Tim Foley

About Tim Foley

Tim Foley is an award-winning writer for theatre and audio drama based in Manchester.

His play Electric Rosary was the winner of the Bruntwood Prize Judges’ Award and premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Other theatre credits include It Walks Around The House At Night (Southwark Playhouse/UK Tour); Jurassic (Soho Theatre); Driftwood (Village Hall tour/UK tour); Astronauts of Hartlepool (VAULT Festival); The Dogs of War (Old Red Lion Theatre). He won the OffWestEnd award for Most Promising New Playwright.

Tim has been on attachment and development schemes with the Old Vic 12, National Theatre Studio, HighTide, The Orange Tree, and Soho Theatre. He was the Channel 4 Writer-in-Residence for Pentabus Theatre.

Tim writes audio drama set in the worlds of Doctor Who for Big Finish Productions. His BBC radio drama, Murder On Mars, was nominated for several awards and his original podcast, North West Footwear Database, was featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Tim is also the script editor of Stage Fright, a new video game by Ghost Town Games (creators of Overcooked).

In Development

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • IT WALKS AROUND THE HOUSE AT NIGHT (RETOUR)
    • ThickSkin Theatre
    • UNTITLED
    • Chichester Festival Theatre
    • Original Play Commission

Theatre

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • JURASSIC
    • Ransack / Soho Theatre
    • November 2025, Dir. Piers Black
    • IT WALKS AROUND THE HOUSE AT NIGHT
    • ThickSkin Theatre
    • 24 October - 28 February 2026 (Tour), Dir. Neil Bettles
    • DRIFTWOOD
    • Pentabus Theatre & ThickSkin Theatre / UK Tour
    • 2023 & 2025 (Tour), Dir. Neil Bettles & Ellie While
    • ELECTRIC ROSARY
    • Royal Exchange Theatre
    • 2022, Dir. Jaz Woodcock-Stewart, Winner of 2017 Bruntwood Prize Judge’s Award. Developed with Manhattan Theater Company, New York
    • ASTRONAUTS OF HARTLEPOOL
    • VAULT Festival
    • 2017, Dir. Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie, Winner of VAULT Outstanding New Work Award
    • THE DOGS OF WAR
    • Old Red Lion Theatre
    • 2015, Dir. Tom O’Brien, Winner of 2016 OffWestEnd Award (Most Promising New Playwright)

Audio

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • BBC LIMELIGHT: MURDER ON MARS
    • BBC Radio 4
    • 2025, 5 x 30min Episodes Starring Nisha Nayar and Luke Newberry
      Nominated for an Ambie and a British Podcast Award
    • DOCTOR WHO: HOOKLIGHT
    • Big Finish Productions
    • 2025, Sole writer of a six-hour miniseries starring Peter Davison and Celia Imre
      Audie Nominated
    • MORBIUS
    • Big Finish Productions
    • 2024, Starring Samuel West
    • DOCTOR WHO: PURSUIT OF THE NIGHTJAR
    • Big Finish Productions
    • 2023, Starring Peter Davison. Shortlisted for a Scribe Award
    • THE DIARY OF RIVER SONG: FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
    • Big Finish Productions
    • 2023, Starring Alex Kingston. Shortlisted for a Scribe Award
    • DOCTOR WHO: AULD LANG SYNE
    • Big Finish Productions
    • 2022, Starring Christopher Eccleston. Nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award.
    • DOCTOR WHO: THE TRUTH OF PELADON
    • Big Finish Productions
    • 2022, Starring Paul McGann and Meera Syal. Shortlisted for a Scribe Award
    • FOLKLORE AND FITNESS WITH CAROLE VEGAN
    • Pentabus Theatre Company
    • 2021, "Sheer silliness", The Stage
    • TORCHWOOD: TROPICAL BEACH SOUNDS
    • Big Finish Productions
    • 2020, Starring Sir Michael Palin. Winner of the 2021 Scribe Award