• We were relieved and grateful to be successful in our bid for Cultural Recovery Fund, securing £389,352 from Arts Council England. This will allow both the Everyman & Playhouse theatres to partially re-open with COVID-safe measures in place, to work with freelancers on upcoming productions for Christmas and to invest in digital equipment to stream future productions.

• We are delighted to be officially reopening the Everyman on the hopefully auspicious Fri 13 Nov with two nights of fantastic new work from Homotopia as part of this years’ Show Your Working programme. You can now book for both Homotopia & Friends' Fabulous Cabaret and a double bill of work by Trans* artists on the Saturday: Sound Cistem & S/he/it Happens. Tickets are £10 to £14 with all proceeds going to Homotopia, please come and support!

• We are so excited for A Christmas Carol at the Playhouse, written by the brilliant Patrick Barlow (The 39 Steps), with panto favourite Adam Keast as everyone’s favourite festive grump Scrooge. More casting to be announced so watch this space!

• Jerwood Creative Bursaries have announced 50 new posts with organisations across the country, created through their 2020/22 scheme to develop job opportunities for outstanding artists, curators, producers and creatives from low socio-economic backgrounds. Each job comes with a professional development programme, mentorship and £1K funding to develop your artistic practice and career progression. Local organisational opps include a writer in residence at Heart of Glass in St Helens, a Programming Officer at the Liverpool Philharmonic Society and Assistant Creative Producer at The Bluecoat. Keep an eye on the link for these postings to go live!

• The wonderful Unity Theatre are recruiting an Associate Producer, passionate about supporting local artists to realise their creative ideas and tour work, to join the team on an 18-month professional development placement, as part of their Creative’pool programme. The successful candidate will also undertake 3-4 month placement with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, working alongside their YEP and New Writing teams to support to local artists. Deadline: Mon 2 Nov.

• Writing on the Wall are offering a completely free Level Up courses to develop your business skill including copywriting, project management and funding applications. Deadline: Mon 2 Nov.

• We are delighted to be streaming a special panel discussion this Friday (30 Oct), about Black Oral Histories in the North, followed by a verbatim reading of new play: Sweet Mother. Read more about the discussion and reading.

• Check out the rest of Homotopia's amazing Show Your Working 2020 line up. This year they’ve partnered with Root-Ed Zine, The Goddess Project and Eat Me+ amongst other incredible local artist LGBTQ+ group and allies. With events from 29 Oct until the 15 Nov – book now!

• Alongside Homotopia, we are nearly ready to welcome our pal Daniel Kitson to the Everyman to live stream his show Dot. Dot. Dot from Wed 4 to Sat 7 Nov from our empty theatre.

• You can now listen to the amazing Chokka by Luke Barnes in collaboration with 20 Stories High Youth Theatre, directed by Nathan Powell for FREE wherever you get your podcasts. With original beats, flowing melodies and poetry to stretch your mind and hear, Chokka follows the journey of 16-year-old Jem who is coming to terms with the world around them.

• Missed the brilliant Swan Song at the Liverpool Theatre Festival? Good news! You can catch it at The Unity Theatre on Fri 20 and Sat 21 Nov. Tickets available here