The Barn Theatre - Yes Prime Minister

YES, PRIME MINISTER
A comedy by Antony Jay
and Jonathan Lynn

Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey are BACK! A different story but the same razor-sharp comedy in the prequel to our 2023 hit show.

It’s a tense weekend at Chequers. New Prime Minister Jim Hacker is facing a collapsing economy, party infighting, a hostile media – and Sir Humphrey Appleby. With a high stakes loan on the table and a Civil Service he’s not sure he can trust, Jim must save his premiership, and the economy, while outmanoeuvring his rivals and reasserting democratic control.

Packed with verbal sparring and laugh-out-loud logic, Yes, Prime Minister tackles modern political issues – financial crises, Europe, corruption – with razor-sharp wit and crystal clarity.

The prequel to 2023’s hugely successful I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, which enjoys a West End run in January 2026, writers Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay are faithful to the classic comedy you know and love, sharply updated for modern politics. This will be the second time the Barn team have brought Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey to the stage, characters we love – and know how to make utterly entertaining.

I have booked seats A6 to A7, once you post your seat no in the comments below, you will be moved to the Going list.

Please feel free to join us in the bar for a quick drink in the bar at 715, we can pre-order interval drinks at the same time.