Main Performers | Benedict Cumberbatch, Kit Harington, Miriam Margolyes, John Kerry (U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate), Louise Brealey, Jess Philips MP, Sir Tony Robinson, Himesh Patel, Jordan F Stephens, Salena Godden, Denise Gough, Clarke Peters, Louise Brealey, Josie Naughton (CEO, Choose Love) - speakers
Tom Odell, Celeste - vocals, Max Richter - piano |
Set List | Speech (Josie Naughton), 'Just Another Thing That We Don't Talk About', T Odell (Tom Odell), 'My Dear Ada', Lewis Carroll to Adelaide Paine (Sir Tony Robinson), 'Thank You and I Hope You Choke', Beatles Fan to Nike (Jordan Stephens), 'Fortunately, I had my new radio', Mary Grant A. Walker (Salena Godden), 'I shall always be with you', Milada Horakova to her daughter (Louise Brealey), 'A dangerous cult now runs Britain', Tony Mabbott to the Guardian (Jess Philips), 'Honestly, I am embarrassed just writing this letter', Andrew Forrester, an open letter (Benedict Cumberbatch), 'I cannot envisage a life without loving you', John Berryman to Chris Haynes (Kit Harington), 'There is a singular and perpetual charm in a letter of yours', Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Edward S Morse (Clarke Peters), 'The loss of you lingers', Karin Cook to Joan Cook Carpenter (Denise Gough), 'An ugly baby is a very nasty object - The loss of you lingers', Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria (Miriam Margolyes), 'Lets hope it wasnt all just a bit too late', Ted Hughes to Nicholas Hughes (Benedict Cumberbatch), 'Origins', M Richter (Max Richter) INTERVAL 'Waves' (Lisa from Ibeyi), 'I have had my eye on you', Simon Fallowfield Mary Foster (Kit Harington), 'Such bosh', Jessica Mitford Maya Angelou (Louise Brealey), 'I dont want to be alone', Rupert Brooke to Cathleen Nesbitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), 'The Thermometer Will Bust', Anais Nin to Henry Miller (Clarke Peters, Mairiam Margolyes), 'I want to love first, and live incidentally', Zelda Sayre to F. Scott Fitzgerald (Denise Gough), 'O, Excellent Air-Bag!', Robert Southey to Tom Southey (Sir Tony Robinson), 'Ought women not to be abolished altogether?', Clementine Churchill to The Times (Jess Philips), 'We Are the Gift', Melissa Harris Perry to Richard Mourdock (Salena Godden), 'It would be easier and pleasanter to drown myself', George Bernard Shaw Various (Benedict Cumberbatch), 'I am going to put you to a test', Ayn Rand to her niece (Miriam Margolyes), 'I am unable to accept your rejection at this time', Paul Devlin to Various colleges (Jordan Stephens), 'A static present, surrounded by a wall of anxiety', Fernando Pessoa Mario de Sa-Carneiro (Himesh Patel), 'Wind the clock', E. B. White to Mr. Nadeau (John Kerry), 'Strange', Celeste (Celeste) |
Related Archival Material | Digital Photographs, Programme (RAHE/1/2022/107), Autographs (RAHE/8/1/15) |