Letters Live
| Letters Live | |
|---|---|
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| Show type | Staged reading |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Creative team | |
| Associated companies |
Canongate Books Sunny March |
| Key people |
Adam Ackland Jamie Byng Benedict Cumberbatch Adam Selves |
| Tagline | Where words come alive |
| Official website | |
Letters Live is a staged reading, by various artists, of literary correspondence. It was created and developed in 2013 by independent publishing house Canongate Books in partnership with production company Sunny March.[1]
Beginnings
Letters Live initially started as a one-off literacy charity event to promote Canongate epistolary books Letters of Note by Shaun Usher and To the Letter by Simon Garfield in December 2013. Due to its critical success and popularity, Canongate partnered with producers Adam Ackland, Benedict Cumberbatch and Adam Selves through their production company Sunny March to bring Letters Live to a wider audience.
Past events
The Tabernacle in Notting Hill where the first ever Letters Live event took place in December 2013
2013
- The Tabernacle (10 December 2013; London, England)[2]
2014
- Southbank Centre (23 April 2014; London, England)[3]
- Hay Festival (30-31 May 2014; Hay-on-Wye, Wales)[4]
- Mountains to Sea Book Festival (7 October 2014; Dún Laoghaire, Ireland)[5]
- Edinburgh Book Festival (9 August 2014; Edinburgh, Scotland)[6]
2015
- Freemasons' Hall, London (31 March 2015-4 April 2015; London, England )[7]
Charity and literacy partners
Notable readers
- Gillian Anderson
- Matt Berry
- Louise Brealey
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Ian McEwan
- Nick Cave
- Kerry Fox
- Neil Gaiman
- Thandie Newton
- DBC Pierre
- Bruce Robinson
- Peter Serafinowicz
- Juliet Stevenson
- Tom Hiddleston
- Sophie Hunter
- Stephen Fry
- Kylie Minogue
- Joss Ackland
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Samantha Bond
- Russell Brand
- Simon Callow
- Olivia Coleman
- Sally Hawkins
- Toby Jones
- Sir Ben Kingsley
- Sir Ian McKellen
- Caitlin Moran
- Alan Rusbridger
- Colin Salmon
- Andrew Scott
- Tom Sturridge
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Sir Ben Kingsley
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Sir Ian Mckellen
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Neil Gaiman
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Ian McEwan
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Kylie Minogue
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Gillian Anderson
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Thandie Newton
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Russel Brand
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Stephen Fry
Music
References
- ↑ "About Us". Letters Live.
- ↑ Monkey, Media. "Benedict Cumberbatch and Gillian Anderson do it by the book". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Letters Live at Southbank Centre". Visit London.
- ↑ Crompton, Sarah. "Benedict Cumberbatch brings romantic letters to life". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "Canongate & Mountains to Sea present Letters Live". Mountains to Sea.
- ↑ "Letters Live with Shaun Usher". The List.
- ↑ Khomami, Nadia. "Benedict Cumberbatch returns to stage for Letters Live event". The Guardian.