The Audience

Event location: Apollo Theatre. Ongoing event.

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.

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.

Duration

2 hours 15 minutes including one interval.

When Can I Go?

Monday - Saturday:7.30pm

Wednesday & Saturday: 2.30pm

How Does It Work?

You will receive a confirmation email with your booking reference.

If you choose collect at box office please print this and bring it with you on the day of the show a minimum of 30 minutes before the performance start time.

If you choose post - tickets are sent 5 days after purchase.

Where Do I Go?

Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES.

By Tube-Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo, Piccadilly)

By Bus-1, 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 55, 176

Good To Know

Kristin Scott Thomas will perform the role of Queen Elizabeth II from 21 April 2015 except at the matinee performances on 23 May & 27 June. THE AUDIENCE cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist, which is always subject to illness.

Cancellation Policy

No refunds or exchanges available after purchase.