Past event

Letters Live in support of the RNLI

Date:
12 December 2024

 

Letters Live returned to London’s Royal Albert Hall for a one-off show in aid of the RNLI on Thursday 12th December 2024. This show was the seventh Letters Live show at this iconic venue and was in association with Montblanc.

 

This event formed part of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the RNLI this year.

 

The RNLI has been saving lives at sea since it was founded in 1824 and, in that time, its volunteer lifeboat crews and beach lifeguards have saved more than 146,000 lives – equating to two lives saved every day for 200 years. Funded by voluntary donations, and with lifeboats crewed by trained volunteers, the RNLI is a truly unique rescue organisation. Today, the charity is saving more lives, in more ways, in more places than ever before. It operates 238 lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland, including four on the River Thames and has seasonal lifeguards on around 240 beaches each summer.

Running Order

Thursday 12th December 2024
ACT ONE
Alan Carr

 

I am left in quite the quandary

Joe Lycett to Mark Carne

 

Asim Chaudhry

 

Disregard this warning at your peril

Han Yu to Crocodiles

 

Geri Halliwell

 

All my life, I have belonged to no man

Flora Tristan to an admirer

 

Bella Ramsey

 

Take a breath now, you’re allowed

Bella Ramsey to Bella Ramsey

 

Adrian Lester

 

I’ll take care of that boy

Robert Peterson to Mr and Mrs Starks

 

Jameela Jamil

 

An instrument of joy

Margaret Mead to her sister

 

Benedict Cumberbatch

 

Your actions disturb and inspire, and I can’t look away

Ross Beeley to a fellow gym-goer

 

Grace Campbell

 

We connected that night!

Stephanie Pope to Adele

 

Lolly Adefope & Asim Chaudhry

 

The 12 days of Christmas

Emily to Edward

 

Jesse Buckley

 

Coupling is ridiculous, really

Lucia Berlin to Kenwood Elmslie

 

Chloe Zhao

 

I never imagined you would become a warrior

Xiao Hong to her brother

 

Matt Berry

 

I would rather die

Harold Pinter to Tom Stoppard

 

Louise Brealey

 

I know Mother, I know

Anne Sexton to Linda Sexton

 

Richard Ayoade

 

One rule for England captains…

Nick Jones to Viz

 

Ian Wright

 

That is not the way to play football

David Hickey to the Independent

 

Bella Ramsey

 

Help me catch our world

Jenny to Earth

 

 

ACT TWO

 

Ian McShane

 

Now her soul is free

Ram Dass to Steve and Anita Isser

 

Dr Martin Stephens

 

I owe you everything

Martin Stephens to the RNLI

 

Lolly Adefope

 

Mrs. Slob of 1961

Beatrice Maitland to the editor of Chatelaine magazine

 

Chris O’Dowd

 

The worst specimen

D. Blakey to Irish Lights

 

The beauty of things

Robinson Jeffers to Mary James

 

Jessie Buckley & Benedict Cumberbatch

 

See you soon, my magnificent one

Maria Casares and Albert Camus

 

Matt Berry

 

P.S.: This is my favourite memo ever

Matt Stone to the MPAA

 

Ian McShane

 

Christmas with all its ancient horrors

Raymond Chandler to Jamie Hamilton

 

Asim Chaudhry

 

Any better ideas?

Rodney Smith to the Guardian

 

Alan Carr

 

Have some carrots you cunt

Kenneth Williams to Eric Peel

 

Richard Ayoade

 

Damn the mail!

Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer

 

Louise Brealey

 

WE ARE BARELY HANGING ON

Julie Scagell to her son’s recorder

 

Adrian Lester

 

For your first Christmas

Walter Page to his grandson

 

Grace Campbell & Jameela Jamil

 

What should I do?

Frustrated to Abby

 

Ian Wright

 

I embrace you with all my heart

Albert Camus to Louis Germain

 

Benedict Cumberbatch

 

Ladies & Gentlemen of A.D. 2088

Kurt Vonnegut to the people of 2088

 

 

MUSIC

 

Jessie Ware

Say You Love Me

 

Anoushka Shankar
Stolen Moments

 

Hauschka