Preview: Yes, Prime Minister at Newcastle People’s Theatre

“The Prime Minister doesn't want the truth, he wants something he can tell Parliament!”

 

Yes, Prime Minister - Photo: Paula Smart

Yes, Prime Minister

by Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn

Newcastle People’s Theatre

Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 April 2015

 

As the General Election rapidly approaches, why not take an irreverent preliminary peek behind the scenes in the corridors of power?

Yes, Prime Minister

Photo: Paula Smart

Updated to reflect the (comic) realities of modern government, Jay and Lynn’s adaptation of their much-loved 1980s TV series has lost none of the biting wit and wry satire that made it such a memorable hit.

Jim Hacker, governing with a threadbare majority, faces yet another crisis. With a divided cabinet and a sinking pound in an age of 24-hour rolling news, the Prime Minister struggles to keep the lid on a world spinning farcically out of control, aided – or is it hindered? – by his Machiavellian civil servants, Sir Humphrey and Bernard.

Fully milking the comic possibilities of our new age of coalition government, Jay and Lynn exploit the rapidly changing world of politics to push the boundaries of satire towards the zany and glorious realm of farce.   

Photos: Paula Smart https://www.facebook.com/wildheartsphoto

Yes, Prime Minister

Photo: Paula Smart

Tickets:

YES, PRIME MINISTER  by  Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn runs from Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 April 2015, 7.30pmat The People’s Theatre, Stephenson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne,  NE6 5QF.

Tickets are:    £13.50 (Concessions £11) – To book: 0191 265 5020 or online at their website: www.peoplestheatre.co.uk