Judi Dench: Is it Too Late to Make a Run For it?

Judi Dench: Is it Too Late to Make a Run For it?

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Richmond Theatre
Tue 20 Oct 2026

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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?

Richmond Theatre

Tue 20 Oct 2026
Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
Tue at 19:30
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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.

Judi Dench: Is it Too Late to Make a Run For it?

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)

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Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
Richmond (District Line), Overground (SW Trains)
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One of the oldest surviving theatres designed by iconic architect Frank Matcham, Richmond Theatre has sat in the heart of the local community since 1899.

The beautiful Grade II-listed venue presents a wide range of quality shows, from pre- and post-West End Drama to record-breaking musicals, opera, dance and family entertainment.

The theatre is also a popular filming location, having been used for film and TV including Finding Neverland, Bugsy Malone, Killing Eve and Ted Lasso.

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Richmond Theatre

Tue 20 Oct 2026
Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
Tue at 19:30
For group bookings of 10 or more:
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