Past event
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.
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He is not a forgiving cat
John Cheever to Josie Herbst
I am so close behind you
Leonard Cohen to Marianne Ihlen
My Dungeon Shook
James Baldwin to His Nephew
Hang on my love
Iggy Pop to Laurence
I am in receipt of your Final Demand
Naval Officer to A Creditor
Don’t Give Up
Jane Fonda to Herself
You are worthy
Prisoner to National Prison Radio
Brand New Ancients
Original piece
The Matchbox
Sylvia Townsend Warner to Alyse Gregory
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
Happy New Years!!!
Brown is as pretty as white
W. E. B. Du Bois to Yolande Du Bois
The help is out there
Fortunately, I had my new radio
Mary Grant to A. Walker
I do occasionally eat
Lucian Freud to Lynn Barber
The Letter
I Shall Be Released