Community Post Type: Callouts

The Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards 2025/26. The awards celebrate the best of the Liverpool City Region’s £6.25bn visitor economy sector and with 20 categories up for grabs, there’s something for all businesses in the tourism industry.

Award entries are easy to complete and are open to all tourism related businesses in the Liverpool City Region across 20 categories. Businesses can enter more than one category if relevant.

Choose which category you wish to enter; there might be more than one that is relevant to your business.

Read ‘Top Tips’ before you start drafting your application.

Make sure you read the Terms and Conditions for entry.

All entries must be submitted via the online nominations portal by the deadline – 11^th September 2025 (midnight)

Nominations cannot be accepted via email or any other format.

Entering the awards is FREE.

If you are unsure if you are eligible to enter or which category is the best fit for your business please don’t hesitate to call 07910 888217 or e-mail tourismawards@coolbreezeagency.com

Rotten Apple is the first play in the Windows of a Woman trilogy, premiering at Unity Theatre on 3rd and 4th December 2025.

Set in 1990s Manhattan, it follows a young woman from Liverpool chasing her dream of a bigger, brighter life. Hungry for more than her working-class beginnings could offer, she dives into the electric chaos of New York – rooftop parties, yellow taxis, jazz bars, and the thrill of love. But dreams aren’t always kind. When reality fractures her fantasy, she’s forced to confront the darkness hidden beneath the city’s shimmer.

With themes of mental health, class, love, and identity, Rotten Apple is a raw, poetic exploration of what it means to risk everything for a dream and how easily that dream can rot from the inside.

A bold new voice in feminist theatre, this debut piece asks: what happens when the window of youth slams shut?

ACTING ROLES required

Male Early 20s, Tall, generic New York accent, ability to play acoustic guitar
Female Early 20s, mid height, Liverpudlian accent
If you are interested, Email artgroupie@outlook.com with,
Headshot, CV, Name, Date of Birth, Agency – if repped, Height, hair Colour, Eye Colour.

OTHER REQUIRMENTS

Stage Manager Set Designer – ideal role for first-time graduates.
If you are interested, Email artgroupie@outlook.com with,
CV and Availability Sep – Dec.
These will be contracted roles with specific start and end dates and deadlines.

Director: Margaret Connell

Audition Location Liverpool Arts Bar, Hope Street

Audition Date Monday 15th September, 10 am – 5 pm, Callbacks TBC

THIS IS A PAID ROLE ITC Rates apply – https://www.itc-arts.org/resources/rates-of-pay/

Dates Required Mon 13th Oct – Fri 17th Oct: Script Workshops and Development

Mon 10th Nov – Onwards: 3 weeks of rehearsals.

Weds 3rd and Thurs 4th Dec: Performances at The Unity.

Free donation based classes at 24 Hope Street.

Starting in September, the 24 Hope Street Collective will be offering a new series of free donation-based classes.

A diverse range of classes and styles for wellbeing, for professional development, and for young people,

Movement for Wellbeing: No dance experience necessary!

Studio 1 (Fully accessible)

Improvised Self: For dancers and performers

Studio 2 (Upstairs)

More info below

Limited spaces available! Book now via the link

All donations to 24 Hope Street go towards collective studio management and refurbishment.

Book now

Friday classes with Mary Pearson, 11am – 12pm, October 17 and 24, November 14, 21 and 28

This class is a joyful invitation to reclaim the pleasure of dance. Open level, no dance experience needed

Wednesday classes with Mary Pearson, 6 – 7pm, December 3, 10 and 17

This class is for dance performers ready to explore making dances using improvisation.

 

 

People’s Powerhouse is setting out on a unique and exciting coast-to-coast journey from the northwest to the northeast, celebrating people power along the way. They will be bringing Northerners together, exploring community strengths, listening to what you would like to see more, or less of, in your communities.

They will be hosting get-togethers where you can join group conversations about your community, or about the things that matter to you, as well as meet new people involved in local projects. By weaving together your voices they will build a collective Northern voice that recognises the power of people coming together. They’ll be amplifying your great ideas, brilliant projects and pressing issues to powerful decision makers at our infamous ‘This is the North’ Annual Convention in November and beyond.

How to get involved?

