Yes, Prime Minister announces 2013 UK Tour

Opening at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford on 7th February 2013, the widely acclaimed production of Yes, Prime Minister will then tour to: Cornwall, Bromley, Cheltenham, High Wycombe, Brighton, Salisbury, Bradford, Durham, Ipswich, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Richmond, Bristol and Tunbridge Wells. This will be the final chance to see one of the twenty-first century’s most successful new stage comedies at regional venues across the UK. 

As the coalition beds in but with little hope of harmony, Prime Minister Jim Hacker is struggling to keep international troubles at bay. To add to squabbles over the collapsing euro and the push for greater austerity, he is now faced with a moral dilemma caused by dubious diplomatic demands. Meanwhile, Sir Humphrey is in favour of greater austerity for ordinary people but not for senior civil servants. 

This 2013 tour of the wildly successful stage production is announced as Yes, Prime Minister returns to our television screens in six new episodes penned by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. The BAFTA award-winning political comedy Yes, Minister first aired on BBC2 in 1980 and ran until 1984. The sequel, Yes, Prime Minister ran from 1986 until 1988. The success of the stage production, which premiered in 2010 and has since enjoyed three triumphant West End residencies, resulted in new episodes of Yes, Prime Minister being commissioned for television. These have been recorded starring the original West End actors David Haig as Prime Minister Jim Hacker and Henry Goodman as Sir Humphrey Appleby. The new series will air on UK Gold in January 2013 and is set to be one of the television highlights of next year.

Tour Dates

Guildford Yvonne Arnaud
7 February – 16 February 2013
Box Office: 01483 440 000
http://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/

Truro Hall for Cornwall
19 February – 23 February 2013 

Box Office: 01872 262 466 

http://www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/

Bromley Churchill
25 February – 2 March 2013
Box Office: 08448 717 620 

http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/the-churchill-theatre-bromley/

Cheltenham Everyman
4 March – 9 March 2013
Box Office: 01242 572 573
https://tickets.everymantheatre.org.uk/

Wycombe Swan Theatre
12 March – 16 March 2013
Box Office: 01494 512 000
https://wycombeswan.co.uk/Online/

Brighton Theatre Royal
18 March – 23 March 2013
Box Office: 0844 871 7650 

http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-brighton/

Salisbury Playhouse
2 April – 6 April 2013
Box Office: 01722 320 333
http://www.salisburyplayhouse.com/

Bradford Alhambra Theatre
9 April – 13 April 2013
Box Office: 01274 432 000
http://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/

Durham Gala
16 April – 20 April 2013 

Box Office: 0191 332 4041
http://www.galadurham.co.uk/index.php

Ipswich New Wolsey Theatre
22 April – 27 April 2013
Box Office: 01473 295 900
http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/

Sheffield Theatres
29 April – 4 May 2013
Box Office: 0114 249 6000
http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/

Wolverhampton Grand
7 May – 11 May 2013
Box Office: 01902 429 212
http://www.grandtheatre.info/

Richmond Theatre
13 May – 18 May 2013
Box Office: 0844 871 7651 

http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre/

Bristol Hippodrome
20 May – 25 May 2013
Box Office: 0844 871 3012 

http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome/

Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall
28 May – 6 June 2013
Box Office: 01892 530 613 

http://www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk/

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