Audience with Helen Mirren - 10 June 2.30pm Gielgud

The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) will hold a fundraising An Audience with Helen Mirren, on the set of her current hit West End show The Audience, at the Gielgud Theatre on Monday 10 June at 2.30pm. (Tickets £38.50 - Tel: 0844 482 5130)

Helen Mirren, who is a former NYT member, recently won the Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performance as The Queen in The Audience, which is directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Peter Morgan.

Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the NYT, will interview Dame Helen on stage in front of an audience at the Gielgud Theatre, and she will also be answering questions from current NYT members.

"The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain is a world-leading youth arts organisation. It was established in 1956 as the first youth theatre in the world and over the past 57 years it has nurtured the talent of hundreds of thousands of young people. The National Youth Theatre inspires, trains, and showcases exceptional performers and theatre technicians aged 14-25 from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Each year it reaches out across the UK to discover diverse new talent."

- by Darren Dalglish