[4] They devised and performed in the shows, with regular creative team collaborators such as director Jozef Houben,[5] designer Alice Power,[6] and songwriter Chris Larner.
[12] On television, he appeared as pub owner Jeff in all twelve episodes of the BBC One sitcom Wild West (2002–2004), playing opposite Dawn French and Catherine Tate.
[20] He achieved significant West End success in 2012, when he directed productions of The Ladykillers (for which he was nominated for the 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director) and Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw.
It was announced in June 2013 that Foley would be directing Matthew MacFadyen and Stephen Mangan in a theatrical adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories, to be titled Perfect Nonsense, at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, from 30 October 2013.
He directed his and Phil Porter's adaptation of Molière's The Miser starring Griff Rhys Jones, Lee Mack and Mathew Horne at the Garrick Theatre in London, which was nominated for a 2018 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.
He also directed Noël Coward's Present Laughter for Chichester Festival Theatre in April 2018, starring Rufus Hound as Garry Essendine with Katherine Kingsley and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
In February 2020, Foley directed The Upstart Crow by Ben Elton, based on the BBC TV series with David Mitchell reprising his role as William Shakespeare at the Gielgud Theatre, London.
In July 2023, Foley directed The Crown Jewels by Simon Nye starring Al Murray, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Mel Giedroyc, Aidan McArdle, Neil Morrissey, Joe Thomas and Tanvi Virmani.