Judi Dench: Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?

Dame Judi Dench has won every award the profession can bestow. She has played queens and murderers, mothers and monsters, Shakespeare’s heroines and the most powerful woman in British intelligence. Yet throughout a career spanning more than seventy years, a single question has followed her into every rehearsal room: is it too late to make a run for it?

In this intimate, joyful, and utterly disarming evening, Judi joins her friend and writing partner Brendan O’Hea in conversation about her extraordinary new memoir—over ninety years in the making, and unlike anything she has shared before.

Join Judi as she lifts the curtain on cherished memories and hilarious anecdotes from seven decades of performing with some of the greatest names in theatre and film. Step behind the camera as she reprises her most famous roles, such as M in James Bond, Iris Murdoch, and Queen Victoria. Walk with her through her garden as we meet the real Judi, surrounded by the home she made with her beloved late husband Michael. 

At turns deeply touching and riotously funny, this evening will show Judi at her inimitable best: telling the stories of a lifetime spent as one of the world’s best-loved performers.

“Hearing her recount stories from her past has made me appreciate how certain events, experiences, doubts and knock-backs have conspired to make her the extraordinary person and actor she is.” — Brendan O’Hea

Every ticket includes a hardback copy of Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It (RRP £25)