Benedict attends Letters Live at the Wilderness Festival

‘It is an honour to join you here at Wilderness in our 10th year’

Benedict Cumberbatch kicks off our show in style, with a little shout out to our wonderful charity partners @chooselove. pic.twitter.com/ODuazLBLpL

— Letters Live (@letterslive) August 5, 2023

‘It would be easier and pleasanter to drown myself’

Benedict Cumberbatch embodies notoriously cantankerous playwright George Bernard Shaw as he reads just a few of his grumpy replies to requests from the public. pic.twitter.com/ygDa6f4Fyn

— Letters Live (@letterslive) August 5, 2023

Benedict Cumberbatch leads the crowd @WildernessHQ in a rousing chorus of ‘Happy birthday’ to celebrate his mum’s 88th birthday today 😍 pic.twitter.com/Gnx5LEpLDe

— Letters Live (@letterslive) August 5, 2023

"So I'm going to try a very odd voice." His readings are always a whole performance. pic.twitter.com/2bt9gLNc2C

— thelostsmiles ꫂ Phil Burbank's scarf (@SmilingBenedict) August 5, 2023

‘In our age of technology we sometimes forget that the intimacy of a handwritten letter is a damn fine thing’

Benedict Cumberbatch introduces our second show @wildernesshq this weekend ✨ pic.twitter.com/GOMomANkMn

— Letters Live (@letterslive) August 6, 2023

Benedict Cumberbatch was at Wilderness Festival this year for Letters Live. "I'm going to abuse my position of power of having a microphone in front of a lot of people and say, Sophie Hunter, I love you." ❤️ Here's a mashup of him signing hbd to his mother, Wanda Ventham 🎂 pic.twitter.com/U5Rnaf7xMZ

— thelostsmiles ꫂ Phil Burbank's scarf (@SmilingBenedict) August 10, 2023