Letters Live Berlin

On Wednesday 26th June 2024, we brought Letters Live to the Berlin Philharmonie for our German debut!

Letters Live has consistently aligned itself with charitable causes. This event proudly continued this tradition, supporting the vital work of Children for Tomorrow.

Read on for the evening’s incredible cast list.

This Letters Live show was in association with Montblanc.

ACT ONE

Sabin Tambrea

I must have written you 14 to 15 letters

Ich habe Dir 14 oder 15 Briefe geschrieben

Frank Kafka to Felice Bauer

Poor mother, forgive your fallen son

Arme Mutter, vergib Deinem

Hermann Hesse to his mother

Anke Engelke

Liebes Internet

Dear Internet

Tina Fey to internet commenters

I can’t fight any longer

Ich bin am Ende meiner Kraft

Virginia Woolf to Leonard Woolf

Claudia Michelsen

How strange it is

Jacqueline Kennedy to Willy Brandt

Iris Berben

Dear, dear Helmut, adieu

Adieu, mein lieber Helmut

Charlotte Rampling to June Newton

Sebastian Koch

Little one from the ice-rink!

Kleiner von der Eisbahn!

Erich Maria Remarque to Marlene Dietrich\

Alli Neumann

Dear Sir

Sarah-Louise Jordan to an admirer

Ece Temelkuran

This is not a missive, but a mission

Fiona Glen to Earth

Dietmar Wunder

Liverpool are winning too many games

Liverpool gewinnt einfach zu viele Spiele

A Man Utd fan to Jurgen Klopp

Christine Becker

Your globetrotting idiot

Dein Globelltrottei

Jurek Becker to Christine Becker

Mark Waschke

With many good wishes for our house

Wie gefält ihnen mein Haus

Lion Feuchtwanger to the occupant of his house

ACT TWO

Sebastian Koch

Damn, the emotion

Verdammt, die Ruehrung

Harry Rowohlt to friends

DO

Mach

Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse

Alli Neumann

Thank you and I hope you choke

Ich hoffe, Sie ersticken

Beatles fan to Nike

Jesper Munk

We are fighting for the very soul of the world

Nick Cave to a reader

Iris Berben

Fortunately, I had my new radio

Zum Glück hatte ich mein Radio

Marianne Müeller to A. Walker

What did you say? I can’t hear you….

Ich kann Dich nicht hören

Katherine Hepburn to Spencer Tracy

Laila Fakori

Mother, my heart longs for you

Fakori to her mother

Mark Waschke

Seat 29E

Sitzplatz 29E

A customer to Continental Airlines

Claudia Michelsen

Give women the vote

Man gibt den Frauen das Wahlrecht

Bertha Brewster to. Daily Telegraph

Iris Berben and Anke Engelke

Dear Friend

A.Freund

Hermione Gingold to A. Friend

Dietmar Wunder

I have the cookie

Null Kekse

Cookie Monster to Bahlsen HQ

Sabin Tambrea

I have had my eye on you

Ich habe sie ins Auge gefasstt

Simon Fallowfield to Mary Foster

MUSIC

Jesper Munk

Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis (Tom Waits)

Slow Down

Nikko Weidemann (piano)

Ibadet Ramadani (vocals)

Forest

Sleep my Child