Helen Mirren in The Audience

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SCREENED LIVE ON JUNE 13 National Theatre Live will broadcast The Audience live from the Gielgud Theatre to cinemas around the world on 13 June. For more information, visit ntlive.com

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.

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Join the Coronation Day Celebrations! £39 / £59 tickets released for selected performances, limited availability: http://www.theaudienceplay.com/tickets/

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Watch the trailer and book your tickets online. Thursday 13th June 2013. Live. http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlout3-the-audience

2 weeks ago

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Well done to Dame Helen Mirren at the 2013 Olivier Awards! Best Actress.

1 month ago

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Well done to Richard McCabe at the 2013 Olivier Awards! Best Supporting Actor.

1 month ago

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The Audience: 5 Olivier Nominations! Follow all the coverage LIVE this Sunday: http://www.olivierawards.com/awards/coverage/

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Thanks to Wan Sim Tan-Sainsbury for the great pic. Has anyone else got any snaps from their night out at The Audience?

2 months ago

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Tonight’s performance of The Audience will go ahead as scheduled. As a mark of respect in relation to today’s announcement of the passing of Baroness Thatcher there will be a short speech made at the start of the show by the play’s author, Peter Morgan.

2 months ago

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5 Olivier Nominations! MasterCard Best New Play Best Actress - Helen Mirren Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Richard McCabe Best Director - Stephen Daldry Best Costume Design - Bob Crowley

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As well as a returns queue at every performance, you will be in with a chance of one of our £10 day seats if you arrive bright and early!

3 months ago

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Best of luck to our cast on their final night, and a big thank you to all fans and followers for such royal support! @theaudienceplay

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RT @_theriverside: If you missed the sold out performance of @theaudienceplay last night, we have an encore booked for Thursday July11th ht…

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RT @Emma_Dawson1: @theaudienceplay Watched at the cinema last night, it was fantastic! all the cast are amazing! so glad i got to see it.

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