Judi Dench certainly has a reputation that precedes her. With 65 industry awards, an illustrious career across the stage and screen and a damehood under her belt, you’d presume interviewers have plenty to talk about when it comes to sitting down with the star.

But despite the fact that Dench is currently very much a working woman (her IMDb entry currently lists an impressive five projects in post-production, including the hotly-anticipated film adaptation of Cats), there’s one topic which keeps cropping up whenever she makes a public appearance – her retirement.

“I am so bored of the question,” Dench explained as she spoke at the reopening of the Ashcroft Playhouse in Croydon, South London.

Judi Dench is sick of being asked when she’s going to retire, so she set the record straight