Past event

Letters from the Inside, Brixton Prison, 2016

Date:
14 December 2016

On 14th December 2016, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Prison Radio Association, Letters Live presented LETTERS FROM THE INSIDE – a truly unique show that took place in the chapel of Her Majesty’s Prison, Brixton.

 

Over the course of the evening a diverse cast of great performers that included two ex-prisoners and one serving prisoner brought to life letters written by people from all walks of life, including previously unseen correspondence from the pens of inmates. Tom Odell performed two rousing and very fitting versions of Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’ and Joe Cocker’s ‘The Letter.’

 

Our most intimate show to date, LETTERS FROM THE INSIDE was in aid of the Prison Radio Association – Third Sector’s 2016 Charity of the Year – and the show was broadcast live on National Prison Radio to 110 prisons across England and Wales.

 

Founded in 2006, Prison Radio Association run National Prison Radio – the world’s only national radio station for prisoners. Aiming to harness the power of media to reduce crime, National Prison Radio broadcasts into the cells of 80,000 prisoners, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Programme

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

 

Benedict Cumberbatch

 
He is not a forgiving cat

John Cheever to Josie Herbst

 

 

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman

 
I am so close behind you

Leonard Cohen to Marianne Ihlen

 

 

Clarke Peters

 
My Dungeon Shook

James Baldwin to His Nephew

 

 

Clarke Peters and Kae Tempest

 
Hang on my love

Iggy Pop to Laurence

 

 

Durell/Joao

 
I am in receipt of your Final Demand

Naval Officer to A Creditor

 

 

Julia Howard

 
Don’t Give Up

Jane Fonda to Herself

 

 

Kae Tempest

 
You are worthy

Prisoner to National Prison Radio

 
Brand New Ancients

Original piece

 

 

Mariella Frostrup

 
The Matchbox

Sylvia Townsend Warner to Alyse Gregory

 

 

Mark Strong

 
I miss her no less every day

Prisoner to National Prison Radio

 
Alone, I am no longer a lonely soul

Bertrand Russell to Colette O’Neil

 

 

Matt Berry

 
Happy New Years!!!
 
 

Michael Balogan

 
Brown is as pretty as white

W. E. B. Du Bois to Yolande Du Bois

 
The help is out there

 
 

Olivia Colman

 
Fortunately, I had my new radio

Mary Grant to A. Walker

 

 

Russell Brand

 
I do occasionally eat

Lucian Freud to Lynn Barber

 

 
 

Music

 
 

Tom Odell

 
The Letter
I Shall Be Released

 
 

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