• This Saturday (21 Jan) sees the return of our regular Scratch Studio in Ev1 at 12:15. £5 gets you a coffee, a pastry, 3 x 10 minute new works in development and the chance to give your feedback to Frank’s flipchart of doom. This month with new work from Helen Jeffery, Diana Heredia and Edwin-Scott featuring haunted houses, toxic friendships and... mummers. Fancy sharing something in a future Scratch? Email scratch@everymanplayhouse.com and tell us what you’ve got!

• Our Spring season is now on sale including our flagship 40th anniversary revival of Top Girls, directed by our creative director Suba Das, an adaption of the bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo, and Richard III directed by and starring Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh! We also have an incredible visiting programme, including just announced Liverpool Drag Race legend Danny Beard coming to the Playhouse on 23 Feb. Hey this city creates winners, what can we say...

• We’re really excited to be hosting Tamasha’s Life in a Goldfish Bowl installation, featuring stories of mixed heritage experience, writer JC Niala has created an artistic response to the BBC archives from the 1960s. This installation will be exhibited within the Everyman Street Café from 30 Jan until 21 Feb.

• Save the date! We'll be hosting another Freelancers Mixer on Mon 6 Mar. More information to follow soon.  

• Theatre Rites are seeking both an Assistant Director and Associate Director for their 2023 shows Zoe's Peculiar Journey Through Time and for a for new co-production with Schauspielhaus Bochum, Germany. More information and how to apply here. Fee: £3,850 (Assistant) and £6,500 (Associate) Deadline: Mon 30 Jan.

• Unlimited Theatre are looking for an emerging Writer for the development of a brand-new mid-scale musical, in a creative team led by leading trans director and Core Artist Jamie Fletcher. £1,500 initial fee plus expenses. More information and how to apply here. Deadline: Thu 9 Feb.

• Body Politic Dance are seeking five CommUNITY Activists to support, reach and engage individuals and community groups who may be exposed to or impacted by the themes contained in THEM, during the show’s North West tour. THEM is a hip hop dance theatre production with a driving electronic score which delves into the aftermath and mental health of three young women who have experienced misogyny, sexual violence or abuse. More information and how to apply here. Fee: 3 days @ £150 per day exc. VAT. Deadline: Fri 3 Feb.

• Writing on the Wall are recruiting a Project Worker to support their community-based creative projects, including the Write to Work programme, which develops the skills, confidence and creativity of unemployed people, providing routes into employment, education and training. More information and how to apply here. Fee £21,000 per annum, Deadline: Thu 9 Feb.

• UNSOLICITED (An unsafe space for straight men) is a new show from a collective of brilliant female artists from the Northwest setting sail on the sea of misogyny and hunting down some antiquated attitudes. Tickets available here from £14, Liverpool’s Royal Court, 19 to 20 Jan.

• It’s Lunar New Year this Sun 22 Jan, and Culture Liverpool have events lined up to celebrate Year of the Rabbit both online and in the city. Celebrations and performances kick off from midday in Great George Square.

• Touch from the brilliant Flood theatre is finally here, having been rescheduled due to Covid. This piece of verbatim theatre created through a series of interviews on connection and belonging with young people in Liverpool. Following the pursuit of connection, Touch looks at the ways we find love, create intimacy, experience loneliness, and ultimately find our home. Tickets available here from £6. Unity Theatre, Thu 26 Jan.

· Pagoda Arts presents Pearl River to Mersey River - an evening of instrumental music and folk singing from China, showing musical development from the Warring State Period (475-221BC) to present day. Tickets available here from £10, Royal Philharmonic, Music Room. Fri 27 Jan.

· Open Sauce will bring together over 100 16 to 25-year-olds who want to take their creative and professional practice up a notch by learning from top figures in the music industry. Taking place in The Spine, some of the leading minds and organisations in the business will be sharing their insights and experience. Tickets available here from £5, The Spine, Sat 28 Jan.

• Coventry's finest, Guz Khan, brings his big-screen persona and BAFTA-nominated hilarity to Liverpool with his brand-new stand-up show Guz Khan Live! Tickets available here from £21, Liverpool Playhouse, Sat 28 Jan.

· February’s monthly poetry and open mic night A Lovely Word will feature award-winning poet Dominic Berry. He was 2017 Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence, winner of the 2020 and 2017 Saboteur ‘Best Spoken Word Artist’ award, and has toured his verse across USA, Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, South America and Europe. More information here, Free, Downstairs at the Everyman, Thu 2 Feb.