Helen Mirren is superb.
—Evening Standard
One of the most-watched NT Live productions of all time, The Audience stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning production that helped inspire Netflix’s The Crown. Directed by Stephen Daldry, the play imagines the Queen’s private weekly meetings with her prime ministers over the course of 60 years. From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, these audiences offer a revealing look at public duty, private counsel, and the woman behind the crown.