Sean Foley

Sean Foley is an acclaimed theater writer, director, and actor who has won multiple times ‘Olivier Award’ in his career. In the year 2013, he made an adaptation of a play 'A Mad World, My Masters' written by Thomas Middleton, which was screened at Swan Theater and even at The Barbican. Earlier, he was associated with another stage show ‘The Play What I Wrote’ at Wyndhams that won the Olivier Award for best comedy. In this stage show, Sean Foley was a co-writer and actor. The show was then transferred to Broadway for a five-month run and even got a nomination for Tony Award. Earlier in the year 2012, Sean adapted and directed the story of The 'Painkiller' that had two powerful actors like Kenneth Branagh One of the few that got their Knighthood at the ea >> Read More... and Rob Brydon.

The show was the anglicized version that was staged at the London Theater. Way back in 2014, he directed another comedy show ‘I Can’t Sing’ at London Palladium which was a smash hit. Earlier in the year 2013, his stage play ‘The Ladykillers’ presented at Vaudeville was nominated for Olivier Awards for five different categories. It may be noted that Sean Foley made his debut with Harold Pinter Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwrit >> Read More... that was staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket way back in 2007. He also appeared in Terry Johnson’s Hysteria’. "Hysteria' was a 2007 production at the Birmingham Rep, and Sean Foley performed as Freud, which was a smash hit again. In the year 2008, he took to play direction. He co-directed a show ‘Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress’ followed by another play ‘Arturo Brachetti’s Change that was staged in Garrick Theatre in 2009.

It may be known that he was the founder of a British theatre company ‘The Right Size’ from 1988 to 2006 along with Hamish McColl and was active in staging many plays such as’ Que Sera’(1988) which was his first play staged at Almeida Theatre and ended up with his last show 'Ducktastic' (2005) which was staged at Albery Theatre. His company ’ The Right Size’ had staged as many 13 plays every year which was staged in a various theater across London. All these 13 plays were screened at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and then traveled in the UK, Europe and abroad, rarely in collaboration with the British Council too. Foley and McColl designed every show with their collaborating co-performers and creative team.

The actor has also appeared in many TV comedy series ‘Brass Eye’ (1997), 'Gabriel And Me' and 'Happiness' (2001), 'Wild West' (2002- 2004) and ' Twisted Tales Story Coming soon.. >> Read More... ' (2005). Sean Foley also acted in a TV film ‘Act Without Words’ (2001) which was based on Samuel Beckett’s short play and was directed by Karel Reisz. The filmed version was made in 2001 as a film project, with music specially composed by Michael Nyman. He was born on November 21, 1964, in London.