Stephen Leon Reid Barry (4 July, 1945 – 18 October, 2000) was a British arts administrator, drama producer, and artistic director.
About Him[]
He was chief executive of two Edinburgh theatres, the Festival and the King's, prime venues of the famed Edinburgh International Festival. In his short career, he also supervised artistic live-theatre rejuvenations at The Playhouse Theatre (Perth), Australia, the Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield) and the Theatre Royal, Bath.
In 1985, he directed "The Mr. Men Musical".
Other major accomplishments in his life include rejuvenating The National Theatre at the Playhouse in Perth, Western Australia and commissioning and producing a controversial Dorothy Hewett play, The Man from Mukinupin for Western Australia's 150th anniversary.