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Performance TitleLetters Live, in aid of Choose Love
Performance Date27 October 2022
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersBenedict 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 ListSpeech (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),
'Let’s hope it wasn’t 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 don’t 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)
Performance NotesLetters Live is an unmissable celebration of the enduring power of literary correspondence: an unforgettable live experience that pairs word class performers with remarkable letters written over the centuries.

One of the joys of Letters Live is that you never know who will take to the stage or which letter they will bring to life, guaranteeing a constantly surprising journey through time that is, by turns, heartbreaking, hilarious and powerful.

Choose Love has raised millions to support refugees and created a movement of people putting love into action around the world.
Related Archival MaterialDigital Photographs,
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/107),
Autographs (RAHE/8/1/15)
Ticket Prices£20-£98
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/8/1/15Performers Autograph Book 2021-202329 March 2021-12 February 2023
RAHE/1/2022/107Letters Live, in aid of Choose Love27-28 October 2022
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12694Letters Live, in aid of Choose Love2
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3158Cumberbatch; Benedict (1976-); English actor
DS/UK/23759Brealey; Louise (27 March 1979); English actress, writer and journalist
DS/UK/3372Robinson; Sir; Tony (1946-); English actor, comedian, amateur historian, television presenter, political activist
DS/UK/23198Patel; Himesh (13 October 1990); English actor
DS/UK/5095Peters; Clarke (1952-); American actor, singer, writer, director
DS/UK/21654Odell; Thomas 'Tom' (1990-); English singer-songwriter
DS/UK/23359Celeste (1994-); British singer-songwriter
DS/UK/20421Richter; Max (1966-); German-born British composer
DS/UK/23938Harington; Kit (1986); English actor
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