Theatre News

Yes, Prime Minister checks out of Trafalgar Studios, 12 Jan

Whatsonstage.com Award-winning comedy Yes, Prime Minister will finish its run at Trafalgar Studios on 12 January 2013 ahead of a UK tour.

Following its opening at Chichester Festival Theatre in the Spring of 2010, the show has enjoyed multiple runs in the West End, playing at the Gielgud, Apollo and now Trafalgar Studios 1.

Adapted by the creators Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, the production brings the much-loved BBC comedy series into
the modern era and onto stage for the first time.

The current cast features Robert Daws will play Prime Minister Jim Hacker alongside Michael Simkins as Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (the roles immortalised on screen by Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne).

A new series of six episodes will air on Gold in January, starring the play’s original cast members David Haig and Henry Goodman.

The third UK tour of Yes, Prime Minister will begin on 7 February 2013 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.