What’s On
Liverpool is a vibrant city, with plenty of activities to suit all tastes. Find out what’s happening and when with our handy ‘What’s On’ calendar.
Lights Bearing West: Book Launch with Tony Wailey
Tony Wailey’s latest book, Lights Bearing West, is about memory, place and distance, messages sent, delivered, picked up, put down, kept or discarded. Going away, having adventures and coming home, whether these adventures are first hand or tenth hand, is part of everyone’s trilogy in Liverpool – even for those who have never left the...
Turning a Book into a TV Series: Ashleigh Nugent
Ashleigh Nugent and Tom Thostrup, co-founder and Managing Director of 2LE media, will talk through the process of how Ashleigh’s electric debut novel, Locks, was optioned for TV. Locks was published by Picador Books in 2023 and received rave reviews, including 4 out of 5 stars in the Daily Telegraph. Later that year, he secured...
Showstopper!
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest – direct from the West End and now heading to Liverpool Playhouse in 2024! With fourteen years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, The Showstoppers have delighted audiences across the...
Danny Morrison: The Dirty War
Danny Morrison returns to Writing on the Wall for a one-off exclusive on the Stakeknife affair and how he was lured into a trap by Britain’s biggest spy in the IRA. The events of 7 January 1990 changed Danny’s life. Charged with conspiracy to murder, kidnapping and IRA membership, he was eventually sentenced to eight...
A Life of Rhyme – A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah
On behalf of the people of Liverpool, Writing on the Wall are proud to host a tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah, pioneering dub poet, lyricist, musician, and revolutionary, who passed away in December 2023, aged 65. Liverpool was a special place to Benjamin. In the mind 1980’s, following a smear campaign by the S*n Newspaper, he...
Infinite Encounters at Liverpool Cathedral
Step into a realm of sensory exploration at Liverpool Cathedral’s upcoming art exhibition, Infinite Encounters running from 10th May to 2nd June 2024 – as a part of our centenary celebrations! Infinite Encounters is a group exhibition welcoming visitors to interact and enjoy an experience guaranteed to bring the senses to life. The show conjures wonder through public participation and...
Irvine Welsh: 30 years of Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh returns to WoWFEST for a no-holds-barred celebration of 30 years of Trainspotting and its cast of outcasts – Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie. Trainspotting quickly gained a cult following – which exploded across the world when Danny Boyle’s film of the same name hit the big screen. It left an inedible mark...
Niladri Kumar and Yashwant Vaishnav
World-renowned sitar player and maverick musician, Niladri Kumar, performing alongside virtuoso percussionist Yashwant Vaishnav. Experience music through one of the most royal instruments of India, the sitar, accompanied by the tabla. Celebrated sitar maestro brings an unparalleled immersive experience of the timeless expanse of the classical Indian heritage through his own unique, captivating and popularly...
Ecclesiart in Cathedrals: Liverpool
Join Art+Christianity for a day of two art tours to both cathedrals – the Anglican and the Roman Catholic – with leading specialist Laura Moffatt. Both cathedrals have truly outstanding collections of 20th- and 21st-century art, from artists such as Elisabeth Frink, Ceri Richards, John Piper, Tracey Emin, Christopher LeBrun and Susannah Heron. These tours...
Liverpool Forró Festival
Join us for Liverpool’s first Forró Festival – with 3 days of dance classes and parties with incredible forró teachers and musicians from around the world. Come celebrate Brazilian culture in the heart of the Liverpool. All levels are welcome to join.
