Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen), plays Queen
Elizabeth II in the Tony Award®-winning production of The Audience.
Captured live from London’s West End in 2013, the original
broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th
birthday.
For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her 12
prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The
Audience. No one knows what they discuss, not even their spouses.
From the old warrior Winston Churchill, to Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher and finally 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.