Paul Foster
Director
CURRENT / FORTHCOMING PROJECTS
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN – Music by Various; Book by Comden and Green – Arts Ed. MD: Tony Castro; Choreographer: Matt Flint
DIRECTING
GRAND HOTEL - Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston, George Forrest & Robert Wright – Arts Ed. MD: John Owen Edwards; Choreographer: Drew McOnie
COWARDY CUSTARD - Noël Coward compendium devised by Gerald Frow, Alan Strachan & Wendy Toye (starring Kit and the Widow and Dillie Keane) Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford & National tour.
“Critics’ Choice” Time Out, “a delight” Daily Telegraph
BELLS ARE RINGING - Music: Jule Styne, Lyrics: Comden & Green - Union Theatre
“Critics' Choice” Time Out, Guardian, Sunday Express. 3 Whatsonstage Award nominations including Best Musical Revival and Best Off West End Production
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM / GUYS AND DOLLS / CY COLEMAN projects - Arts Ed
FISTS OF RIGHTEOUS HAPPINESS by Darren Murphy - RADA
RAW BACON by Christina Balit - RADA
NORTH BY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE by Katherine Jakeways (with Mackenzie Crook, Sheila Hancock and Penelope Wilton) - BBC Radio 4
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES by Eve Ensler - UK Tour
CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley - Union Theatre
LITTLE ONE by Clare Slater - Royal Court Young Writers Festival
KATHERINE JAKEWAYS - Soho Theatre
LOVE IN A WOOD by William Wycherley - LAMDA
FLORA THE RED MENACE - Music: John Kander, Lyrics: Fred Ebb - Edinburgh Festival
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams- BAC Studio (Rehearsed reading with a cast including Deborah Findlay and Paul Ready)
PLATFORMS: Lorca The Playwright & Lorca The Poet - Lyttelton, National Theatre
FUNERAL GAMES by Joe Orton - LAMDA
LANDSCAPE by Harold Pinter - LAMDA
COMPANY Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim, Book: George Furth - Leeds University
WORK AS AN ASSISTANT / ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
CRAZY FOR YOU - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre & West End (Assistant to Tim Sheader)
MY FAIR LADY - Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (Assistant Director to Robert Carsen, featuring Alex Jennings, Margaret Tyzack and Jenny Galloway).
IMAGINE THIS Music / Lyrics Shuki Levy & David Goldsmith, Book by Glenn Berenbeim New London Theatre - as associate / resident director, directed by Tim Sheader
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare - Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park - directed by Edward Dick
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare - Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park - directed by Tim Sheader
OTHER WORK
Numerous Workshops and Teaching in Schools and Colleges including LAMDA, Arts Educational, RADA and Millennium Performing Arts as well as at the National Theatre.
EDUCATION AND ACTING WORK
Received a BA Hons degree in English from the University of Leeds before training as an actor at LAMDA. Appeared at Chichester,at the Watermill and in the West End as well as on film and television.