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: https://t.co/Ij4qroXTx5

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: https://t.co/CqdtfavCWF

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!

In 1959, days before Albert Camus’ fatal car crash, he and actress Maria Casarès exchanged their final letters after 15 years of love. Jessie Buckley and Benedict Cumberbatch joined us to read these beautiful letters last year. Watch the readings now: https://t.co/emHAdTzSVh

During WWII, Spike Milligan famously served in the Royal Artillery. In 1943, secretly stationed in Italy, he sent a typically hilarious letter home to his family. Here’s none other than @TaikaWaititi to read it: https://t.co/E6XzoVDn8m

Did you know that 132 years ago today, Peter Rabbit was born? Here’s @louisebrealey reading the very letter Beatrix Potter wrote all those years ago, beginning the tale of four rabbits, including the first ever mention of Peter Rabbit. Watch it now: https://t.co/AsbmB5yBdZ

Happy International Dog Day, folks. Why not celebrate by watching Chatty Man read the hell out of a 1944 letter sent by Roald Dahl from the British Embassay in Washington D.C., about a very cantankerous bulldog: https://t.co/RfJ1ojJkge

Some magical backstage moments from past Letters Live shows ✨ We can’t wait to be back this November @RoyalAlbertHall! If you’d like to be there with us, don’t forget to enter our Dear London letter writing competition: https://t.co/fh671jXZJl

Announcing our competition Dear London, in partnership with @thetimes and supported by Montblanc ✨ We’re inviting everyone across the globe to write a personal letter to London. The winning letter will be read on stage at Letters Live @RoyalAlbertHall: https://t.co/3t4CQHYelH

General sale is GO. Snap up a ticket and we'll see you on Friday 28th November @RoyalAlbertHall. It's going to be an absolute belter of a show, and all in aid of the vital work of @ArtsEmergency! Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/4HHhDovA53

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Gang... Some VERY exciting news! Letters Live returns to the iconic @RoyalAlbertHall on Friday 28th November 🎉 Pre-sale goes live this Thursday at 10am BST. For exclusive access, make sure you’re signed up to the Letters Live mailing list: https://t.co/AIWlZaCDC8