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Yes, Prime Minister
Classic television satire Yes, Prime Minister receives a timely stage adaptation starring Henry Goodman and David Haig.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
Yes, Prime Minister
Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonClassic television satire Yes, Prime Minister receives a timely stage adaptation starring Henry Goodman and David Haig.
Yes, Prime Minister, finds British PM Jim Hacker and Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby running a country facing up to financial meltdown. Their only hope for salvation lies with some morally dubious allies, which leads, as one might expect, to deliciously comic consequences.
Yes, Prime Minister is written by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay, the writing team that brought the sitcom, and its predecessor Yes, Minister, to TV screens.
Goodman, who plays Appleby in Yes, Prime Minister, was recently seen in the West End opposite Juliet Stevenson in Duet For One and exercising his singing voice in musical Fiddler On The Roof. He is a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner, collecting the coveted statuette for his performances in Assassins (1993) and The Merchant Of Venice (2000).
Haig is also a Laurence Olivier Award winner, having collected the award for Actor of the Year in a New Play in 1988 for his performance in Our Country’s Good. The actor, whose screen performances include The Thin Blue Line, My Boy Jack, Four Weddings And A Funeral and The Thick Of It, plays Hacker in Yes, Prime Minister.
For more about Yes, Prime Minister at the Gielgud theatre read the First Night Feature or the Big Interview with Jonathan Slinger.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Henry Goodman, David Haig, Emily Joyce, Jonathan Slinger, Sam Dastor, Tim Wallers, William Chubb
director: Jonathan Lynn
sound: John Leonard
lighting designer: Tim Mitchell
designer: Simon Higlett
producer: Mark Goucher, Wimpole Theatre and Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions
Ticket Prices:
£20-£52.50
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play
- Sub-Genre: Play-Comedy
- Show Times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Mats Wed & Sat 15:00 (No perfs 25 & 27 Dec. 24 Dec 14:30 only. Extra mats 30 & 31 Dec 14:30.)
- Duration: 2h20
- opening night:
- Box Office:
0844 482 5130 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom, W1D 6AR
- Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus (approx. 250m)
- Nearest bus: 14, 19, 38
- Parking: 2 spaces for blue badge holders in Archer Street. Westminter City Council car park at Poland Street and China Town. NCP at Wardour Street, Newport Place, Denman Street, Lexington Street.
- Air conditioned: 0
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Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: Tel: 0844 482 5137
- Telephones: Public cash telephone at the front of the foyer, behind a door which opens outwards.
- Discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people and their companions.
- Limited mobility: Please ask when booking if you require extra leg room – rows J and K in the Stalls and aisle seats have the most leg room.
- Access description: One 10cm step up into the foyer, through swing doors. Box Office on the right. There is a sofa in the foyer. Handrails on both sides of staircases. All steps are highlighted. Dress Circle up 3 steps (2 steep steps between rows). Ramp available to give level access to front of Dress Circle. 20 steps down to the Stalls and 30 up to the Upper Circle from an entrance on Shaftesbury Avenue to the right of the main foyer entrance. The upper circle also has two steep steps between each row.
- Hearing impaired: Sennheiser infra-red system with 15 headsets + 2 which attach tp haring aides – collect your headsets from the cloakroom: name and address required. The best reception is in the front area of all levels of the auditorium. Induction loop at the Box Office.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are permitted inside the auditorium. Alternatively, staff are happy to dog-sit for 2 guide dogs per performance.
- Wheelchairs: Entrance to the auditorium is through the third side EXIT door on Rupert Street. Ask a member of staff to open this for you. One 12cm step up to the front of the Dress Circle. Venue suitable for scooters. B5 + B30 are wheelchair spaces. Companions to be seated in B6 + B29. Seats on the end of row B also act as transfer seats.
- Toilets: 16 steps up to the women's and men's from the foyer. There are toilets situated on all levels of the auditorium.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted toilet in foyer near the bar.
- Bars: 3 licensed bars. Foyer bar up 2 steps, on same level as dress circle and adapted toilet.wheelchair space (along a side corridor). Moveable seats. Foyer bar 3 steps up from the foyer. Stalls bar 4 steps down from the back of the stalls, with fixed seats.
- Food: Bar snacks only
