by Alexander McNamara

Dame Judi Dench plays the rich, recently bereaved and bored Mrs Henderson who, in 1937, decides to entertain herself by renovating a derelict theatre in Soho, London and putting on a cabaret show. With the help of stage manger Vivian Van Damme (Bob Hoskins) she puts on an outrageous show that pulls in the punters, and is the envy of all the theatres in London. And to keep ahead of the competition, she manages to convince Lord Chamberlain, the chief censor, to include naked ladies - with hilarious consequences. Cheeky!