Yes, Prime Minister

Synopsis

Prime Minister Jim Hacker, Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby and his Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley face a country in financial meltdown, with the only prospect of salvation coming from morally dubious allies - leading to deliciously comic consequences.

Our Review:

Roz Carter - 11 February 2013

Fans of the 1980s television series Yes, Prime Minister won’t be disappointed by this modern incarnation of the hit show on the stage. Set in the Prime Minister’s private office in Chequers, the play follows Jim Hacker, the amiable but slightly dim Prime Minister, and his scheming Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey as they try to secure a deal to get Europe out of debt and England into the Euro.

A word of caution; if you are more akin to reading Facebook posts than newspapers, then the majority of the witty word-play may escape you – but if you have more than one subscription to a broadsheet, then you will be absolutely tickled pink with Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s double-entendres and tongue-trickery. If the first act is dedicated to Crispin Redman’s Machiavellian Sir Humphrey’s scheming and astoundingly complex monologues, then the second act brings out the sublimely ridiculous in [Mic...

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Latest User Review

Bob Craig - 2 May 2013:

A pint of Doom rather than an other hour of it resulted in me leaving at the interval. Acting and script were not convincing and the script was neither subtle, satirical, insightful or thought provoking. ...

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