Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse have appointed director Nick Bagnall as their first permanent Associate Director. Bagnall joins the company following the success of The Last Days of Troy at Royal Exchange, Manchester and Shakespeare’s Globe. The theatre’s artistic team will also be bolstered by the appointment of Lindsey Alvis, who was previously with Headlong, as Producer.

Bagnall is currently directing Britannia Waves the Rules at Royal Exchange, Manchester. He also directed Henry VI Parts I, II and III for Shakespeare’s Globe which included four open-air performances in battlefields from the plays. His other directing credits include Betrayal (Sheffield Crucible), Billy Liar (West Yorkshire Playhouse) and Entertaining Mr Sloane (Trafalgar Studios).