NT Live Prima Facie

23 & 26 January 2025

In the Playhouse

Cinema

United Kingdom | 2022 | English | Drama | E

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play comes to the Sydney Opera House screen.

Jodie Comer takes the stage by storm.

The Times

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Jodie Comer stuns in a powerful one-woman tour de force

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.

Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.

Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live in 2022 during a sold-out run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End.

Presented by Sydney Opera House and Sharmill Films Present

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Credits

Justin Martin
Director

Suzie Miller
Writer

Cast

Jodie Comer
as Tessa

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