In 1988 Brian began to develop his career as a professional director with stage productions throughout the professional theatres of Northern Ireland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man. He staged the world premieres of Shay Healey’s The Knowledge, David Heneker’s Peg of my Heart, Paul Mc Nulty’s The Package, Steve Gavin’s A Chelsea Affair and Brian Gallagher’s Larkin the Musical. He has staged the Irish and European premieres of works by Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Gerry Herman, including Follies, Into the Woods, A Chorus Line, The Hired Man, Zorba, Anything Goes, La Cage Aux Folles, The Most Happy Fellow, to name a few.

In all Brian now has over 240 productions to his credit, plus many more corporate events and murder mysteries. He was the Artistic Director at the Dublin Viking Adventure and Feast in Temple Bar in 1997, the year he also developed successful one man shows Torch Songs and Theatre, Boy Meets Girl and Singing Out to raise funds for Aids Charities.

In 1991 Brian established The Musical Company with the aim of producing all Irish musical productions, reviving a tradition dormant for nearly 20 years, and directed and co produced Side By Side By Sondheim with Tony Kenny and David Norris at Clontarf Castle and later at the Olympia and directed and produced Annie The Musical for an extended run in the Olympia in 1994 starring Twink.

In 1995 Brian returned to the Olympia with his production of one of his long-time favourite musicals The King and I starring Gemma Craven and Stephen Brennan. He produced and directed the All New Pirates Of Penzance and Santa’s Great Christmas Adventure, which he also composed and wrote for the Olympia in 1996. He directed Rockinson Crusoe in 1997, Rockin’ Hood in 1998, Puss in Boots in 1999 and Cinderella in 2000, the hugely successful pantomimes starring Dustin and Twink.

Brian devised, wrote and directed the biggest millennium night celebration in Ireland - 1000 artists, 15 hours of entertainment culminating in an audience of 50,000 people on the Quay in Waterford. Brian wrote and directed the box office hit 100% Pure Irish Dance at the Olympia and the Viking Show in Waterford’s Granary Theatre.

Since DAYMS developed into The Musical Workshop in 2000, Brian has directed the world premieres of A Chelsea Affair (when he played Oscar Wilde) and Larkin The Musical. He directed and performed in DAYMS productions of La Cage Aux Folles and Follies in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both at the SFX City Theatre and recently presented Zorba at Liberty Hall Theatre.

In 2004 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, Brian established a theatrical event unique in the world. The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival presents works from the USA, UK, Isreal, Canada and South Africa, as well as a free theatre programme, an exhibition and an international theatre symposium with guest speaker Professor Alan Sinfield. The Festival runs in the first full fortnight of May every year and is supported by Dublin City Council, the British Council, and Failte Ireland, and also commemorates the theatrical contribution of Michael Mac Liammoir and Hilton Edwards in a series of awards for new writing, production and performance in their honour, adjudicated by Brian as Artistic Director.