Foley, Tim
Entry updated 28 April 2025. Tagged: Author, Theatre.
(? - ) UK playwright whose second produced play, Astronauts of Hartlepool (performed 2017), is a gonzo Satire on Brexit Britain set in Hartlepool, which is visited by disbelieving astronauts from the Multiverse. In Electric Rosary (2020; performed 2022), a "Robot" – properly an Android – brought into a nunnery to do grunt work gradually acquires an uncanny-valley spirituality, emulating humans: but if an AI can "become" its makers, then its makers may similarly aspire (see Religion) to make God.
Foley has also written Doctor Who and Torchwood audio plays. He should not be confused with the US Timothy J Foley, also a playwright and an author of supernatural fiction such as the stories collected in Tales Nocturnal (coll 2024). [JC]
Tim Foley
born
works (selected)
- The Dogs of War [play: first performed May 2015 Old Red Lion Theatre, London]
- Astronauts of Hartlepool [play: first performed 8 February 2017 VAULT Festival, London.]
- Electric Rosary (London: Nick Hern Books, 2020) [play: written 2017: first performed 23 April 2022 Royal Exchange Theatre, London: pb/]
links
- Tim Foley (archived)
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