Films
Prima Facie
Tuesday, 15th October 2024, 2:00pm
Running Time: 2 Hrs
National Theatre Live presents the Empire Street Production of Prima Facie written by Suzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin.
Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier & Tony Award winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.
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.
★★★★ ‘West End debuts don’t come more astonishing than this solo tour de force by Jodie Comer’ (Telegraph)
★★★★ ‘An extraordinarily gutsy and rich performance by Jodie
Comer’ (Evening Standard)
★★★★ ‘An unforgettable moment of theatre’ (WhatsOnStage)
★★★★ (Guardian, Telegraph, Times, Independent, The Stage)
