Kristen Scott Thomas Plays Queen In Audience Revival

Kristin Scott Thomas will play the Queen in a new version of Peter Morgan's The Audience which will preview at the Apollo Theatre from April 12, 2015.

For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said, not even to their spouses. The Audience imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister uses these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional - sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. In turn, the Queen can't help but reveal her own self as she advises, consoles and, on occasion, teases. These private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age, from the beginning of Elizabeth II's reign to today. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.

Kristen Scott Thomas is currently performing the title role in Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic.  She steps into the role made famous by Dame Helen Mirren who will re-create the role on Broadway in 2015.