New Theatre, The Hammer and Helena, - A FREE exhibition, Revealing Trails, with Liverpool Irish Festival and - A FREE Heritage Walking Tour, Sun 20th Oct at 11am, Pier Head to the Collingwood Dock, part of The Docklands Trail.
This exhibition documents Liverpool’s role in the foundation of the Global Irish Famine Way and reveals how Liverpool came to be involved.
The first section briefly tells the story of The Walk of the Bronze Shoes, whilst the second considers the resilience of Liverpool’s people through the research and expressions of contemporary participants. Featuring collaborative community artworks — led by local artists:
• Lydia O’Hara
• Tadhg Devlin
• Pam Sullivan, and
• Nicola McGovern.
The works respond to the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail’s plaque sites, telling rich stories with how people connect with the history, their heritage and how what happened then maintains a connection with what is happening in our world today.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this exhibition includes art works, artefacts and memories. Everything you see was created in 2024, though items may have roots and references going back through the generations.
Opening times will be:
• 10am-1pm, Wed 9 Oct, Sun 13 Oct, Wed 16 Oct and Sun 27 Oct
• 10am-5pm, Sun 20 Oct and Sat 26 Oct.
Free, just turn up (donations welcome).
Sunday 20th October at 11am – meet at the Pier Head, outside the Liver Building and we will walk to Collingwood Dock to see the Revealing Trails exhibition and take in the historical sites along the way.
The walk will be around 1 hour and will finish at The Docklands Trail Collingwood Dock, opposite the Titanic Hotel and next door to Everton’s new football ground.
Head over to our Contact page and send us a message to reserve a place.
Already announced and with tickets now on sale, The Hammer & Helena is a thrilling new play written and directed by David Griffiths, creator of ArtsGroupie CIC’s chilling adaption of The Signalman and starring Samantha Alton (‘Kitty Queen of the Washhouse’) as Helena Scheuberin and John Maguire (‘A Portrait of William Roscoe’) as Heinrich Kramer.
At The Unity, Liverpool – Saturday 16th November.
"The true story of the most evil book ever written and its horrifying legacy."
15th and 16th October, 2026 at 7pm
Details of our FREE Theatre History Exhibition, FREE Heritage Walking Tours & Theatre Masterclasses.
PLUS, the return of THE SIGNALMAN & Ghost Stories For Xmas.
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