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

A statement GCS follows below:

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.