Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust (LMTT) has announced that Suba Das has been appointed to run two of Merseyside’s iconic venues – Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres.

Currently, Suba is artistic director and chief executive of new writing company HighTide. Previously an associate director at Leicester Curve, he has been a resident director at the National Theatre Studio and for English Touring Theatre.

His directing credits also include work for the Young Vic, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Nottingham Playhouse, Northern Stage and The Roundhouse. Suba is also a Trustee of the North Music Trust (Sage Gateshead); and the Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival.

On his new appointment as creative director, Suba Das says: “To be entrusted with helping lead the vision for one of the UK’s most important theatres is the most incredible honour, and it’s certainly quite the journey for a brown kid brought up on benefits.

“It’s also an extraordinary responsibility as I don’t think we’ve ever experienced a more profoundly serious need for culture. As we all try to find our responses to the ever-starker truths of climate crisis, gender violence, transphobia, structural racism and so much more; we absolutely need safe, inclusive theatre spaces where people of all backgrounds really can debate, explore, and hopefully find some joy in being together as we emerge from a pandemic.

“I’ve always believed it’s the artist’s role in society to help us all to imagine different futures. To do this now in Liverpool, a city which is home to the UK’s oldest Black and Chinese communities; has a larger queer population than San Francisco; and where the local authority really do see culture as fundamental to how we live our best lives: it really is the opportunity of a lifetime to use the few things I know to help create a better world.”

Andrea Nixon, chair of Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust, adds: “We’re thrilled that Suba will be joining us next year in this new role of creative director.

“He brings a wealth of experience at a national and regional level, with a passion for nurturing and supporting new talent. Together with his creative flair and emerging vision for the journey ahead, we can build confidently on the history of our two theatres to create and deliver a bold and inspiring new future.”

The new role of creative director is for a fixed term of 5 years and will deliver the Liverpool and Merseyside Theatre Trust’s artistic vision and programming, building on the theatres’ reputation for artistic innovation, talent development and progressive social change.

A key responsibility will be to develop a collaborative artistic vision that puts new work and local stories, at the heart of an artistic programme representing the communities served by the two venues.

Image © Pamela Raith Photography

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