• Join them at a get together near you (Keep updated via their website and social media)
• Do you already have your own community meet ups planned? If so, why not invite them to join in as they make their way across the North? Tea and cakes on them!
• Submit your answer to us on social media or website

If you want to share your thoughts on social media please tag them and #PPCoasttocoast

https://www.instagram.com/peoplespowerhouse/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/peoplespowerhse

Get in touch by contacting:

Abbie@peoplespowerhouse.org.uk

or call 07494797089 or social media listed above.

They want to hear as many of your voices as possible on our coast-to-coast journey.

Film & Television Industry Research Study

LJMU is researching the challenges new entrants face in progressing beyond entry-level roles in Film and TV. Feedback from alumni and production companies highlights difficulties in finding mid-level freelancers, prompting this study to identify barriers and practical solutions.

LJMU is seeking insights from freelancers and established professionals to inform strategies that support alumni, new entrants, and employers. By sharing your experiences, you can help strengthen career pathways.

To take part either complete this short form or contact Martin Jones: M.L.Jones@ljmu.ac.uk by 19.9.25.

Paraphysis Cinema is a small pop-up community cinema based in Liverpool. They’re having a special Halloween screening and need your short films !

This Halloween, they’re putting the spotlight on local talent with a special screening of gothic, supernatural, and eerie tales from Liverpool & Merseyside filmmakers.🌙

Whether it’s ghosts, folklore, haunted places, or something entirely unexpected, they’re excited to showcase the creativity of the community on the big screen.

Who can apply?
Filmmakers of all levels — from first-timers to seasoned directors — as long as your film is short, completed, and shot in Liverpool / Merseyside. Queer filmmakers to the front.

What they’re looking for:
Anything that fits the Halloween spirit!

Submit your work and join them for a night of haunting, homegrown cinema.

Here is their submission link: https://forms.gle/aH7GEre6Hj8KTff2A

Artist-Led St Helens are looking for 4 artists to act as hosts for their ‘Creating Space’ at Street and a Half (Haydock Street, St Helens) between September and December 2025. They will select four Creatives who will act as host, creators and demonstrator of a specific set of equipment in the Front Room at Street and a Half where Artist-Led St Helens are developing studio spaces.

Fee: £1000 fixed rate contract, estimated 4 days at £250 per day. This is a freelance role and you will be responsible for your own taxes.
Location: Haydock Street, St. Helens, WA10 1DD
Contract Type: Project-based
Duration: One day per week for four weeks during September – December 2025
Deadline: 10th September

Successful applicants will:
● Have a strong connection to St Helens
● Have a creative idea they need space and/or equipment to try out
● Be open to working alongside other artists, sharing and negotiating the use of space and equipment.
● Be competent in the use of the equipment they plan to use in the space
● Explain how this opportunity will benefit their creative development

See the full brief for full information and the link to the application form.
https://padlet.com/studiosinsthelens/artist-led-st-helens-documents-wtohyzy0fxttavu3/wish/LNV1Q7dKljl3Zmq3

Where will your education take you? From local studios to regional exhibitions, your journey starts here.

At University Centre St Helens, their specialist Fine Art Painting degree – offered at only a few institutions in the UK – encourages you to innovate, experiment, and develop a bold, individual practice from day one.

Based in spacious, purpose-built studios and guided by experienced, practicing artists, you’ll explore technical, philosophical, and aesthetic approaches to painting. Your studies will culminate in a public Degree Show, where your work will be seen by family, friends, and the wider local arts community.

Start creating your future today – applications are still open for September 2025.

https://www.sthelens.ac.uk/applynow/

Sound Check, the live music industry training programme is back at Birkenhead’s Future Yard!

New course starting on 8th September, for people in the city region aged 19+. Free to access, as always.

If you’re interested, apply via the link here

Kickstart a career in music!

Future Yard, 77 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6AB

Exciting news for young people in Knowsley with This Place, This Stage!

This Place, This Stage is a bold new partnership with Knowsley Council, Heart of Glass, Adlib, Make. CIC  and Shakespeare North Playhouse – that’s secured £650K from Arts Council England

Over the next three years, this investment will build and grow their work:

✨ Amplifying young voices
🌱 Nurturing creative talent
🚀 Creating pathways into careers in the arts and creative industries

Read more via Knowsley News – link here