Liverpool – prepare for an outbreak of a different kind. This July, Liverpool’s streets will be contaminated with creativity as drag artist Auntie Climax embodies Cholera herself, leading audiences through the city’s hidden waterways and forgotten histories in the most provocative walking tour that will ever take over your body and imagination.
The Cholera Walking Tour (July 25-27, 6pm-7:30pm + July 26, 10am) promises to go viral for all the right reasons, delivering a lethal dose of entertainment while exposing the murky depths of Liverpool’s relationship with water, disease and social (in)justice.
Co-created with Toxteth L8 residents, Liverpool based artists Hwa Young Jung, Dr. Annalaura Alifuoco, social researchers Dr. Rachel Seoighe, Dr. Trude Sundberg, physician / microbiologist Dr. Natalie Beveridge and Granby Winter Garden, the tour emerges from genuine community voices and lived experiences. This is activism disguised as entertainment – or perhaps entertainment that refuses to be cleansed of its political power.
“We’re not just performing history,” explains Liverpool Hope University Senior Lecturer Annalaura Alifuoco. “We’re diagnosing present-day symptoms of environmental injustice and offering a different kind of treatment – one that centres collective wellbeing, communal knowledge and joyful resistance.”
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION:
● Dates & Times
July 25th Friday
▪ 6pm – 7:30pm
July 26th Saturday
▪ 10am – 11:30
▪ 6pm – 7:30pm
July 27th Sunday
▪ 6pm – 7:30pm
● Route: Liverpool Cathedral to Granby Four Streets via Prince’s Avenue
● Tickets: https://fwdrag.art/2025/06/23/liverpool-tour-tickets-on-sale/
● Accessibility: We are committed to making our events as welcoming and inclusive for as many people as possible. If you are planning to attend one of their events and have specific access requirements, please contact by e:hello@fwdrag.art t: 01904876318 and they will make every effort to accommodate you.
If you have any questions ahead of the event, please feel free to contact them and they look forward to seeing you there!
● Funding: Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ with additional support from Liverpool Hope
University