Tobi Poster-Su is a UK-based theatre maker, performer and scholar who specializes in puppetry and devised, crossdisciplinary work. He lectures at Bath Spa University and is currently undertaking a PhD on race, puppetry and performance at Queen Mary University of London.
Tobi has published in Applied Theatre Research and delivered a plenary presentation at the 2020 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference. As co-artistic director of Wattle and Daub, Tobi has co-created and performed in The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak (2017) and Triptych (2011), and is currently developing a new work exploring the lives of Chang and Eng Bunker and their complex relationship with race and privilege in the American South. He has directed puppetry for shows including Tom Morris’ adaptation of A Christmas Carol (2018) at Bristol Old Vic and Heidi: A Goat’s Tale (2012) at the egg, Bath.