Ireland’s leading illusionist and magician, Keith divides his time between Ireland and the USA where he has already amassed a huge following through his live work and shows like his hit CBS Special Keith Barry: Extraordinary which featured guests like Jessica Simpson, Matthew McConaughey, Rachel Hunter and Elijah Wood. Well known in Ireland already for his sell out live performances and as one of the country’s most sought after corporate acts, he’s perhaps best known here for his hit TV shows Close Encounters with Keith Barry (Midas/RTE) and Keith Barry Live With Friends (Caboom/RTE).
Having just completed filming at the end of October on his new TV show “DECEPTION with KEITH BARRY” in the US for The Discovery Channel, Keith returns to Host his new show Deal or No Deal on TV3 sponsored by The National Lottery. The primetime hour long Irish version of the hugely successful international Deal or No Deal will run weekly from Fri 13th Nov for an initial run of 20 weeks. Keith will also be launching his new Irish tour KEITH BARRY – THE ASYLUM on Jan 1st, 2010 in the INEC Killarney and then nationally up to the end of Jan.
Earlier this year Keith was awarded a Merlin Award for Mentalist of the Year 2009 from the International Magicians Society. The Merlin Award is to magic what the Oscars are to movies with past winners of the Merlin Award being David Copperfield and Siegfreid & Roy.
Keith finished up an impressive 5 week residency at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casio recently gaining him the title Best Magician in Las Vegas 2009 as voted for by the Las Vegas Review Journal show critics.
Also in the US, after just one viewing of his live stageshow in LA in 2006, CBS offered Keith his own US TV Special Keith Barry – Extraordinary. This was CBS’s first magic special in over 15 years and following on from the success of this CBS Special and Keith’s MTV show Brainwashed in 2007 he had his first UK Primetime ITV 1 show on Dec 29th 2007 Keith Barry – The Escape Live.
You can learn more about Keith by visiting his website, click here to visit it.