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Sally Phillips is a British actress, television presenter and comedian.

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Sanjeev Bhaskar is a comedian and actor best known for his work in Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42. He has been a regular performer at Letters Live, reading letters by, among others, George Bernard Shaw, Jim Henson and Spike Milligan.

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22 November 2016

There was a Letters Live performance as part of Save the Children’s Winter Gala in November 2016, featuring letter readings by Luke Evans, Miriam Margolyes, Noma Dumezweni and Toby Jones.

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Shappi Khorsandi is a comedian and actor. At Letters Live she has performed letters by the likes of Tina Fey, Madonna and Maya Angelou.

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Simon Callow is an actor, writer and director, known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Amadeus and Shakespeare in Love. A wonderful orator, at Letters Live he has performed letters by Beethoven, Raymond Chandler and Baudelaire.

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Sophie Hunter is an acclaimed theatre and opera director and a playwright, having previously worked as an actor in film and television. She has read letters at Letters Live from Debbie Harry, Ursula K. Le Guin and Clementine Churchill.

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23 April 2014

Letters Live’s second show took place at the Southbank Centre in 2014. Readers including Stephen Fry, Russel Brand and Caitlin Moran helped make it an unforgettable night.

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Stephen Fry is a national treasure: a beloved actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, and writer.

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Stephen Mangan is an actor, comedian and TV presenter. He has appeared twice (so far) at Letters Live, reading letters including a cease-and-desist from The Beano to Jacob Rees-Mogg.

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Taika Waititi is a director, writer and actor, famous for What We Do In the Shadows (which he directed and starred in alongside Jermaine Clement), Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok.