Michael Barry

I write stage plays and screenplays. Since I fled the civil service to write,  I have been a  member of the group 'Player-Playwrights'  and won their short play competition three times and (full-length) play of the year once  (in 2015)- with 'Back for More' - a rogue MP is restored to inconvenient life.  

My play,  'A Kind Bowl' headlined at the Transcend Festival, in central London.   This was a site-specific piece, which told the stories of condemned felons on their way to execution at Tyburn. The custom was for the doomed criminals to have a final drink at the church of St. Giles. The church still stands and the play was performed at the very place where terrified felons had their last drink  

The First Modern Man' , a piece about the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne ran at the Hen and Chickens theatre in 2019;  Jonathan Hansler got rave reviews for his portrayal of this remarkable man. 

 'The Incomplete Work'  a play about Shakespeare in plague-struck London is on now at the Dunedin Theatre as part of the Edinburgh festival... (I have separate pages about the above three plays so you can learn more).

I have  won the CornerHOUSE (sic)  short play competition with 'A  Start'  where a writer meets and disputes with his characters. 

You can contact me via the email  michaelbarrywriter@gmail.com