Judi Dench Honour (CH) in the 2005 Birthday Honours. In June 2011, she became a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI). In a biography by John Miller it was noted that in the late 1990s Dench was the patron of over 180 charities, many of which were related either to the theatre or to medical causes, for example York Against Cancer. Dench is a patron of the Leaveners, Friends School Saffron Walden, The Archway Theatre, Horley, Surrey and OnePlusOne Marriage and Partnership Research, London. She became president of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2006, taking over from Sir
Peter and Alice Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw, breaks your heart open."". However, there was some criticism of the play. Henry Hitchings in "The Evening Standard" wrote: "" this is a piece that uses lush language to compensate for its lack of real dynamism"". Despite this, the critics applauded the performance of Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw, with one critic saying ""Dame Judi and Mr Whishaw are good, she almost Queen Motherly these days, he so sensitive, so irredeemably moist, that he could do with sponging."" Peter and Alice Peter and Alice is a play by American writer John Logan based on the