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Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

“It’s like the kids are running the room!”
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Photo: Matt Crockett
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Photo: Matt Crockett
Ahead of the West End premiere of their second musical, Why Am I So Single?, the award-winning creators of mega-hit Six the Musical talk to Holly Williams about what sparked their interest in the genre, their partially autobiographical new show on the hideousness of modern dating and why the whirlwind success of their first production still feels surreal

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