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Lisa Dwan is a director, actor and writer, perhaps best known for her performance and adaptations of the work of Samuel Beckett, whose letters she has performed at Letters Live, as well as letters by Anaïs Nin, Amelia Earhart and others.

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26 February 2018

Letters Live made its US premiere in Los Angeles with a fundraiser for 826LA and Women for Women International at the Theatre at Ace Hotel.

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Louise Brealey is an English actress, writer and journalist. She has appeared on TV in programmes like Sherlock and Back, and has written plays and film criticism, as well as editing a book on the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky.

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14 February 2020

Letters Live’s debut event of 2020 was held on Valentine’s Day at Shoreditch Town Hall, London

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Mark Strong is a prolific and renowned actor, who has worked in film, television on stage, memorably in the Kingsman films, Stardust, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Shazam! His first Letters Live appearance was at the Hay Literary Festival in 2016.

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Matt Berry is an actor, comedian, writer and musician, known for The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, Toast of London and Things We Do in the Shadows. He is been a frequent presence at Letters Live since his first appearance in 2013.

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Meera Syal is a comedian and actress who rose to fame for her roles in Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42. She has regularly given wonderful performances at Letters Live since her first appearance at Freemasons’ Hall in 2016.

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Michael Palin is a comedy legend for his work with Monty Python, and as well as his other acting work, has gone on to become a beloved TV presenter and travel writer.

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Miriam Margolyes is a BAFTA-winning actress, who has been a fixture in film, television and theatre for fifty years (and became best known to a generation for playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films).