The Audience Tickets
Overview
Stephen Daldry directs Dame Helen Mirren as she reprises the role of Queen Elizabeth II in the world premiere of Peter Morgan's new play, The Audience, which charts the monarch's relationship with Britain's successive Prime Ministers during her reign.
For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace - a meeting like no other in British public life - it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.
The Audience breaks this contract of silence - and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional - sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. In turn, the Queen can't help but reveal her own self as she advises, consoles and, on occasion, teases.
From young mother to grandmother these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.
Address
Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
London
W1D 6AR
Travel
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Nearest Rail: Charing Cross
Bus Routes: 14, 19, 22B, 38, 53, 88, 94, 159
Parking: NCP in Wardour Street, Newport Place, Denman Street and Lexington Street. MasterPark in Poland Street.
Access
Wheelchair access to the auditorium is through the third side exit door on Rupert Street.
Infrared headsets for the hearing impaired are available from the foyer. The best reception is at the front of all parts of the house.
Guide dogs are permitted inside the auditorium. Alternatively, staff are happy to dog-sit for 2 guide dogs per performance.
Buying tickets
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