The Barn Theatre production of I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, written and directed by BAFTA Award-winner Jonathan Lynn, will embark on a major UK tour following its eagerly anticipated West End run.
Presented by Mark Goucher, Bob Benton, Iwan Lewis, Clive Hayley and Gavin Kalin, the tour opens at the Arts Theatre Cambridge on 19 May 2026 and runs until 18 July 2026.
The production will visit Richmond Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath, New Victoria Theatre Woking, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, Milton Keynes Theatre, Grand Opera House York and Theatre Royal Brighton, with further dates to be announced.
I’m Sorry, Prime Minister is the final chapter of Yes, Minister, and sees ex-Prime Minister Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby in their old age, facing life in retirement. The production is co-directed by Michael Gyngell.
The creative team includes Lee Newby (Set and Costume Design), Mark Henderson (Lighting Design), Ben and Max Ringham (Sound Design), and Marc Frankum (Casting).
The play first opened at The Barn Theatre in September 2023, followed by runs at Theatre Royal Bath and Cambridge Arts Theatre. Its West End transfer, a first for The Barn Theatre, begins on 30 January 2026 at the Apollo Theatre and has been extended to 9 May 2026 due to exceptional demand.
Casting for the UK tour will be announced soon.
From the co-creator of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn, comes the long-awaited final chapter of British political satire — and it is as cutting and catastrophically funny as ever.
“Jim Hacker is back — older, but perhaps not wiser, and still utterly baffled by the real world. Hoping for a quiet retirement from Government as the master of Hacker College, Oxford, Jim instead finds himself facing the ultimate modern crisis: cancelled by the college committee. Enter Sir Humphrey Appleby (played by the acclaimed Clive Francis), who has lost none of his love for bureaucracy, Latin phrases, and well-timed obstruction.”
“Can Humphrey and Jim outmanoeuvre the hostile students, the Fellows, and reality itself? Or is it finally time to say, ‘I’m Sorry, Prime Minister…’? Brimming with razor-sharp wit, nostalgic brilliance, and more double-speak than a press briefing, this is political comedy at its most timeless — and timely.”
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