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Sean Foley was born on 21 November, 1964 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, is a British director, writer, comedian and actor. Discover Sean Foley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 21 November, 1964
Birthday 21 November
Birthplace Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1964

Sean Foley (born 21 November 1964) is a British director, writer, comedian and actor.

Following early success as part of the comedy double act The Right Size and their long-running stage show The Play What I Wrote, Foley has more recently become a director, including of several West End comedy productions.

The following October, Foley will direct a stage adaptation of Dr. Strangelove, based on the 1964 film by Stanley Kubrick, co-adapting with Armando Iannucci.

It will open at the Noël Coward Theatre in London, and will star Steve Coogan in multiple roles.

1988

Foley and Hamish McColl formed The Right Size in 1988.

They devised and performed in the shows, with regular creative team collaborators such as director Jozef Houben, designer Alice Power, and songwriter Chris Larner.

Their style combined elements of clowning, physical comedy, mime, slapstick, vaudeville and variety.

The Right Size ' s major successes were Do You Come Here Often?, about two strangers stuck in a bathroom for 25 years, and The Play What I Wrote, a tribute to Morecambe and Wise.

2002

On television, he appeared as pub owner Jeff in all twelve episodes of the BBC One sitcom Wild West (2002–2004), playing opposite Dawn French and Catherine Tate.

2005

He then starred alongside Tate in the episode "The Patter of Tiny Feet" of the BBC Three comedy horror anthology series Twisted Tales (2005), and also directed The Catherine Tate Show Live tour years later in 2016.

2006

The Right Size were active until 2006.

2007

Foley has played some major parts in traditional scripted roles, including Freud in Hysteria by Terry Johnson at Birmingham Rep in 2007, and the single role in the film of Samuel Beckett's Act Without Words I directed by Karel Reisz.

He appeared alongside Mark Rylance in I Am Shakespeare at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester in 2007.

He acted at the Oxford Youth Theatre before his time at the University of Oxford, where he studied history.

Foley made his stage directorial debut in 2007 with Pinter's People.

He then directed several stage shows by stand-up comedians including Joan Rivers, Nina Conti and Armstrong and Miller.

2012

He achieved significant West End success in 2012, when he directed productions of The Ladykillers (for which he was nominated for the 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director) and Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw.

He also, with Patrick Barlow, co-directed and co-wrote a four-actor stage adaptation of Ben Hur at the Watermill Theatre, a regional English theatre.

2013

In 2013, Foley made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut, directing Thomas Middleton's A Mad World, My Masters.

The production was well received by UK critics.

It was announced in June 2013 that Foley would be directing Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan in a theatrical adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories, to be titled Perfect Nonsense, at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, from 30 October 2013.

2014

He also directed the X Factor stage musical, I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical, which premiered in 2014 at the London Palladium and starred Nigel Harman, Alan Morrissey and Cynthia Erivo.

However, the show was cancelled after 6 weeks and 3 days due to poor ticket sales, and lost £4 million.

2016

Foley adapted and directed The Painkiller starring Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon during the Kenneth Branagh season at the Garrick Theatre in the West End in March 2016.

2017

He also adapted Eugène Ionesco's Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It starring Josie Lawrence and Trevor Fox in March 2017 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

2018

He directed his and Phil Porter's adaptation of Molière's The Miser starring Griff Rhys Jones, Lee Mack and Mathew Horne at the Garrick Theatre in London, which was nominated for a 2018 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

He also directed Noël Coward's Present Laughter for Chichester Festival Theatre in April 2018, starring Rufus Hound as Garry Essendine with Katherine Kingsley and Tracy Ann Oberman.

2019

In 2019, he was appointed as Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Foley also adapted and directed The Man in the White Suit for the stage, starring Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon, beginning at the Theatre Royal, Bath for three weeks, before transferring to the Wyndham's Theatre in the West End from 9 October until 7 December 2019.

In March 2019 it was announced that Foley was appointed to become artistic director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre succeeding Roxana Silbert.

2020

In February 2020, Foley directed The Upstart Crow by Ben Elton, based on the BBC TV series with David Mitchell reprising his role as William Shakespeare at the Gielgud Theatre, London.

The production was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.

However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production closed early.

The production was revived at London's Apollo Theatre from 23 September to 3 December 2022.

In February 2023, he directed and co-wrote with Al Murray and Matt Forde Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical based on the TV series Spitting Image.

Following its run at The Rep, the production transferred to London's West End at the Phoenix Theatre from May for a limited run.

In July that year, Foley directed The Crown Jewels by Simon Nye starring Al Murray, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Mel Giedroyc, Aidan McArdle, Neil Morrissey, Joe Thomas and Tanvi Virmani.

The play opened at the Garrick Theatre in London, before touring the UK.

In May 2024, Foley will direct the world premiere of Withnail and I based on the 1987 film of the same name, adapted for the stage by the film's creator Bruce Robinson.

Foley's inaugural season was due to start in 2020 however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic it began in autumn 2021.