"When Prima Facie premiered at the Stables Theatre in Sydney in 2019, it sliced through the theatre landscape. Suzie Miller's one-woman drama about a criminal barrister confronting the brutal inadequacies of sexual-assault prosecutions has since become a global phenomenon. Starring Jodie Comer in London and on Broadway, it won an Olivier award in 2024, broke box-office records, has been staged in nearly 50 countries in many languages and resulted in real changes to how the law works."
"Inter Alia sold out before Pike started rehearsals, and received glowing reviews, with the Guardian calling it a searing commentary on the justice system and a purposefully uncomfortable insight into contemporary parenting. There has been speculation about a West End remount but, in the meantime, a filmed version is on screens in the UK and will land in Australian cinemas this month. A novelisation will be published in 2026."
"I'm trying to refocus on how sexual assault doesn't fit neatly into the judicial system as it stands, Miller says. It's not just about law. It's about community values."
Prima Facie premiered in Sydney in 2019 as a one-woman drama centring on a criminal barrister confronting the inadequacies of sexual-assault prosecutions. The play starred Jodie Comer in London and on Broadway, won an Olivier in 2024, broke box-office records, and has been staged in nearly 50 countries in multiple languages, prompting changes to legal practice. Suzie Miller, formerly a human rights lawyer, followed with Inter Alia at London's National Theatre, starring Rosamund Pike as a judge whose teenage son is accused. Inter Alia interrogates conflicts between law, feminism and motherhood, sold out, received strong reviews, and will be filmed and novelised.
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