Past event
Date:
7-9 March 2019
On March 7th, 8th and 9th of 2019, Letters Live made its first outing of 2019 by returning to London’s iconic Union Chapel to once again bring letters to life.
Over the course of these three unique evenings, Letters Live brought a diverse array of world-class performers from the stage, screen, music, art and literary worlds to breathe life into correspondence from all walks of life, taking its audience on an emotional and unforgettable journey through time.
Since first taking to the pulpit at the Union Chapel in July 2017, Letters Live have sold out eight shows there and presented audiences with captivating performances from the likes of Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Michael Palin, Helen McCrory, Jeremy Corbyn, Mariella Frostrup, Ade Edmondson, Rose McGowan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nick Cave, Sharon Horgan, Taron Egerton, Damian Lewis, Zawe Ashton, Rob Brydon, Jarvis Cocker and many others.
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The cruelest of all animals
George Bernard Shaw to London Daily News
Let us become strangers again
DH Lawrence to Bertrand Russell
Surely this inverts the truth
Nicholas Boyle to FT
What gloomy tidings about the CRABS
Patrick Leigh Fermor to Erica Soma
Shut up and listen
Rik Mayall to Mohamed Al-Fayed
The last mad Empire on earth
Dylan Thomas to Caitlin
The Last Hero
Kirk Douglas to Gary Cooper
May we meet in paradise
Theophane Venard to His Father
Do scientists pray?
Albert Einstein to Phyllis
Who is Karen Carpenter
Kim Gordon to Karen Carpenter
How dare you
Aretha Franklin to Liz Smith
I am unable to accept your rejection at this time
Paula Devlin to Various Collegues
The Matchbox
Sylvia Townsend to Alyse Gregory
Christopher’s choking!
Karen A. to Dear Dolly
Composer for nitwits
Erik Satie
I love you Jac
Bob Monkhouse to Jackie Monkhouse
She diddles all the time
John Newton to Abraham Lincoln
And that’s that
Edna st Vincent Millay to Norma Millay
She’ll simply change the rules
Patsy Davies to The Guardian
We are all minnows in life together
Martha Gallhorn to Diana Cooper
When Death Comes
Aidan Kingwell to Mary Oliver
Strip down, facing me
Tony Capezza to The Lowell Sun
I’ll never have any friends
Leonard Nimoy to F.C.
Speak the truth and shame the devil
Madonna to David Letterman
The Caribbean Airline
Arthur Hicks to Airline
Cease and desist
The Beano to Jacob Rees Mogg
The Cat Ranch
Jack Lemmon to Walter Matthau
Roald Dahl – Strength through joy
You ignorant freak
Hunter S. Thompson to Dave Allen
Abortion is a terrifying thing
Italo Calvino to Claudio Magris
You Babylonian scullion
Mehmed IV to Zaporozhian Cossacks
Two fingers to you
Mike Harding to Theresa May
I do hope she is all right
Gerald Vinestock to The Times
Has anybody got a light
Andy Roberts to Ade Edmondson
There is no danger down here
Wildred Owen to Susan Owen
My Dear Bessie
Chris Barker to Bessie Moore
Europe is home
Various to The Times
This is not a letter
Katherine Mansfield to Leslie Beauchamp
And now I must dress to receive the planets, dear
Willa Cather to Edith Lewis And now I must dress to receive the planets, dear
I can only do what feels right
Emma Thompson to SkyDance
Yours with real concern
Graham Chapman to The Bank
The dearest daughter a man could have
Cary Grant to His Daughter
I’m confused
Iain Rowan to the Guardian
This would make him mine
JOhn Steinback to Marlyn Monroe
Really, Mr. Walpole!
Rebecca West to Hugh Walpole
I shall always be with you
Milada Horakova to her daughter
The parakeet has a goiter
Brian Doyle to Various
Know that you are loved
Dorothy Freeman to Rachel Carson
Don’t forget, dear
Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria
Enough is enough
Marguerite Louise D’orleans to Cosimo III De Medici
I hate everybody
Spike Milligan to Pres of Cambridge Union
Dear Principal
Concerned Parent to School
Ladies and Gentleman of A.D. 2088
Kurt Vonnegut to 2088
Five accidents in two minutes
Fred Allen to State of NY Insurance dept.
If you are to be, be the first
Yuri Gagarin to Family
Dear Daughters
Patton Quinn to Her Daughter
Be brave, and the rest will follow
Jawaharlal Nehru to Daughter
We, the young
Student Activist
Music is made out of necessity
Prince to Tom Moon
P.S. This is my favorite memo ever
Matt Stone to MPAA
Blow ’em away, kid
Nick Cave to Ptolemy
Dame of what?
Dorris Lessing to Alex Allan
I cannot do less
Simone de Beauvoir to Nelson Algren
Tell them you have written to me
Margaret Thatcher to A Young Girl
That’s Deadwood for you
Calamity Jane to Her Daughter
You are an inspiration
Melissa Rivers to Joan Rivers
Out of all this came happiness
Diana Athill to Bibi Lynch
I know, Mother, I know
Anne Sexton to Linda Sexton
Christopher’s choking!
Karen A to Dear Dolly
I’m in love with NY
Anais Nin to Henry Miller
Dear Friend
Hermione Gingold to A Friend
I write for myself
A Concerned Parent to Green Day
How beautiful!
Salvador Dali to Frederico Garcia Lorca
You know who you are (Daft Punk complaint)
Australian Man to His Neighbour
Surely this inverts the truth
Nicholas Boyle to FT
I admire your balls
Hunter S. Thomson to Carrie Neftzeger
What do you want from life?
David Lavelle to The Telegraph
Maybe we should ban suits
Henry Stewart to the Guardian