SEASON ONE
February 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 29 & March 1, 2
Matinee performances February 18 & 25
Yes, Prime Minister - by Antony Jay and Jonathon Lynn
Directed by Samuel Chappel
An amateur production by arrangement with ORiGiN(TM)
on behalf of RIGHTS HOLDERS
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The UK is in crisis: debt is spiralling, unemployment is on the rise and the fragile coalition cabinet, led by Prime Minister Jim Hacker, is at breaking point. But salvation may exist in the form of a complex pipeline deal with the oil-rich country of Kumranistan that would entitle the government to a multi-trillion-pound loan.
When the Kumranistan Foreign Secretary makes a shocking request of Jim's Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, moral considerations collide with the economic future of the nation. But how will Jim and his team: Bernard, Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby, and Special Adviser Claire Sutton, reconcile the two? Political machinations, media manipulation and an appeal for divine intervention ensue.
From the writers of the original television series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, comes the equally sharply satirical stage version, seen at the Festival Theatre, Chichester in 2010 and the Gielgud Theatre, London, in 2011, followed by a tour in 2012.
Cast
Jim Hacker - Julian Campobasso
Claire Sutton - Joanna Karanikolopoulos
Humphrey Appleby - Andrew McAliece
Bernard Woolley - Matt Todd
Simon Chester - Jackson Langelaan
Director General of the BBC - Lonni Allen
Kumranistan Ambassador - Adam Lofthouse