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Fittingly performed in the political heart of London satirical play ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ brings us some tongue-in-cheek antics to smile about at Whitehall.
Michael Simkins (Foyle's War) and Robert Daws (The Royal) step smoothly into the weighty roles of Sir Humphrey Appleby and Prime Minister Jim Hacker, immortalised by well loved actors Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington in the celebrated 80s sitcom.
Original writers Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have lost nothing of their beloved characters' wit on the current state of government with observations such as "hanging's too good for them" in reference to the hung parliament and Sir Humphrey's cunningly verbose speeches met with uproarious laughter.
Leading a coalition government Prime Minister Hacker yearns for positive headlines but between the desperate state of the economy, the threat of global warming, the BBC, Daily Mail and the European Union breathing down his neck, the situation seems hopeless. That is until a potentially debt-solving investment in the shape of an oil pipeline through Europe is offered by fictional country Kumranistan (located 'somewhere over there...'). What could go wrong?
Unprecedented demands from the visiting Kumranistan foreign minister provide a tricky moral dilemma for hapless Jim Hacker and, as ever, it falls to his trusty aide Sir Humphrey, bumbling private secretary Bernard Woolley (Clive Hayward) and Special Advisor Claire Sutton (Emily Bruni) to solve the mess. The farcical plot develops slowly but stick with it as the dialogue and pace build to a deeply satisfying crescendo.
Top class West End entertainment. A must for fans of the original sitcom and anyone who might delight in the lighthearted observation that the government always will always make for the perfect joke.
8/10
BOOKING INFORMATION
Yes, Prime Minister
Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
Trafalgar Studios One
Whitehall
City of Westminster, SW1A 2DY
Box Office 0844 871 7627
www.atgtickets.com
Booking until January 2013. Tickets £46.50 / £26.50
www.yesprimeminister.co.uk
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