Letters Live

General sale is GO. Join us for a very special Earth Day edition of Letters Live on 22nd April @RoyalAlbertHall in support of @GreenpeaceUK. A truly transporting evening of amazing performers bringing spine-tinglingly good letters to life await: royalalberthall.com/tickets/events…

We’re SO excited about this one. We are thrilled to announce a super special Earth Day show @royalalberthall in support of @Greenpeace. Pre-sale goes live this Thursday at 10am GMT. Join the Letters Live mailing list for pre-sale access now: letterslive.com

‘Thou Eunuch of Language’ Sharon Small reads Scottish poet Robert Burns’ scathing response to a recent review criticising a supposed abundance of "obscure language”.

‘This new stuff tastes worse than Pepsi’ @JKCorden joins us @southbankcentre to read a letter from a disgruntled customer of Coca-Cola after, in 1985, they did the unthinkable and changed the recipe of their flagship product

‘I am an ocean flyer’ Dame Harriet Walter reads a letter sent to the Daily Express by Beryl Markham, the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America.

‘Sailing will give you piles’ Rob Rinder joins us to read a letter from keen sailor Adrian Spindrift-Smith who had persuaded his godson to take care of Adrian’s beloved 54-foot boat.

“If you want to run a contest for ‘Mrs. Slob of 1961’, I would be happy to apply” Dame Meera Syal kicks off our show @southbankcentre in style with a letter written to Chatelaine magazine in rebuttal to their competition to find the country’s finest housewife.

‘Letter writing asks something else of us. It asks us to slow down. To sit with our thoughts’ Our ‘Letters Man’ Shaun Usher, one of the Letters Live Producers, introduces tonight’s show @southbankcentre.

Tonight's the night! We can't WAIT to be back reading letters to you lovely lot. Who's joining us at the Queen Elizabeth Hall @southbankcentre for this evening's show in partnership with @cunardline? And most importantly, who do you want to see taking to the stage…?

General sale for our next show goes live at 10am sharp! Grab your tickets for Letters Live in association with @cunardline while you can. A night of incredible top secret performers breathing life into spine-tinglingly good letters awaits: southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/lette…

We’re partnering with @cunardline on a very special edition of Letters Live @southbankcentre on Thursday 22nd January 2026 ✨ Want to join us? Pre-sale goes live tomorrow at 10am GMT. Join the Letters Live mailing list for access: letterslive.com

Our phenomenal line-up taking to the stage for a final curtain call 👏 Alan Carr, @CeliaImrie, @SimonAmstell, Joe Alwyn, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sophie Hunter, Nish Kumar, Michael Palin and more.

‘TROMBONES AND DRUMS’ Nish Kumar reads a glorious 1868 letter written by French novelist Gustave Flaubert after a night in Paris tested his every last nerve.

‘Oh Christ, the cook is dead’ Sir Michael Palin joins us @RoyalAlbertHall to read Spike Milligan’s hysterical letter to a fan.

‘Please take this epistle as notice to quit’ Joe Alwyn joins us to read a letter to English jazz singer George Melly, from his clearly long-suffering landlord.

‘The last time I was on drugs, I couldn’t even find my bike’ The legendary Celia Imrie joins us to read a hilarious letter to the Metro newspaper, about Lance Armstrong.

‘Thank you for telling me you can be or do anything you want in this life because everyone on TV shits’ Simon Amstell joins us to read his own heartfelt letter to his mother, Tina, who is in the audience with us tonight @royalalberthall ✨

‘The first time I met you, it felt like crossing into another realm’ Benedict Cumberbatch takes to the stage to read Kerrin-Lee Nell’s letter which has been named as the winner of our Dear London competition with the @thetimes, and in partnership with @montblanc_world.

‘Letters aren’t small at all. They’re connection. They’re confession, joy, fury, longing, apology, celebration’ Our ‘Letters Man’ Shaun Usher takes to the stage to kick off tonight’s show @RoyalAlbertHall ✨

The stage is set for tonight’s show @RoyalAlbertHall ✨ Plus there’s a very special gift on the seats of all attendees from our partner @montblanc_world - a chance to pen a postcard to a loved one mailed anywhere around the world for free. Postboxes are positioned at the exits!