Emily Foran

Emily is a Director for theatre and film from Rostrevor, Co.Down and based in Belfast.

She trained at The Lir Academy, Trinity College Dublin after studying Drama at Queen’s University Belfast. Her work spans across the island of Ireland, working with Druid Theatre, The Lyric, The MAC, The Everyman Cork, Prime Cut Productions, An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny, The New Theatre Dublin and Greenshoot Productions.

Recent work includes her Northern Ireland Screen-funded short film BAD VIBES which was recently screened at Galway Film Fleadh, Belfast Film Festival as well as festivals in America and France; The Half Moon by Alice Malseed (Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Lyric Theatre); REMIX by Fionnuala Kennedy (Prime Cut Productions); The Dead Letter Office by Mary-Lou McCarthy (The Everyman Cork); returning as guest Director for Dancing at Lughnasa (The Lir Academy); REVVED by Patrick Quinn (An Grianán Theatre and Lyric Theatre). Recent audio drama work includes Bloodlines by Vittoria Caffola (Lyric Theatre) & Except a Man, a series of monologues by Jan Carson (The MAC).

Emily is a Reveal Artist with Prime Cut Productions for 2023/24. She was a recipient of Druid Theatre’s Marie Mullen Bursary in 2020. She was a resident Hatch and Scratch Artist at The MAC with The Movement Collective in 2020 as well as one of Big Telly’s Early Career Artists.

Emily will be directing Super-Bogger, a new play by Clare Monnelly and starring Aaron Monaghan, which will be touring with Livin’ Dred this November.