| Main Performers | Benedict Cumberbatch,
Sue Perkins,
Dawn O'Porter,
Julian Clary,
Graham Norton,
Dolly Alderton,
Toby Jones,
Sheila Atim,
Jonathan Pryce,
Stephen Mangan,
Louise Brealey,
Hassan Akkad,
Krishnan Guru-Murthy - speakers
Little Amal (girl refugee) - puppet with two puppeteers
Marlon Williams - vocal, guitar,
Anna Lapwood - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | HoneyFeet (Ríoghnach Connolly - vocal, Ellis Davis - guitar) |
| Set List | Speech (Josie Naughton),
Little Amal and Benedict Cumberbatch,
'Dear Amal', Various to Little Amal (Hassan Akkad),
'We are all terribly sorry', Phyllida Law to her mother-in-law' (Sue Perkins),
'Any Modern Poet Will Do', Adrian Mole (Stephen Mangan),
'That's Showbiz - Here I be trussed up in doublet and cod piece', Julian Clary to a friend (Julian Clary),
'How it hurts to write this', Eleanor Wimbish to her son Billy (Louise Brealey),
'I Condsider Reading The Greatest Bargain in the World - Instead of just experiencing one life, the book lover can live hundreds or even thousands of lives', Gene Roddenberry to a young Star Trek fan (Toby Jones),
'Dear Us - Porch or horison, your sweep is grand', Toni Morrison to all Black women (Sheila Atim),
'Scrooge Lives! - Go over to his house and punch him', Graham Norton when agony uncle in The Telegraph (Graham Norton),
'Have a happy period. Are you fucking kidding me?', Wendi Aarons to Proctor and Gamble (Dawn O'Porter),
'How much are your melons?', Various complaints to BBC Blue Peter (Sheila Atim, Louise Brealey, Dawn O'Porter, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julian Clary),
'There is a great deal of beauty in the world', John Steinbeck to John Murphy (Jonathan Pryce),
'We All Feel Like That Now and Then', Archibald Kerr to Reginald Pembroke (Benedict Cumberbatch),,
'The High Road - The last time I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my bike', B Perry' to The Metro (Krishnan Guru-Murthy),
'It's Never Hoing to be Easy - You always believed in me when I didn't believe in myself', Hannah Woodhead to her mum (Dolly Alderton),
'Border Bodies', HoneyFeet (HoneyFeet)
INTERVAL,
'He Wawate', M Williams (Marlon Williams),
'I want nobody but you for my lover', Katherine Mansfield to ger husband John Murray (Louise Brealey),
'To Hell with Sanity', John Le Carre to David Greenaway (Benedict Cumberbatch),
'Farewell, wretch that I loved', George Bernard Shaw to actress Stella Campbell (Toby Jones),
'God-day, little rascal, pussy-pussy, little turned-up nose', Mozart to his wife Constanza (Julian Clary),
'For the sake of humanity', Gandhi to Adolf Hitler (Krishnan Guru-Murthy),
'This is the last time I inconvenience myself for my children', Evelyn Waugh to his wife (Stephen Mangan),
'The STones are Dirty and Sloppy and they repugnate me', Kathy to Pam (Dawn O'Porter, Dolly Alderton),
'I remember opening the door to find an entire flock of seagulls in my room', Nick Burchill to the Empress Hotel, Nova Scotia (Benendict Cumberbatch),
'Dear Empress Hotel', Nick Burchill to Empress Hotel (Benedict Cumberbatch),
'I am distinctly conscious of the contents of my head', Jospeh Conrad to his agent (Graham Norton),
'I had a job to do', Dr Luis Alvarez to his son (Jonathan Pryce),
'Don't Try to Make Yourself Into Somebody Perfect - Have the courage to transform yourself. To do what you desire', Clarice Lispector to her sister (Sue Perkins),
'Dear Sir - Genitals are not an acceptable conversation opener', Sarah-Louise Jordan to a stranger (Sheila Atim),
'In the Event of Moon Disaster', Bill Safire to H R Haldeman (Benedict Cumberbatch),
Finale - 'Theme from Interstellar', H Zimmer (Anna Lapwood) |
| Related Archival Material | Digital Photographs,
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/107),
Autographs (RAHE/8/1/15) |