I found my feet at the Liverpool Playhouse. I went there at the end of 1969 first as assistant designer to John Page and then as Head of Design. It was a three weekly rep mounting about 15 productions a year. The design department consisted of myself, an assistant designer, a scenic artist, and two carpenters. The repertoire was very broad, ranging from Shakespeare to Bond including a smattering of West End hits. Antony (Dick) Tuckey was the Artistic Director and Barry Kyle his associate, followed by Andrew Dallmeyer. Between them we did a number of productions which I look back on with great affection. (There were several which I’d rather gloss over). Outstanding in my memory were “The Days of the Commune”, “The National Health”, “O! What a Lovely War” and “The Merchant of Venice”
