Countdown star Susie Dent to appear at Monmouth theatre
The best-selling author will appear at The Blake Theatre on Sunday, September 28, with her show Word Perfect.
She will unravel the mysteries of the English language, including why owls form a parliament and which orange came first, the fruit or the colour.
This follows her successful 74-date tour, The Secret Life Of Words, which ran from 2018 to 2024.
Speaking about her new tour, Ms Dent said: "The English language will never stop surprising and delighting me: it is as wayward as it is majestic, while the dictionary is as full of magic, drama, and adventure as you will find anywhere.
"I can't wait to walk down some more of its secret alleyways with the Word Perfect audiences, and to hear their own questions about our curious mother tongue."
Ms Dent has spent more than three decades in Dictionary Corner on Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
She was appointed an MBE in 2024, the same year her debut novel, Guilty by Definition, was published.
She will have two new books, Words For Life, and The Roots We Share: 100 Words That Bring Us Together, released this autumn.
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