As an exciting prelude to the 2025 Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival 2025, Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministries for Tourism and Culture, is thrilled to announce ‘An Audience With’ best-selling author David Walliams OBE.

Minister for Tourism and Culture, The Hon Christian Santos GMD MP, has today confirmed the event with this international author will take place on Thursday 24th April at the Europa Sports Arena at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £30 and will be available for purchase on buytickets.gi as from Thursday 20th March at 10am.

Minister Santos highlighted this fitting opening event will whet audience’s appetites for the main Literary Festival set for November. The Festival will feature both local and international authors, who over three days will hold discussions on various publications and literary works which will cater for both adults and younger audiences.

David Walliams OBE

Comedian, author, presenter, and actor David Walliams has been one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers since the ‘90s.

Alongside Matt Lucas, David created and starred in sketch comedy Little Britain, which won three BAFTA awards and has gone on to air in over 100 countries. That was followed by one of the most watched comedies of all time on British television, Come Fly With Me.

David was a judge on Britain’s Got Talent for ten years and won numerous National TV Awards for Best TV Judge. On film he has starred in Stardust, Dinner For Schmucks and Murder Mystery. He provided vocals for the Oscar-nominated animation Missing Link.

Alongside his acting and writing, David swam the English Channel in 2006 and the length of the Thames in 2011, raising over £1 million and £2.5 million for Sport Relief, respectively.

A best-selling children’s author with 41 titles to his name and global sales exceeding 56 million copies, David’s books have now been translated into 55 languages. Many of his titles have been adapted for television and the stage including a hugely acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company musical of The Boy in the Dress. Others are being developed as feature films or animation series.

Tickets for ‘An Audience With’ will be on sale at www.buytickets.gi as from Thursday 20th March. 

For further information please contact GCS Development Unit on 20049161 or email development@culture.gov.gi