Judi Dench Eavesdrop On Theatre Audiences

By Gowrish Babu

Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 12:13

Veteran actress Judi Dench revealed that she often spies on her theatre audiences to see what their reactions to her performance is.

The actress, who recently starred as Queen Titania in Peter Hall"s production of A Midsummer Night"s Dream, admits that she likes to eavesdrop on theatre audiences to see how her performance was.

“I can"t bear not to be in touch so I have the Tannoy turned right up in my dressing room as I like to be one up on everyone else," said Judi.

“You can hear the audience"s reactions in the auditorium during a performance and you don"t get that on film or TV. I listen to the audience and then you know if you need to hit the accelerator or to push on the brake!" she added.