Sean Foley is an award-winning actor, writer and director. He co-founded the right size, creating over ten original comedies for the theatre including the Olivier Award winning THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE (Best Comedy 2002) and DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN (Best Entertainment 1999).

He is currently developing BONES by David Spicer as well as DOCTOR DOCTOR (David Pugh). He will co-direct BEN HUR with Patrick Barlow for Fiery Angel at the Watermill Theatre in June, and shall direct WHAT THE BUTLER SAW by Joe Orton at the Vaudeville Theatre in May.

Theatre includes: Director THE PAINKILLER  (Lyric Belfast) – 2011, Starring Kenneth Branagh & Rob Brydon Director ARMSTRONG & MILLER LIVE (UK Tour); Co-director with Jonathan Church and Actor THE CRITIC/THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND (Chichester Festival Theatre); Writer / Director ARTURO BRACHETTI: CHANGE Nominated for 2010 Oliver Best Entertainment (The Garrick); JOAN RIVERS: A WORK IN PROGRESS (Edinburgh Festival & Leicester Square Theatre); Co-writer and Director NINA CONTI’S EVOLUTION  (Soho Theatre); THE FULL CONTI (Melbourne Festival); Writer and Actor A LIABILITY (Royal Court “Rough Cut”); PINTER’S PEOPLE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); Performed alongside Mark Rylance in I AM SHAKESPEARE (Chichester Festival Theatre dir. Matthew Warchus); Writer and Actor DUCKTASTIC! Nominated for an Olivier in Best Entertainment 2006 (Albery Theatre); Writer and Actor THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE 2003 Olivier Award – Best Comedy, Nominated for a Tony Award 2003 (West End and Broadway); Writer and Actor BEWILDERNESS (Lyric Hammersmith and Tour); Writer and Actor MR PUNTILLA AND HIS MAN MATTI (Almeida); Writer and Actor DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN 1999 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment (Vaudeville); Writer and Actor STOP CALLING ME VERNON (Lyric and UK tour); Writer and Actor HOLD ME DOWN (Purcell Rooms and International Tour); Writer and Actor MOOSE (Purcell Rooms and Tour); Writer and Actor FLIGHT TO FINLAND Best Comedy at Lille Festival 2000 (AC); and PENNY DREADFUL (Theatre Bruges, London International Mime Festival, International Tour).

Radio includes: Co-Writer THE REMAINS OF FOLEY AND McCOLL (BBC Radio 4 Dir. Lissa Evans); FOLEY AND McCOLL AGAIN BBC R4 FOLEY AND McCOLL : THIS WAY UP.

Television includes: FOLEY AND McCOLL : THIS WAY UP (BBC2)

Film includes: starring in ACT WITHOUT WORDS for Beckett on Film series (CHANNEL 4/RTE), which was Karel Reisz’s last film.