COMEDY: Liverpool’s John Bishop performs an intimate hour-long show at the Unity Theatre as part of the Liverpool Comedy Festival. He will be trying out new material, bouncing ideas around and making jokes he has only just thought of.Unity Theatre, tickets £8, 0151 709 4988.
TALK: Emmy Award winner and BAFTA-nominated director Martin Wallace and artist David Jacques present a night devoted to Outsider Art, featuring footage from Wallace’s Channel 4 documentary Journeys in the Outside. Part of the Writing on the Wall Festival.Blackburne House, Hope Street, tickets £4/£2 on the door, www.writingonthewall.rog.uk
COMEDY: Multi-award winning comedian and writer Robin Ince comes to the Liverpool Comedy Festival with an evening celebrating the really bad book. Years touring the country have given him ample time to scour charity shops and jumble sales for The Secrets of Picking Up Sexy Girls.Unity Theatre, tickets £8, 0151 709 4988.





