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. 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.
Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and presented in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries, The Audience.
The Audience reunites writer Peter Morgan and Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren following their collaboration on the critically-acclaimed movie sensation The Queen.
As a part of the National Theatre Live series, The Audience was recorded live in London. Phoenix Art Museum is the exclusive Phoenix-area venue for this thrilling series of great plays.
Cost: $15 Museum Members, Arizona Theatre subscribers and students with ID; $18 general admission.
Presented in High Definition and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. Runtime: approx. 3hrs.
National Theatre Live at Phoenix Art Museum is generously sponsored by Sue and Bud Selig
