Screenings take place at Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6AB in Studio 3. Full access information about Toynbee Studios can be found on their website.

A Letter to Everyone I Love references suicide and suicide attempt, and includes nudity. This event is for audiences aged 18+.

Creative Team

Artists: Christopher Willoughby with Mark Storor
Photography: Stephen King
Music and Vocals: Rosa Brooks
Sound: Richard Gott
Voice: Matt Huxley
Film: Chris Keenan

‘Suicide was not ground zero. Waking up was.’

We invite you to the first sharing of A Letter to Everyone I Love.

Twenty years ago artist and circus performer, Christopher Willoughby attempted to take his own life. Upon waking the resounding question became, how to go on?

During his suicide attempt Chris tried to write to everyone he loved, he didn’t finish these letters. In Chronicle Four, Chris ‘rewrites’ the letter. A Letter To Everyone I Love is a letter of reassurance both to Chris and the recipient of the letter. It is a poem to personal pain, to resilience, to reconciliation. It reflects the fierce will to stay in the world and ultimately it is a celebration of love given and of love received.

It is an intimate, dreamlike, contemplation on being here and not here. And despite still living every day with impossible questions which may have no answers, as Chris reflects ‘leaving is not an option’.

A Letter to Everyone I Love is the fourth in The Suicide Chronicles series. This is a project which seeks to develop a collective creative language to share the infinitely complex and multi-layered experience of suicide. Read more about the project.

Screenings

We will be sharing A Letter to Everyone I Love at Toynbee Studios, London on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th January 2025. There are three screenings, please book your free ticket for your preferred time.

If you have any questions about this project or these screenings please contact emily@heartofglass.org.uk