He started performing semi-professionally at the age of 15, inspired by the tricks he learned from a book entitled Magic for the complete Klutz.

Following a successful Irish tour along with a week in Dublin's Vicar Street, Barry and his longtime manager Eamonn Maguire were badly injured in a car crash on the Belfast to Newry road on 1 March 2007.

Barry suffered severe trauma to his left leg but astonishingly returned to the stage later the same year at Vicar Street.

Workmen hammered additional wood to cover the door and windows from the outside, then left the scene when one minute remained on the countdown.

After the countdown was complete, the shed exploded, then the camera changed to reveal Keith safely on top of a gantry some distance away.

On this tour, Keith set the record as the most successful solo act ever to play The Olympia Theatre in Dublin [citation needed].

On 13 July 2011, his "Keith Barry - 8 Deadly Sins" show opened to critical acclaim and a standing ovation at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin and ran for 5 weeks, setting new box office records during the run [citation needed].

[4] Keith's hit show The Dark Side launched with a 31 date sold-out tour in Jan/Feb 2013 and continued with a 12 night run at the Olympia in Dublin in July 2013.

[5] In 2014, Barry starred on TV3 with his show Brain Hacker, which featured distinguished guests from the world of magic including Tony 'Doc' Shiels, Max Maven and Uri Geller.