Lucy Foster

Writer / Director

Biography

Lucy is a Writer & Director based in London. She loves stories centred around women in fun and interesting genres, particularly horror.

Lucy took part in the Royal Court’s Introduction to Playwriting Scheme (2014) Hampstead Theatre’s Inspire Programme (2020) and is a graduate of the Creative Writing programme at Warwick University. As a member of Stonewall Youth, she produced a short film on homophobic bullying, which placed third in a Stonewall Anti-Homophobia Conference and was shown at the BFI in 2008/09. 

She’s been shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award and Theatre503 International Playwriting Prize, longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, and in 2019 she won the Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize. In 2020 Lucy became a finalist for Flickers of the Future, a filmmaking competition run by Global Action Plan. She was also selected for the Frightfest 2023 New Blood Class for her feminist horror feature, HEADLESS CHICKS.

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
SCREEN
HULDRA Boudica Entertainment
GARDEN ESTATE Climate Spring

Original series in development, currently at Treatment stage

LONE CREEK Fire In The Hole

Feature in development

THEATRE
HONEY

A two-act piece of feminist horror theatre, entitled HONEY
*Shortlisted for Soho Theatre’s Verity Bargate Award 2020

HOW TO KILL YOUR DARLINGS Chalk Line Productions

R&D
Co-written with Jon Barton

Television

Production Company Notes
BODY IN THE ATTIC
2024
Reel One

Feature made for TV

IS MOM A MURDERER?
2023
Reel One

Feature made for TV

Theatre

Production Company Notes
AS WRITER
CUCKOO'S CORNER
2025
Chronic Insanity

Digital Horror Play

THE FLOOD
2023
Write The Girl

Full length play commissioned & performed as part of the Write the Girl initiative.

CREAK
2022
Bush Theatre

Horror Play

ROARING WOMEN
2022
Hampstead Theatre
BETSEY
2021
LEH Write the Girl

Full length play commissioned and performed as part of the LEH Write the Girl initiative.

SIXTEEN
2021
Lemon House Theatre

shot play as part of Behind Closed Doors event

ROLL, PLAY
2019
Alpine Fellowship

Dir. Nick Blood
Original play commission

LOBSTER
2018
Snapper Theatre / Theatre503

Transfer of 2017 Catalyst Festival production
Dir. Kayla Feldman

APRIL, MAY, JUNE
2017
Old Red Lion

Part of Shortswave, a showcase of short plays from the Royal Court Introduction to Playwriting Programme alumni.

THE NEWS
2015
Bread and Roses

As Writer/ Director
Part of Shortswave, a showcase of short plays from the Royal Court Introduction to Playwriting Programme alumni.

LADYLOGUES
2015
Tristan Bates Centre

Commissioned to write a monologue as part of the Thelma’s “Ladylogues”, an evening of monologues written by and for women

AS DIRECTOR
AN INSTINCT
2025
Old Red Lion Theatre

By Hugo Timbrell

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: WOMEN OF PARADISE
2019
Trafalgar Studios

Short plays written by up and coming playwrights in response to the work of Tennessee Williams
As Director

HEAR ME OUT
2019
Camden People's Theatre / Snapper

By Kayla Feldman

THOMAS
2019
Snapper Theatre / VAULT Festival

By Robbie Curran

THE KNIGHT FROM NOWHERE / THE BELLS
2015
Park Theatre

*Nominated for Best Director at Off West End ‘Offies’

Other

Production Company Notes
HEADLESS CHICKS
2020
Audible

Commissioned pilot script

MAD ADAGE WRITERS ROOM
2020
Mad Adage
DRAMATURG
2019
Maiden Speech Festival

Short Films

Production Company Notes
SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER
2025
Crossroad Pictures

As Writer & Director
Premiered at the 2025 Dead Northern Horror Festival

THE WALLOPING SODBURY GRAVEDIGGERS' ASSOCIATION
2023
Halfway Up Productions

As Director
Written by Cressida Peever

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