Bio

Elodie Foray (them/they) is a non-binary intimacy director, writer and director. They also improvise with their group, The Faculty, as well as teach improv for Dingbats Improv. 

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Elodie has been creating for as long as they been able to use their voice and their hands. They grew up in a small village in West Sussex, in a French/English household, with a lot of cats.

They graduated from the University of Sussex in 2014 with a BSc Hons in Neuroscience with Cognitive Science. They are not a scientist, but they will talk to you about bees if you let them.

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They have been acting on stage since childhood, with close links with The Archway Theatre and Pitchy Breath Theatre Company. Their experience spans from Shakespeare and Chekhov, to Kae Tempest and Alice Birch, to devised and improvised theatre as well.

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Elodie has regularly collaborated with The Archway Theatre as a writer. Initially working with their Young Adult's Workshop to devise and create The Mask (2014). Since then they have written several one-act and full length plays, many of which have been performed in Surrey and Sussex.

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For the Pitchy Breath Theatre Company they have written Small (2019) a one act two-hander where a star and a speck of dust meet and collide, as well as I Do Not (2022), a large cast comedy about family, love and marriage. Both of these plays were toured around theatres in Sussex.

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Other directorial work includes A Love Letter From the Time of Borderism to the Time of Nuclear Fallout (2019) by Tash Collie.

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They have also devised an interactive storytelling show, Story Skirts, with the creative arts company Boogie & Me, with a focus on making engaging content for those with dementia and their families. As well as teaching regularly with Dingbats Improv.

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In 2021, Elodie was introduced to intimacy directing (or intimacy coordination) and has never looked back. They continue their thorough, consent forward training with Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC). Since 2021 they have worked on 30+ productions, whilst also focusing on furthering the understanding of intimacy on stage for amateur theatres in the UK.