Emily Foran is a freelance director for theatre and film based in Belfast and trained at The Lir Academy Dublin. Her work spans across the island of Ireland, working with Druid after receiving the Marie Mullen Bursary, as well as Lyric Theatre Belfast, The MAC, An Grianán Theatre and Greenshoot Productions.
Her recent work includes Northern Ireland Screen-funded short film BAD VIBES, which she wrote and directed and is due to begin its festival run later this year. Recent credits also include returning as guest director for Dancing at Lughnasa at The Lir Academy; The Half Moon by Alice Malseed with Greenshoot Productions; REVVED by Patrick Quinn at An Grianán Theatre; Except a Man by Jan Carson, a series of audio monologues produced by The MAC; a rehearsed reading of In My Mind’s Eye by Shirley-Anne Godfrey at An Grianán Theatre; Here and Now at The Brian Friel Theatre as part of Northern Ireland Office’s 21 Artists for the 21st Century programme, on which she was a mentor for Drama; And Other Hellish Things by Shane Burke for Druid Debuts; Bloodlines by Vittoria Caffola for the Listen at the Lyric series at Lyric Theatre Belfast; short film Partition by Nandi Jola with Brassneck Theatre, which premiered at Belfast Film Festival 2021; No Touching Theatre Festival as Associate Director and Programmer; The Mouth of the Birch by Shane Mac an Bhaird for Druid Debuts; Anniversary Lockdown by Lata Sharma as part of the Splendid Isolation series produced by the Lyric Theatre and BBC Northern Ireland.
Emily was also a resident Hatch and Scratch Artist at The MAC with The Movement Collective and was one of Big Telly Theatre Company’s Early Career Artists. She currently has a new project in development with the support of the Lyric Theatre.