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18-19 May 2018

Letters Live’s New York debut took place on 18th and 19th May 2018, at New York Town Hall in midtown Manhattan.

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Nick Moran is an actor particularly well known for his roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and in the Harry Potter films. At Letters Live he’s performed letters by Joe Strummer, Charles Bukowski and the FBI, among others.

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Nicola Sturgeon is First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP. She is also a prolific reader and passionate supporter of books. At Letters Live she read a letter from the author E.B. White on the uses and delights of libraries.

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Beloved comedian Noel Fielding is a Letters Live regular.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildNoma Dumezweni is an actress who has won two Olivier Awards and been nominated for a Tony. She is perhaps best known for playing Hermione Grainger in the West End and Broadway productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

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Olivia Colman is an Oscar-Winning actor known for her roles in The Favourite and The Crown. She has performed at Letters Live more than ten times, reading letters by all sorts of writers, from Queen Victoria to Eric Idle.

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Ophelia Lovibond is an actor perhaps best known for her appearances in Guardians of the Galaxy and the television show Elementary. She first performed at Letters Live in 2017, and has made several appearances since.

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One of the letters Oscar Isaac has performed at Letters Live was from Alec Guiness complaining about the filming of the first Star Wars, 40 years before Isaac became swashbuckling hero Poe Dameron in the series.

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21 November 2026

Letters Live returns to the Royal Albert Hall for its tenth appearance at the iconic venue. For one night only, an extraordinary cast of actors, writers, musicians and public figures will take to the stage to read remarkable letters from history. Funny, heartbreaking, revealing and sometimes surprisingly timely, each offers a glimpse into another person's life through the words they once put on paper. As always, the line-up will remain a closely guarded secret until the performers walk on stage.

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Peter Capaldi is an actor known for his time (-travelling) as the Doctor in Doctor Who, and as the relentlessly sweary Malcom Tucker in The Thick of It.