• Rehearsals kicked off this week for our iconic Rock ‘n’ Roll panto Red Riding Hood. You’ll all be pleased to know that we are already putting this incredible cast through their paces: running around, singing, falling over (deliberately), dangling from ceilings. Performances on sale from Fri 25 Nov to Sat 14 Jan. Where’s the link for tickets? It’s behind you right here.

• Our Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP) directors are flexing their skills to bring you two fab shows at the Playhouse Studio this coming month. Lorna McCoid directs the scintillating and darkly comic Silent Cicada, which promises to feature sun, sea, and slaughter. What more could you want? Performances run from Fri 28 Oct to Sat 29 Oct. We then have Melissa Ratcliffe directing Samuel Bailey’s Sorry, You’re Not A Winner, a coming-of-age story navigating class, new surroundings, and the complexity of friendship. Performances from Fri 11 Nov to Sat 12 Nov. These productions are presented as part of the second year of our talent development programme for directors through YEP.  

• Box of Tricks’ Submissions for PlayBox scheme are now OPEN! They’re looking for four early career writers for the next cycle of their flagship talent development programme. PlayBox has proved a fantastic springboard for writers. Previous participants include Nana Kofi-Kufour, whose play My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored went on to be produced by Red Ladder, and Daneka Etchells, who went on to be selected for the 2022 BBC Writersroom Northern Voices scheme. Visit this link for more details of how to submit your work: https://bit.ly/bottcPB2023 Deadline: 21 Nov by midday

· The White Pube Creatives Grant funded by Creative Debuts is a one-off £500 grant to be given out to a different working class creative practitioner once every month. Supporting creatives of all ages who are early in their careers and would benefit from this no-strings attached support to help in whatever they like - that money to cover time to make, or fund materials, equipment, research, subscriptions, development, travel or even rent and bills. This grant was previously exclusively for writers but due to the cost-of-living crisis in the UK, it has been opened up to include anybody who makes stuff. Art, performance, sound, music, craft, comedy, games, anything and that includes writing. The White Pube will be selecting recipients, chosen based on their ongoing research as well as anybody who would like to put themselves forward. Email funding@thewhitepube.com with a very brief introduction to yourself, contact information and an example of your work. The work of each recipient will be shared on The White Pube homepage www.thewhitepube.co.uk

· Shakespeare in Italy are looking for a female-identifying Assistant Facilitator with experience of working with communities and vulnerable people to support their Ebbing and Flowing project at the Venus Project in Bootle. The project will run at Venus Charity in Bootle in November/December 2022, every Tuesday from 12.30 to 2.30pm. The starting date will be 8th November, and it will run for about 5/6 sessions with a final sharing in early December 2022. The pay for each session is £45 plus transport coverage. 

Applicants are required to have a DBS and are required to register their interest by sending a CV and cover letter by 28 Oct at 7pm.

· Initiative Arts is recruiting a Production Apprentice and a Creative Apprentice as part of the delivery of their project Legacy of ’67. They are recording the stories of LGBTQ+ people who have been affected by the changes in public attitudes towards homosexuality during the past fifty years. These oral histories will form the source material for a new play, an art exhibition, and a symposium and both posts will be working on these elements of the project. Closing date is 11 Nov at 6pm. More info here.

· Donmar CATALYST programme are looking to recruit for trainee assistants for creative roles (design, sound, lighting) for their production Trouble in Butetown. Fee is up to to £2,645 total (dependent on number of days worked tb) and – Donmar will contribute toward travel costs if the successful candidate lives outside of London. CATALYST supports the development of offstage talent which is underrepresented both at the Donmar and in the wider industry. The Donmar defines this as artists who experience barriers and inequality due to ethnicity, gender, socio-economic background and being D/deaf or disabled. More info here and opportunities close 14 Nov.

· Create is seeking freelance artists / workshop leaders to join the charity’s freelance artist pool as part of their initiative to establish a new North West hub in Manchester. Part of the recruitment process, for those selected at the interview stage, is for Create to observe artists leading a workshop in a community setting. Please only apply if you know you have a workshop coming up in the near future or are able to organise one for Create to attend. You must be based in/around Greater Manchester or Merseyside. There is no fixed deadline to apply, which you can do by filling out this application form.

· It’s not strictly theatre related, but for any writers on this list The Liv Post is looking for culture/feature writers to pitch them more research-intensive articles about the city. They are looking for people based in Liverpool and the current rate is £150 for a longread and £300 for investigate journalism. Email Jack at jack@livpost.co.uk with ideas and pitches. 

• The Unity Theatre are hosting the DaDaFest International until Sat 29 Oct. This year’s festival celebrates the work of DaDa’s first cohort of DaDa ‘Fellows’ and brings together a range of new digital and in person work by North West and national artists. Individual and Festival Pass Tickets are all available at a PAY WHAT YOU CAN rate from £0 upwards. You can acquire tickets here.

• After a two-year gap, 20 Stories High are back and touring Touchy + Anthology, a double bill bursting at the seams with originality, scouse humour and grit. The show will be on at the Everyman on Thu 3 Nov & Fri 4 Nov before continuing its tour. Full list of tour locations here. What happens when some of Liverpool’s finest rappers, singers, poets, and Ninjas get creative in one space? The answer: something truly unique.

• The fantastic Homotopia festival kicks off next week with fantastic LGBTQIA+ exhibitions, events and performances across the city including QueerCore: Try Something New on 5 Nov in the Playhouse Studio, celebrating 5 LGTBQIA+ artists performing something new (we like work that does what it says on the tin!) outside of their comfort zone. We’re also hosting a couple of great FREE events in the Everyman bistro: a special Queer Lovely Word on the 3 Nov with Peter Scalpello, and a movement workshop with LOB co-directors Chris Brown and Clodagh Champman on the 5 Nov. Plus, QueerCore artist Rhiannon May’s exhibition Please Touch The Art (itch my brain) on display until the 12 Nov in out Ev2 gallery space at the Everyman.