Barrie trained in Acting and Musical Theatre at The Oldham Theatre Workshop working alongside many well known TV & theatre stars. He then went on to undertake his formal training at the University of Hertfordshire graduating with a 1st Class degree in Performing Arts with honours, after studying various disciplines including Acting for screen, Classical & Shakespeare, commedia dell’arte, and acting in Musical Theatre.
Choosing to add to his skillset, Barrie followed his passions for screenwriting by obtaining a Masters Degree in TV, Film & Radio Script writing from the University Of Salford. Since graduating Barrie has gone on to a successful screenwriting career. He has written and developed many film and TV scripts, including a Children’s animated series for CBBC and is currently developing a short form comedy project for BBC Comedy.
Barrie was Artistic Director of the Liverpool Actors Studio where he wrote, produced and directed two Shakespeare inspired jukebox musicals as well as staging many plays and Christmas shows.
In addition to his writing talents, Barrie’s acting credits include The Move (Lovebomb Pictures), Transgressing (Red Films) and Bringing Back Goldeneye (Woodhouse Pictures). TV credits include; House of Anubis (Lime Pictures) Ghostwriter and Everything But The Ball (ITV Yorkshire), Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got Pop Factor (ITV Studios), Burn it and Grange Hill (BBC). Numerous Commercials include, Talk Talk, Robbie Williams, Asda and Microsoft. Being an actor and screenwriter gives Barrie an understanding of script writing from both sides of the camera.