A raft of new events have been added to the Metropolitan Cathedral’s golden jubilee celebrations.

An interactive listening trail, a special mass and an art exhibition join a packed programme to mark the 50th anniversary of the Grade II-listed building.

Among the new events is the premiere of a poem by Liverpool wordsmith Roger McGough called ‘Golden Jubilee’; a companion piece to the poem he wrote to mark the cathedral’s opening in 1967.

A ‘listening trail’ based on interviews conducted by production company Metro-Boulot-Dodo will come to Hope Street between Friday 19 May to Friday 30 June.

The group collected people’s memories of the building for its ‘Voices of the Metropolitan Cathedral’ exhibition, which can be experienced through listening pods at venues including the Unity Theatre and the Everyman Theatre.

A special commission to tie in with LightNight 2017 will come to the cathedral on 19 May as artist Andy McKeown unveils a light showcase in collaboration with the Metropolitan Cathedral Choir, which will perform Thomas Tallis’s ‘Lamentations’ alongside organ music by Jehan Alain and Arvo Part.

A Golden Jubilee Good Shepherd Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Tom Williams will take place on Thursday 15 June at 1.00pm to give thanks to the schools and colleges which raised money for the Archdiocese’s social work service during Lent.

An exhibition titled ‘A New Cathedral, 1960’ will run from Monday 24 July to Sunday 3 September, offering a look at the alternative designs architects submitted when the building was being planned in the 1960s.

Tate Liverpool will also host an architecture themed exhibition to tie in with the anniversary, paying tribute to the work of artist John Piper, who designed much of the stained glass within the cathedral.

The show will run at the Albert Dock venue between Friday 17 November 2017 and Sunday 18 March 2018.

The newly announced events join an extensive celebratory roster, which also includes a collaboration between French composer Pierre Henry and Bluecoat, a floral tribute and a golden jubilee dinner at Lutyens Crypt.

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