Barn Theatre to premiere ”I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember”

The Barn Theatre in Cirencester will present the world premiere of Jonathan Lynn’s I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember later this year.

Lynn and writing partner Antony Jay, who died in 2016, introduced the characters of Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby in the sitcom Yes Minister. In this final chapter of the series, the pair in their old age face up to life after their exit from public service.

Holed up in his new home at Hacker College, Oxford, Jim finds himself, as ever, in the midst of a set of problems mainly of his own making. Unsure of how to cope, he calls on his old and not so loyal Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.

Lynn, who will also direct, said: “I wanted to write the final chapter about Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby, now in their 80s, discarded, ignored, watching today’s world with utter bewilderment. An elegiac play about old age and loss – loss of power, loss of influence, loss of friends, loss of family. The only play I’ve ever seen on this theme is King Lear. This will be funnier.”

I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember previews from 25 September and will run until 4 November. Further information on the cast and creative team will be announced at a later date.

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