Institute of Irish Studies

26/08/2026

Cover Reveal for 📸Love, Life and Death: John Minihan📸

A new retrospective📚 of John Minhan's photos, edited by our Gerry Diver and Declan Houten, out this September.

John Minihan is one of the most perceptive photographers of the twentieth century, rubbing shoulders with film stars, rock stars and royalty along the way, while also documenting everyday life.

Join John and the book's editors for the launch on 20 September and enjoy a special launch offer of £30!

🗓️5pm, 20 September 2026

🧭Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, University of Liverpool

FREE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1996979506461

The launch is part of 🎭Beckett: Lieben🎭, which runs from 17 - 20 September 2026, and explores Samuel Beckett's fascination with German expressionism.

For the full programme of theatre, music, visual art, photography, film, dance and discussion please see

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/research/beckett/

24/08/2026

Well done to MRes student James Hurley, who walked 25km last Saturday in support of Breast Cancer Now.
Breast Cancer Now funds support for those affected by breast cancer and research to improve treatments. Their aim is to ensure that by 2050 everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live – and be supported to live well.
To support them and James' effort, please go to

Help James Hurley raise money to support Breast Cancer Now

18/08/2026

🎭Beckett: Lieben 🎭More Real Than Nothing - Stories & Silence from the Theatrical World of Samuel Beckett🎭

Funny, bleak and ultimately beautiful, a series of brief encounters across a haunting theatrical landscape invite us to confront the ultimate question: what, against all odds, keeps us going?
Bringing together Act Without Words, Quad, That Time, Rockaby, What Where, and extracts from First Love, More Real Than Nothing is a percussive journey through Samuel Beckett’s extraordinary imagination.

Performed by LIPA BA Acting and BA Dance Students

🗓18 & 19 September
🧭The George Harrison Workshop Studio, The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
FREE registration required:

Tickets are now available for More Real Than Nothing - Stories and Silence from the Theatrical World of Samuel Beckett at The George Harrison Workshop Studio, Liverpool between Friday 18th September 2026 and Saturday 19th September 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tick...

18/08/2026

🎭Beckett: Lieben 🎥Kino / Cinema 🎭

🎥 If I Fall, Don’t Pick Me Up
Irish filmmaker Declan Clarke, explores the relationship between Samuel Beckett and German theatre director Walter Asmus
Following the screening, Walter Asmus will be joined onstage by Professor Mark Nixon for a Q&A.
12 noon, 18 September
FREE: https://everymanplayhouse.com/event/beckett-lieben-2026-film-screening-if-i-fall-dont-pick-me-up/

🎥Beckett Shorts
Including Alan Gilsenan’s Eh Joe (1986), Paul Joyce’s The Goad (1965) and the first screening of Michael O’Neill’s Peggy (2026).
2 pm, 19 September
FREE: https://everymanplayhouse.com/event/beckett-lieben-2026-beckett-shorts/

Beckett: Lieben runs from 17 - 20 September. For the full programme of theatre, music, visual art, photography, film, dance and discussion, please go to: www.liverpool.ac.uk/Beckett

Playhouse Hosted at Liverpool Playhouse Beckett: Lieben 2026 – Film Screening: If I Fall, Don’t Pick Me Up Book now Playhouse Fri 18 Sep 2026 Book now Running time Screening begins at 12pm. Running time: 1h56mins Tickets Free tickets – click book now to reserve yours. Join us, as part of the B...

11/08/2026

🎭Beckett: Lieben🎭
As part of our Beckett Festival we will be hosting two FREE screenings Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres:
🎥"If I Fall, Don’t Pick Me Up" by Declan Clarke
Irish filmmaker Declan Clarke, explores the relationship between iconic Irish author Samuel Beckett and renowned German theatre director Walter D. Asmus
Following the screening, director Walter Asmus will be joined onstage by Professor Mark Nixon for a Q+A
🗓12 noon, 18 September
https://everymanplayhouse.com/event/beckett-lieben-2026-film-screening-if-i-fall-dont-pick-me-up/

🎥"Beckett Shorts"
Including Alan Gilsenan’s Eh Joe (1986), Paul Joyce’s The Goad (1965) and the first screening of Michael O’Neill’s Peggy (2026).
🗓2pm, 19 September
https://everymanplayhouse.com/event/beckett-lieben-2026-beckett-shorts/

Beckett: Lieben runs from 17 - 20 September in venues across Liverpool
More information and booking links are available on our festival webpage: www.liverpool.ac.uk/beckett

Beckett in Liverpool

10/08/2026

Adrian Dunbar previewing Beckett: Lieben, which we are delighted to co-host with Unreal Cities (Adrian Dunbar and Nick Roth) and The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.
For more info and booking links, please go to www.liverpool.ac.uk/beckett
Thanks to Culture Ireland for supporting this Festival.

07/08/2026

Thanks to Arts Review Hub for featuring Beckett: Lieben.
For more info about our Beckett festival, please see www.liverpool.ac.uk/beckett - and keep checking back as we are updating the page regularly!

‘Beckett: Lieben 2026 – Liverpool 17th to 20th September 2026’ Actor and director Adrian Dunbar and musician Nick Roth bring Beckett: Lieben 2026, an international festival celebrating the works of Dublin-born writer Samuel Beckett, to Liverpool from 17-20 September. Delivered in collaboration...

06/08/2026

Beckett: Lieben 2026
🗣️Samuel Beckett and German Expressionism: An Abiding Love
Artist / architect Richard Pierce on Beckett’s discovery of, and reaction to, German Expressionism
🗓️ 1pm, 20 September 2026
🧭Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, University of Liverpool
FREE registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1996979506461

This talk is part of the "Discussion" strand of our Beckett Festival this September, please see https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/beckett-lieben-2026-4860830 for further Beckett talks.
For the full programme of theatre, music, visual art, photography, film, dance as well as discussion, please go to www.liverpool.ac.uk/beckett

Artist / architect Richard Pierce presents a visual account of Samuel Beckett’s discovery of, and reaction to, German Expressionism