JIM HACKER AND SIR HUMPHREY ARE BACK!!

AUSTRALIA LOVES YES, PRIME MINISTER!

“As fresh now as the TV show was in 80′s. Fabulous Fun”
CRIKEY

“The audience cheers… Say YES to this minister.”
HERALD SUN

“Yes, Prime Minister fans will love it”
DERRYN HINCH, 3AW

“Sir Humphrey’s trademark monologues leave us slack jawed
in awe of Philip Quast’s skills as an actor. Quast is an
unimpeachable Humphrey.”
THE AUSTRALIAN

In 1982, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn penned the first episodes of Yes Minister for the BBC. It was an instant hit. Their characters and situations revealed, to a largely unsuspecting public, the deliciously awkward marriage between civil servants and politicians. Twenty-five years later these brilliant wordsmiths have done it again and this time it’s a hit play !

It’s 2012. A lot has happened since the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP last walked the corridors of Whitehall.  There’s the GFC, rising oil prices, minority governments, illegal immigrants and global warming.  If that’s not enough to contend with, the 24 hour news cycle, constant bleating of mobile phones, endless emails and a new generation of spin doctors. Ably assisted by Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, and Principal Private Secretary, Bernard Woolley, these three most loved characters from the hit BBC series gather once more to sort out another very thorny problem.

Since its opening in September 2010 at London’s Gielgud Theatre Yes, Prime Minister has been the toast of British theatregoers.  The play will bring the riotous inner workings of Westminster to the Australian Stage for the first time.

Starring Philip Quast (Mary Poppins) as the cynical Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, alongside familiar Australian TV star Mark Owen-Taylor (All Saints, A Country Practice) playing the embattled Prime Minister Jim Hacker, and John Lloyd-Fillingham (UK’s National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company) as the hapless assistant, Bernard Woolley.