About

Barry Fitzgerald is a queer, Irish director, maker and performer based between Ireland and the UK.

Barry’s practice is interdisciplinary and concerned with the intersections of identity. Playing with form and connecting with communities is at its heart - experimental work that is aesthetically rich, accessible, thought-provoking and fun.

Work

Barry has worked with companies such as Complicité and Punchdrunk, and devised theatre work shown at venues including the Arcola Theatre, Birmingham REP, Bush Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre, Contact Theatre, The Glory, Hackney Showroom and Shoreditch Town Hall. Barry is an Artist-in-Residence at VISUAL Carlow and an Associate Artist with Outbox Theatre, a company of LGBTQIA+ creatives who ‘create spaces where queer people can dream and imagine’.

An experienced director, facilitator and teacher, Barry has worked on projects with the Almeida, Arcola, ArtsEd London, Barbican, Gendered Intelligence, Hackney Empire, Hackney Shed, Lyric Hammersmith, Mountview, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Royal Court, Unicorn Theatre and University of East London among others.

Barry’s film and video work has screened at festivals including Aesthetica, Cork International Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh, GAZE LGBTQ+ Festival, Homotopia, Scottish Queer International Film Festival and SHOUT. Their most recent video work, ‘…you should see me in the dress’ was part of VISUAL’s summer exhibition, Remembering the Future, and won an Artworks Award, granted to artists who demonstrate ‘exceptional promise’.

Selected awards, residencies & roles

Recipient, 2025-26 CCI Residency Programme, Centre Cultural Irlandais, Paris

Mentee, 2025 Pan Pan 12th International Mentorship with Caden Manson

Artist in Residence, VISUAL Carlow, Ireland, 2020 - ongoing.

Associate Artist, Punchdrunk Enrichment, 2020 - ongoing.

Visiting Director, Mountview, London, 2020 - ongoing.

Associate Artist, OUTBOX, 2020 - ongoing.

Visiting Lecturer, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2012 - ongoing

Recipient, Arts Act Grant, Carlow Arts Office, Ireland, 2024.

Artworks Award for ‘…you should see me in the dress’, VISUAL Ireland, 2023.

Recipient, Theatre Project Award, Arts Council Ireland, 2023.

Associate Director, GROOVE, Outbox, Shoreditch Town Hall & Contact Manchester, 2022.

Recipient, Theatre Bursary, Arts Council Ireland, 2021.

Recipient, Arts Act Grant, Carlow Arts Office, 2020.

Recipient, Gap Day, Mermaid Arts Centre, Ireland, 2020.

Artist, MAKE Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland, 2019.

Visiting director, Festival TransArte, Brazil, 2018.

Artist, Live Drafts, Yard Theatre, London, 2018.

Lead Artist, The End of Eddy, Unicorn Theatre/Edinburgh International Festival, 2018.

Creative Associate, Happiness Always / Lies Pauwels project, Royal Court, 2017 -2018.

Lead Acting Tutor, TransActing Project, Gendered Intelligence, 2015 - 2020.