Neal Foster is the Actor/Manager of the Birmingham Stage Company (BSC) which he founded in 1992 after leaving the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. The company is a unique success story in British theatre, not least because it is run by an actor and relies for 97% of its income from the box office.

Since 1992 the BSC has staged over fifty productions and currently has four productions on tour throughout the UK and Ireland. Neal was made Fellow of the Birmingham Society for outstanding contribution to the quality of life in the city of Birmingham and shortlisted for a Creative Britons Award for his contribution to the country’s cultural and creative wealth.