BMus (Percussion) University of Victoria
MFA (Creative Writing) University of British Columbia
BMus (Percussion) University of Victoria
MFA (Creative Writing) University of British Columbia
Theatre (Musical Theatre = •••)
2025
••• If I Could Read Your Mind - The Songs of Gordon Lightfoot
musical director/arranger/co-creator with Michael Shamata
coming spring 2025
2024
On Alaska
composer, sound designer, Belfry Theatre
fall 2024
composer, sound designer, Belfry Theatre
2023
••• Think I'm Fallin'
Belfry Theatre, Victoria, BC
A production Tobin created with Michael Shamata in 2016 returned
to the Belfry for a sold out run, November 2023. More info here, via Joni Mitchell!
The Unplugging - mentor in sound design
Belfry Theatre, Victoria, BC
2022
Vigil - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre, Victoria, BC
Intimate Apparel - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre, Victoria, BC
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre, Victoria, BC
Bon Appetit and The Italian Lesson - sound design for Pacific Opera Victoria
2021
•••Big Truckin' Musical - co-song writer, advisor
Victoria On Stage Musical Theatre, Victoria BC
•••BC Songs and Stories - co-creator, musical director, arranger
Film recording project and performance
Other Guys Theatre, Port Theatre, Nanaimo BC
Miranda Bird - composer, sound designer
workshop and reading, Other Guys Theatre, Port Theatre, Nanaimo BC
Taking Shakespeare - composer, sound designer, production sound mix
Belfry Theatre, Victoria BC, Canada. (Produced as a film.)
Being Here: The Refugee Project - composer, sound designer, production sound mix
Belfry Theatre, Victoria BC, Canada. (Produced as a film.)
2020
Artellectuals - writer
a short two-hander exploring the roots of human creativity, produced by Theatre SKAM for Spark Festival, Belfry Theatre.
2019
Paradise - writer
a short play exploring the true, historic misfortunate aftermath of a love scandal, Galapogos Islands. Read at the Brave New Play Rites Festival, Vancouver BC
Trust Me - writer
a short two-hander about a connection between a security guard and tree-sitter during a logging protest, produced by Theatre SKAM for Spark Festival, Belfry Theatre.
••• Slugfest, a Musical - co-creator, musical director
Other Guys Theatre, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC
The Children - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre, Victoria
I Walked the Line - sound designer
Other Guys Theatre
2018
A Doll's House, Part 2 - composer
Belfry Theatre, Victoria
2017
Gracie - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre and Alberta Theatre Projects
2016
••• Flotsam and Jetsam - co-creator, music director
Other Guys Theatre
••• I Think I'm Fallin' - The Songs of Joni Mitchell, co-creator, musical director, arranger
2015
Speed the Plow - sound design, composer
Belfry Theatre
••• The Incompleat Folksinger - music director
Other Guys Theatre
••• The Faery Play - composer
Mortal Coil Theatre, Vancouver
2014
Venus in Fur - sound designer, composer
Belfry Theatre
Proud - sound designer, composer
Belfry Theatre
Equivocation - sound designer, composer
Belfry Theatre/Bard On The Beach, Vancouver
••• Island Stories - co-creator,
workshop presentation, Chemainus Theatre, BC
2013
Albert Herring - sound designer
Pacific Opera Victoria
Tosca - sound designer
Pacific Opera Victoria
2012
Red - sound designer, composer
Belfry Theatre and Royal Manitoba Theatre
MacBeth - sound designer
Pacific Opera Victoria
2011
Cryptogram - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre
••• Salmon Row - composer (2011 and 2013)
Mortal Coil Theatre, Vancouver
2010
••• Good Timber - co-composer, arranger, musical director
Other Guys Theatre, various venues and tours
2009
Ah, Wilderness - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre
2008
••• Homeless (workshop) - writer, composer
Other Guys Theatre
2007
The Boy who Learned to Fly - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre
2006
I am My Own Wife - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre, Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver
••• Moodyville Tales - musical director, arranger
Other Guys Theatre
2005
••• The Selfish Giant - composer, sound designer
Kaleidoscope Theatre
2004
A Streetcar Named Desire - composer, sound designer
Chemainus Theatre
••• Dirty Blonde - composer, musical director
Belfry Theatre, Arts Club Theatre (Vancouver)
2003
••• The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe - composer, musical director
Kaleidoscope Children's Theatre
Gold Mountain Guest - composer, musical director
Kaleidoscope Children's Theatre
2002
••• The Hobbit - composer, musical director
Kaleidoscope Children's Theatre
Mary's Wedding - composer, sound designer
Belfry Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, Vancouver BC
••• Blankety Blank, the Unknown Musical - composer, co-creator, musical director, performer
Belfry Theatre
2001
••• Lies and Legends: the music of Harry Chapin - arranger, musical director, performer
Belfry Theatre
•••1999, 2000, 2001
Annual Musical Broadway Revue - co-creator, arranger, musical director, performer
Butchart Gardens, Victora BC
1999
••• A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline - musical director, performer,
Belfry Theatre, Theatre One, Nanaimo, BC
1998
••• Sincerely, a Friend: the music of Leonard Cohen - arranger, musical director, performer
Belfry Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Halifax
1995
••• A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline - performer
Belfry Theatre
MISC:
Various smaller projects in collaborative creation, musical direction, arranging, composition, vocal coaching and sound design for ••• Mortal Coil (Vancouver), ••• Kaleidoscope Theatre (Victoria, Vancouver), ••• Other Guys Theatre (Victoria), ••• Canadian College of the Performing Arts (CCPA) (Victoria), ••• Chemainus Theatre (Chemainus), and more.