Toby Olié is a director, designer and puppeteer. He is also co-artistic director of Gyre & Gimble, a theatre company specialising in puppetry, and regularly teaches and lectures in puppetry. In 2022, he co-founded Puppetry in Motion, an online resource created to inspire and nurture a passion for puppetry. His productions include The Wolves in the Walls (Little Angel Theatre/Bristol Old Vic); Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: A Reimagining (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Elephantom (National Theatre/New London Theatre); War Horse (National Theatre/Gillian Lynne Theatre); Pinocchio, Peter Pan, The Light Princess, My Brilliant Friend and Hansel & Gretel (National Theatre); Don Quixote (Royal Shakespeare Company/Garrick Theatre); Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet); The Wind in the Willows (Royal Opera House/Duchess Theatre); and Venus and Adonis (Royal Shakespeare Company).