National Theatre Live: Prima Facie
Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 3pm
Presented by Empire Street Productions
written by Suzie Miller
Cast
Tessa: Jodie Comer
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
There is no interval.
National Theatre Live Screening: Prima Facie
Sun. Jan. 8, 2023 at 3pm
About the Show
Welcome to Prima Facie
A new play by Suzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin and starring Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning actress Jodie Comer. Comer recently made her West End debut in Prima Facie, earning rave reviews for her astonishing performance as Tessa in Miller’s award-winning solo play.
Miller is a former human rights and children’s rights lawyer. Prima Facie originally premiered in 2019 in Sydney, Australia, where it won the 2020 Australian Writers’ Guild Award for Drama, the 2020 David Williamson Award for Outstanding Theatre Writing, and the 2020 prestigious Major Australian Writers’ Guild Award across all categories of theater, film, and television.
Tessa (Comer) is a thoroughbred. 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.
Production Team
Director: Justin Martin
Set and Costume Designer: Miriam Buether
Lighting Designer: Natasha Chivers
Sound Designers: Ben & Max Ringham
Composer: Rebecca Lucy Taylor
Video: Willie Williams for Treatment Studio
Voice & Dialect Coach: Kate Godfrey
Broadcast Team
Director for Screen: Matthew Amos
Technical Producer: Christopher C. Bretnall
Lighting Director: Carol Sadler
Sound Supervisor: Conrad Fletcher
Script Supervisor: Emma Ramsey
Empire Street Productions
Empire Street Productions was set up by Olivier and Tony Award-winning producer
James Bierman to develop and produce work across theater, television and film.
Upcoming projects include the play The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh; and Ballywalter, a feature film starring Seána Kerslake and Patrick Kielty.
empirestreetproductions.com
@estreetprods
National Theatre Live
National Theatre Live distributes world-class theater straight from stages across the United Kingdom to cinema screens around the world.
Working with the best of British theater companies and producers, we simultaneously broadcast live theater to cinemas in the UK, Europe and sometimes North America, as well as capturing the live performance for encore screenings in other territories.
Our live broadcasts and screenings have been seen by over 10.7 million people in 2,500 cinemas in 65 countries since we launched in 2009.