Barry is an Irish actor, writer and immersive performer

RECENT WORK:

BREEDING
dir. Tom Ratcliffe
King’s Head Theatre – March 2024
★★★★★ – ‘Phenomenal writing’ – A Youngish Perspective
★★★★★ – ‘A triumphant play’ – Theatre News
★★★★★ – ‘If you get the chance to see one play this spring, it should be Breeding’ – Adventures in Theatreland
★★★★★ – ‘A unique and important piece’ – The Arts Dispatch
Longlisted for the Theatre 503 Playwriting Award 2018 as ‘Zeb And Eoin’
Play-text available from Concord Theatricals

ONE MORE
dir. Jessica Taylor Brookes,
short film, currently entered in festivals.

PREVIOUS WORK:

BREEDING
dir. Matthew Iliffe
King’s Head Theatre, April 2023
★★★★★ – ‘puts [McStay] in that happy band of writers to look out for’
– Broadway Baby
★★★★★ – ‘a tight, wonderfully written hour’ – Jack The Lad Mag
★★★★ – ‘We may be witnessing the birth of a modern classic’ – All That Dazzles

VESPERTILIO
dir. Lucy Jane Atkinson
VAULT Festival & Dublin Fringe Festival 2019;
King’s Head Theatre Plays On Film 2021
Show of the Week, VAULT Festival 2019.
Nominee, OffWestEnd OnComm 2021
Play-text available from Concord Theatricals

OUR ISLAND
dir. Maisie Lee
Dublin Fringe 2015
Shortlisted for Writers Guild of Ireland Award 2015
Play-text available from Concord Theatricals

OTHER:

THE FIRST
dir. Emily Jenkins
VAULT Festival 2020.

BIR TAWIL
dir. Caitríona McLaughlin
Druid Debuts, GIAF 2017;
Longlisted for the Theatre 503 Playwriting Award 2016
& the Papatango Prize 2016.

ALL THESE MAYBES
Longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize 2015

FISHAMBLE
A Play For Ireland participant, 2018-19