Barry is Venues & Companies Manager at the Edinburgh Fringe Society and supports the interests of artists and venues wishing to take part in the festival.  Before working for the Society, he was a freelance producer, artist and events manager for various arts organisations and local authorities.  He worked as a creative consultant for the Scottish Government, undertook the artistic direction of The Art of Love Festival in Fife as well as a directing a series of short films as part of Scottish Screen’s First Light Initiative.