National Theatre Live Bringing THE AUDIENCE Back to Cinemas for One-Night-Only

National Theatre Live has announced that Peter Morgan's The Audience, starring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and directed by Stephen Daldry, will make a return to cinema screens around the world in select markets with encore screenings beginning Thursday, June 25. The encore screenings will include an exclusive In Conversation with Stephen Daldry and Helen Mirren. For participating venues and tickets, visit www.ntlive.com. Click here to watch the trailer.

The Audience is produced on Broadway and in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries.

This National Theatre Live cinema broadcast features the critically acclaimed world premiere of The Audience from London's Gielgud Theatre as it was originally captured on June 13, 2013. The live production, starring Ms. Mirren, is now playing at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 W 45th St, New York, NY) for a limited engagement through June 28, 2015. Due to the run Broadway, the broadcast will play a very limited number in Tri-State Area (NY, NJ, CT) cinemas.

It was announced this week that The Audience has earned 2015 Tony Award nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Helen Mirren), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Richard McCabe), and Best Costume Design of a Play (Bob Crowley). The show was also nominated for two Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Actress in a Play (Helen Mirren) and Outstanding Costume Design (Bob Crowley). The six Outer Critics Circle nominations include Outstanding New Broadway Play (Peter Morgan), Outstanding Director of a Play (Stephen Daldry), Outstanding Costume Design (Bob Crowley), Outstanding Lighting Design (Rick Fisher), Outstanding Actress in a Play (Helen Mirren), and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Richard McCabe). Drama League nominations include Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play and two Distinguished Performance Awards (Richard McCabe and Helen Mirren), plus Director Stephen Daldry will be honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.

The original broadcast of The Audience in 2013 broke box office records being seen by a global audience of almost 400,000 people.

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.

Helen Mirren received the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, reprising her Academy Award winning role from the film The Queen, also written by Peter Morgan. She is also the recipient of two Golden Globe, three BAFTA, three Screen Actors Guild and four Emmy Awards.

The production is designed by six-time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley with lighting by two-time Tony Award winner Rick Fisher, sound by Tony Award winner Paul Arditti, and music by Paul Englishby.