from her diving on the latest series of ITV’s Splash, pop icon and actress Toyah presents this lively unplugged gig.

The show will include all her much loved hit singles and classic songs, alongside recalling stories from her colourful career.

• Continue reading at Stroud Life.