A Liverpool director has said he was encouraged to be his "true authentic self" after his dad died.
James Baker, who has directed plays at the Everyman Theatre, said the death of his dad, Andy, “armoured him for life” and pushed him “to live his truth”. The 40-year-old, who is originally from Leicester, pays tribute to his dad through his “quintessentially queer” work which focuses on the trials and tribulations of being LGBTQ+.
The former LIPA teacher, said: “My dad's passing still leaves a massive hole in my life even to this day. I know that my dad was a man who would have accepted me no matter what. It would have taken time because he was from a period of time when you couldn't be gay, but my dad would have been by my side all the way after he processed it.
