• Thank you to everyone who enjoyed our three Christmas shows: Christmas Carol, Everyman and Friends and The Everyman Christmas Cabaret. We received some gorgeous reviews, and it was a delight to feel the theatres full of life again. It’s all thanks to our artists, audiences, Front of House and back stage freelancers. Give yourselves a massive cheer.

• You may have seen some of the theatres’ creativity and social change team looking rather fancy out and about over the last few days. They’ve teamed up with Merseycare Live Rooms and been transformed into Mr Christmas, Fairy Snowflake and Melody Christmas to bring some celebrations to local doorsteps. Please check out the photos, if only to join our campaign that they should dress like that all the time.

• We have now announced our Spring 21 Season including the exciting news that our award-winning, digital project Love Liverpool is coming LIVE to the Playhouse this Spring! Other stand outs include a new play from Playwrights’ Programme graduate Majid Mehdizadeh, amazing visitors in Woke by Apphia Campbell and Meredith Yarbrough and Julie Hesmondhalgh’s celebrated one-woman show The Greatest Play in the History of the World.

• We also have new work from YEP on the mainstage, and a new iteration of Rachel De-Lahay’s smash hit My White Best Friend (and other letters left unsaid). We will be collaborating with theatres including Manchester Royal Exchange on My White Best Friend – North, with new writing from Black writers and writers of colour across the north. 

• Mena Arts are seeking artists with a connection to the Middle East or North Africa for 8 £1k each to create a 60 second filmed work responding to the question: How should the MENA+ arts community celebrate what we have in common?. Deadline 29 December

• The Unity theatre have launched their first Open call, seeking Merseyside creatives to submit work for consideration as part of their reopening season taking place between February and May 2021. Work presented as part of the open call programme is guaranteed a fee of up to £1,250. Deadline 4^th January

• The Yard theatre are looking for artists who create work that engages with the climate crisis over a week’s development. There is a £500 seed commission for available for the lead artist plus £500 for collaborators free space & support Deadline 4 January

•  ORIGINATE are seeking performance artists based in Greater Manchester to develop new performance work in 2021. There is a 5k commission fee plus a package of support available. Deadline 10 January

• Writing on the Wall’s Write to Work course is now OPEN! Do you want to know how the writing sector works? Do you want to expand your networks & have sessions led by industry professionals? If you’re 18 & over, unemployed, access to the internet, this is for you. Deadline 11 January

• Liverpool’s leading Queer festival Homotopia are currently recruiting for two paid positions: marketing development manager (£16.5k for 3 days a week) and a fundraising consultant (£200 per day, min 18 days), and for a new Trustee and a new Chair of the Board (voluntary) to support and steer their team and vsision . Deadline 5 January (marketing manager and fundraising consultant) 12 January (voluntary positions)

• Amazing local company and trailblazers 20 Stories High are currently recruiting for new roles on our board of trustees. They are currently looking for a new Vice-chair, and for trustees (Voluntary) to help them achieve their aims: Deadline 25 January

• ​Local community hub MyClubmoor and Aaron Givens from @Grveyardshft have teamed up to come up with a lockdown competition for anyone interested in graphic design, illustration, typography, art or anyone else who wants to give it a try. Applicants are asked t deign a word or message that will uplift the community. Three winning entries will receive £100. Full details and application pack here.

•  If you need a few laughs over the festive period (we know we do!) you can do so whilst supporting our most silly pals Spy Monkey. Their anarchic Christmas Carol, recorded onstage at the Playhouse in January 2019, is available to watch online for £3.80, with all proceeds going to support the company.