An anonymous, living archive
Letters to Alan
Write what you never got to say to Alan Rickman: his work on stage and screen, the characters he gave us, and everything they meant. No account, no name required.
Write, anonymously
No sign-up, no email required. Sign with your name, your initials, a pseudonym, or nothing at all.
Reviewed with care
Every letter is read by hand before it appears. Nothing is published automatically, and nothing is deleted without a person looking first.
Kept as a keepsake
Once approved, each letter gets its own page in the archive: its own small, permanent place.
From the Archive
Recently kept
Dear Alan, I saw your movies in a terrible and hard moment of my life. You made me feel in ways i never thought possible, you gave me comfort and gave me a reason. The way i…
kia
Dear Alan, The biggest reason why I love you so much is because you were a late bloomer just like I am. My whole life I’ve always been the one to experience things last. For…
Anonymous
You have become my quiet sanctuary. In a world that moves too fast and easily forgets those who are gone, I find myself holding onto your memory all alone. I’ve read everything…
Alexander
A Living Programme
His theatre work still waits in the archive.
Long before Snape, before Hans Gruber, Alan Rickman built a life on stage: the RSC, the West End, Broadway. Much of that work exists only in archival recordings that fans have never been allowed to see. This site began as a petition asking for that footage to be released. Every letter you leave here helps keep that request alive.
In His Memory
If you would like to give something, give it here.
This site will never ask you for money. It exists only to hold your letters. If you’re looking for a way to do something in Alan’s memory, these two charities would be a meaningful place to start. Both links go straight to the charities’ own official donation pages.
Pancreatic Cancer UK
Funds research and support for the illness Alan Rickman died from, in January 2016. Donations go directly to Pancreatic Cancer UK, not to this site.
Visit their donation page →Saving Faces
The Facial Surgery Research Foundation, supported by many in the community around this project. Donations go directly to Saving Faces, not to this site.
Visit their donation page →