ART: Two for the price of one in Joyous Machines, as the works of Jean Tinguely, one of the most radical, inventive and subversive sculptors of the mid 20th-century, are exhibited next to British artist Michael Landy’s, above, responses to them. The films are particularly worth a look as are the mechanical sculptures.Tate Liverpool until January 10, tickets £6 (concs £4.50), 0151 702 7400.
EXHIBITION: Hothouse is an exhibition of jewellery by artists who have been with the Bluecoat Display Centre over the past 50 years and who have used their experience to select an emerging talent that they feel will be someone to watch over the next 50.Bluecoat Display Centre, until January 16.
THEATRE: Fred Lawless has written the Royal Court’s first newly commissioned play, Merry Ding Dong. A combination of Scouse comedy and rock and roll panto, it centres on friends Chris and Noel, and the trials of supporting rival football teams with, as they say in film trailers, hilarious consequences.Royal Court until January 23, tickets £10-£30, 0870 787 1866.
