Leading roles with Coolmine include Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman; Laurence in Abigail’s Party, and also as Mike Glavin in Sive and Mick Flanagan in The Field.

Other roles include Stagemanager in Our Town; R.P. McMurphy in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Sir Wilfred Roberts in Witness for the Prosecution. Barry produced his own musical Toyboys in Draiocht in 2001 and co-wrote the musicals Ulysses the Legend and Wheel produced by Admit One in the 1980’s .