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Cast of The Audience. Photo Credit: Dylan Hewlett

Fiona Reid. Photo Credit: Dylan Hewlett

Fiona Reid. Photo Credit: Dylan Hewlett

Evan Buliung and Fiona Reid. Photo Credit: Dylan Hewlett

Fiona Reid. Photo Credit: Dylan Hewlett

The Audience

Dates

January 17 to February 26, 2017

Closed: February 26, 2017

Theatre

Royal Alexandra Theatre

260 King St W, Toronto

Running Time

2 hours 6 minutes (includes intermission)

Audience Advisory

Recommended for ages 12 and older. Simulated smoking. Use of e-Cigars.

Show Goers Rating

4/5 - 2691 reviews

The Audience Poster Art

For over sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each Prime Minister in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. No one knows what they discuss, not even their spouses. Canada’s very own television, screen and stage star, Fiona Reid will take the throne in this riveting new play by Peter Morgan, the writer of the Academy Award®-nominated film, The Queen.

THE AUDIENCE takes theatregoers behind the walls of Buckingham Palace and into the private chambers of Queen Elizabeth II as she meets with each of her Prime Ministers through her 60 year reign, from when she was a young mother to now as a Great Grandmother. From the old warrior Winston Churchill, to the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, through the charm offensive of Tony Blair right up to today's meetings with the current incumbent David Cameron, the Queen advises her Prime Ministers on all matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch. Don’t miss being a part of THE AUDIENCE.

A co-production with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre.

FIONA REID stars as Queen Elizabeth II.

ANTHONY BEKENN as Equerry

NIGEL BENNETT as Harold Wilson

EVAN BULIUNG as John Major (until February 5th)

BENEDICT CAMPBELL as Gordon Brown

BEN CARLSON as David Cameron

NAOMI CRONK as Young Elizabeth

PAUL ESSIEMBRE as Anthony Eden

KATE HENNIG as Margaret Thatcher

DAVID JANSEN as John Major (from February 7th)

KEVIN KLASSEN as Tony Blair

JOHN B. LOWE as Winston Churchill

ROB MCLAUGHLIN as Private Secretary/Archbishop/Detective

RAY STRACHAN as Footman

MELANIE WHYTE as Mistress of Robes/Lady-in-Waiting

STEFANIE WIENS as Bobo MacDonald. 

In addition ELLEN DENNEY, VICTOR ERTMANIS, GABRIELLE JONES and MARK McGRINDER understudy roles.

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