Susie Dent

SUSIE DENT
The Secret Lives of Words

Lexicographer – Best Selling Author –
Queen of Dictionary Corner
Take a journey into the curious, unexpected, and downright surreal origins of the words we use every day. Susie will retell the adventures that lie hidden within such words as lasagne (involving a chamber pot) and bugbear (a terrorising monster), and explain such oddities as the silent h in ghost and the mysterious disappearance of kempt, gormful, and ruly (and yes, you really can be gruntled). She will look to the lexicon of the past to fill some of today’s linguistic gaps – such as the frenzied fit of tidying we all do just as guests are about to descend (that’s a scurryfunge).
Susie Dent
Alongside such forgotten stories you will hear Susie’s selection of the funniest moments from her 25 years on Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, as well as some startling results from eavesdropping on a group of waiters.

Each evening will include some of Susie’s favourite words from the towns and regions she visits, and she’ll be asking the audience for theirs. In fact, she’ll be welcoming any questions about word origins, usage irritations, the dreaded impact of Americanization, and the very future of our language in her very own ‘word surgery’.
“Funny, fact-filled and delightful”
Jonathon Ross
“Wonderfully clever and funny… a national treasury from a national treasure ”
Richard Osman
“Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words”
Pam Ayres

TOUR DATES

07 JAN 2023
15:00
SOUTHAMPTON MAST MAYFLOWER STUDIOS
21 JAN 2023
14:00
MONMOUTH THE BLAKE THEATRE
04 FEB 2023
14:00
WALSALL ARENA & ARTS CENTRE
25 FEB 2023
14:00
PLYMOUTH QUAD THEATRE, MARJON ARTS CENTRE
04 MAR 2023
14:00
BUXTON PAVILION ARTS CENTRE
18 Mar 2023
14:30
LICHFIELD GARRICK THEATRE
01 APR 2023
14:00
BRIDPORT ELECTRIC PALACE
08 APR 2023
14:00
COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE
23 APR 2023
14:30
RICHMOND THEATRE
29 APR 2023
14:00
HARROGATE ROYAL HALL
21 MAY 2023
14:00
COVENTRY WARWICK ARTS CENTRE
08 JUL 2023
19:30
OXFORD PLAYHOUSE
22 JUL 2023
14:00
CHANDLERS FORD, THORNDEN HALL ARTS CENTRE
10 SEPT 2023
14:00
WATFORD PALACE THEATRE
16 SEPT 2023
15:00
CHELMSFORD THEATRE
23 SEPT 2023
14:00
RINGWOOD THE BARN
01 OCT 2023
14:00
ALDERSHOT PRINCES HALL THEATRE
07 OCT 2023
14:00
GUILDFORD G LIVE
15 OCT 2023
14:30
MAIDSTONE HAZLITT THEATRE
28 OCT 2023
14:00
LEICESTER Y THEATRE
05 NOV 2023
14:30
HEREFORD THE COURTYARD
10 DEC 2023
14:00
STRATFORD PLAY HOUSE
13 JAN 2024
14:00
WINCHESTER THEATRE ROYAL
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