Yes Prime Minister at the Trafalgar Studios last week. Still funny after 20 odd years and now nicely updated to reflect the trials and tribulations of coalition government. By turns satirical and farcical, Robert Daws does a nice line in both as the hapless Jim Hacker. Desperate as his political ambitions hang by a thread, his not too infrequent cries of “I must do something” are inevitably followed by cries for help that manifest themselves primarily as panic stares to his team of advisers. Plenty of what we all believe is accurate detail on the minutia of government and the civil service along with the renowned trademark speeches of considerable length that say nothing at all very eruditely indeed. Kudos to Simon Holmes, who understudied the difficult role of Sir Humphrey with style and poise.
