Past event

Letters Live Earth Day at the Royal Albert Hall

Date:
22 April 2026

Letters Live, the one-of-a-kind celebration of the power of written correspondence, returned to London’s Royal Albert Hall for an unforgettable show in celebration of Earth Day, in support of Greenpeace.

 

This special performance was held in aid of Greenpeace, an independent movement of people who defend the natural world. Their vision is a world where everyone has equal access to clean air, water and energy; where the nature we love is protected, precious habitats are restored and communities are united by ambitious climate action.

 

We also had a very special partner for this Earth Day show, Vivobarefoot. Vivobarefoot is a B Corp on a mission to reconnect people to nature and their natural potential, starting with feet. An independent family business, they are on a quest to become net-positive for human and planetary health.

 

 

 

Running Order

Wednesday 22nd April 2026
ACT ONE

 

Rob Delaney

Composer for Nitwits

Erik Satie to Jean Poueigh

 

Jodie Whitaker

I’ve been to London

P.R. to the Telegraph

 

Simon Pegg

Dear Penguins

Tony Cross to Penguins

 

Meera Syal

Mrs. Slob of 1961

A viewer to Shaw Taylor

 

Sue Perkins

My body shall be all yours

Radclyffe Hall to Evguenia Souline

 

Inua Ellams

We take death to go to a star

Vincent van Gogh to his brother

 

Benedict Cumberbatch

I’ve only just finished decorating the kitchen

Graeme M to Leith Police Station

 

Maisie Adam

As civil as their breath would allow

Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen

 

Munya Chawawa

He has nothing left but his poker

A. T. Harris to Atlantic City Railroad

 

Mark Strong

Yours in science

Harvey Rowe to Scott Williams

 

Louise Brealey

I can’t fight any longer

Virginia Woolf to Leonard Woolf

 

Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, JJ Abrams

Star Trek Memos (Triple)

Star Trek Producers

 

Zack Polanski

Cool

Denis Baker to the Guardian

 

Mya-Rose Craig

Kindly get your shit together

Child to Leaders of the World

 

ACT TWO

 

Tim Peake

Mother Nature is a very satisfactory divinity for me

Marion Carpenter to Malcolm Carpenter

 

Munya Chawawa

Dear Lord

Munya to God

 

Louise Brealey

TAKE NOTICE

Mary Dodd to all widows

 

Inua Ellams

His life has now passed over into yours

Rainer Maria Rilke to a friend

 

Jodie Whitaker

Have a Happy Period

Wendi Aarons to James Thatcher

 

Rob Delaney

Tiger Oil memos

Tiger Mike to staff

 

Arlo Parks

Look for me in the sunsets

Emmie to Sumner

 

Mark Strong

On not raising hogs

J. B. Lee to Jr Ed Foreman

 

Sue Perkins

We may be evil, but we’re not stupid

Rachel to people of Earth

 

Simon Pegg

I still need my mother terribly

Kurt Vonnegut to Jane Cox

 

Benedict Cumberbatch

All this I did without you

Gerald Durrell to his wife

 

MUSIC

 

Tom Odell

Prayer

Another Love

 

Thom Yorke

Atoms for Peace

 

Jon Hopkins