BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Letters Live

**Posted by Le Bear Polar** May 31, 2014 10:53 am

Big crowd. https://twitter.com/cumberbatchfrm/status/472685716577976320/photo/1

**Posted by Le Bear Polar** May 31, 2014 10:56 am

He's here. https://twitter.com/baddabyng/status/472692316604735488/photo/1

**Posted by Marta** May 31, 2014 12:47 pm

Good to hear from you, girls! You seem to have a great time!

"clareiow" wrote:
Benedict read four letters from the Christopher and Bessie series, as well as one from Ted Hughes to his son and the most heartbreaking of all, a goodbye letter from Scott of Antarctica to his widow and young son. He had to pause at one point to choke back a tear, as well as the rest of us.

Wow, it had to be an amazing experience.

TeeJay, I'm glad you had a good view. The photo you posted is amazing, the official ones can't be better than yours. And did you say videos?

I agree, the review is more a love declaration but hey, it's all true

Enjoy the day two and keep writing and sharing your experience with us!

**Posted by TeeJay** May 31, 2014 12:54 pm

Yes, I shot two short videos, but they're a bit wobbly and I need to turn them by 90°. I'm going to work on the photos now and post everything as soon as I can -- promise!! Also, today's reading should have finished by now. Got a text from Clare earlier that they made it into the tent, but I'm curious to hear more!

**Posted by Le Bear Polar** May 31, 2014 2:20 pm

Thank you TeeJay! I'll be patient and wait for them.

Ben's wonderful turn as Iggy Pop, so beautifully delivered! http://consultinginternetlover.tumblr.com/post/87387949378/very-low-quality-video-but-he-was-splendid-as

**Posted by Tinks** May 31, 2014 2:31 pm

I so wish I could have gone, but not brave enough to go alone and it's really not my boyfriend's thing
I'm thrilled to bits that everyone seems to have had a great time. Did anyone hear from Biggles? Hope she was OK.
It's made me determined to see Hamlet!

Last edited by Tinks (May 31, 2014 2:33 pm)

**Posted by jenosborn** May 31, 2014 2:32 pm

http://trendypie.com/here-are-benedict-cumberbatch-louise-brealey-going-on-stage-to-play-chris-amazing-chemistry-letterslive/

**Posted by Le Bear Polar** May 31, 2014 2:38 pm

I would love to hear a recording of that! Loo and Ben have lovely chemistry. How are the girls doing? Still reeling from the experience I should think. I wonder if I'll be able to handle that sort of sensory overload...

**Posted by Bronte89** May 31, 2014 3:47 pm

Jealous!! Enjoy ladies!

**Posted by TeeJay** May 31, 2014 3:48 pm

Yes, Biggles made it just fine yesterday, no major hiccups.

**Posted by SolarSystem** May 31, 2014 3:50 pm

Le Bear Polar wrote:
I would love to hear a recording of that! Loo and Ben have lovely chemistry. How are the girls doing? Still reeling from the experience I should think. I wonder if I'll be able to handle that sort of sensory overload...

From what I read on Clare's twitter she was able to show him one of her drawings today... it seems she and Rebecca had a great day! Those girls rule!

**Posted by Zatoichi** May 31, 2014 4:07 pm

Just checked her twitter.. omg she made it!! Can´t say how happy I am for both of them!

**Posted by TeeJay** May 31, 2014 4:34 pm

Whoohoo, that's awesome! And now I'm more than just a tiny bit envious.

**Posted by TeeJay** May 31, 2014 4:38 pm

All right, I've got the videos ready to go. They're from two different letters he read, though I must admit I don't remember which ones exactly they were. Maybe the other girls can help me out with that.

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**Posted by Tinks** May 31, 2014 4:39 pm

That brought tears to my eyes! So pleased
And proof that if you believe in something hard enough it can happen

**Posted by Le Bear Polar** May 31, 2014 4:56 pm

Just beautiful. So so beautiful. Was the first one Chris's letter to Bessie and the second Robert Scott's last letter to his wife? The second one sounds incredibly heartbreaking...must be quite an experience listening to him live!! How was it like TeeJay?

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** May 31, 2014 5:24 pm

Firstly, OMG I'm so effing happy to hear that they got to meet Ben!!

The videos are precious, gosh I adore him when he reads! I don't even know where to start... all of you who got to see this live are so lucky and I'm so thrilled for you! I'm only glad videos have emerged! TeeJays, yours were especially lovely and such good quality!

**Posted by TeeJay** May 31, 2014 5:29 pm

Le Bear Polar wrote:
Just beautiful. So so beautiful. Was the first one Chris's letter to Bessie and the second Robert Scott's last letter to his wife?

Yes, you got it.

The second one sounds incredibly heartbreaking...must be quite an experience listening to him live!! How was it like TeeJay?

Scott's last letter was very moving. The series with Chris and Bessie's letters was a lot more upbeat and got a lot of laughs from the audience. Some of them were a bit naughty, and Benedict really managed to get all the emotion across.

And bias aside, Benedict's performance was really the best of all the readers, with the possible exception of Chris Evans. They couldn't have "cast" anyone better to do this.

I wish I had more time to write down my account of things, but I just literally spent hours getting the photos ready. I didn't expect for such a lot of them to turn out decent. I ended up with over 50 from the event, and most of them have Benedict in them. I'll upload them in a little bit, bear with me.

**Posted by Le Bear Polar** May 31, 2014 5:35 pm

Make sure you get some rest in between, too, TeeJay! Don't wanna exhaust yourself. But oh! Sounds like quite the unforgettable experience. I'm living vicariously through all of you!

**Posted by TeeJay** May 31, 2014 5:50 pm

Okay, photo time, then I'm gonna go watch a movie (non-Benedict!) with my bestie. Here's a quick best-of, but if you wanna see all the photos (or the full size versions), you can look at them in my gallery. (Feel free to repost.)

Last edited by TeeJay (May 31, 2014 6:13 pm)