Nationwide Theatre and Empire Road Productions announce Prima Facie, probably the most watched Nationwide Theatre Reside title thus far, is returning to cinemas from 12 September 2024. Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) ‘terribly gutsy and wealthy’ (★★★★ Night Commonplace) efficiency in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-women play has been watched by practically half 1,000,000 folks worldwide, and from September extra audiences may have the chance to look at the award-winning manufacturing, with screenings discovered at primafacie.ntlive.com.
Audiences can watch Comer’s ‘masterful West Finish debut’ (★★★★ Guardian), captured reside in 2022 throughout a offered out run on the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West Finish. Directed by Justin Martin (Stranger Issues: The First Shadow), Comer performs Tessa, a younger, good barrister who has labored her means up from working class origins to be on the high of her recreation; defending; cross inspecting and successful. An surprising occasion forces her to confront the traces the place the patriarchal energy of the regulation, burden of proof and morals diverge on this “unforgettable second of theatre” (★★★★ WhatsOnStage).
The play has since turn out to be a world phenomenon, tailored right into a novel by Suzie Miller, with the audiobook narrated by Jodie Comer. In Northern Eire, new protocols have been carried out in order that judges should now watch the movie of the manufacturing as a part of their coaching for sexual assault instances. Jodie Comer acquired Olivier, Tony, WhatsOnStage, Night Commonplace Theatre, and The Stage Debut Awards for her efficiency in Prima Facie, and the play itself gained an Olivier award.
Playwright Suzie Miller has stated: “Thrilled to have the ability to inform followers that Jodie’s magnificent efficiency in Prima Facie is again in cinemas with Nationwide Theatre Reside. I’m so intensely happy with the inventive and manufacturing groups for all of the adjustments it has provoked.”
Jodie Comer has stated: “I’m thrilled that the NT reside recording of our London run of Prima Facie might be screening worldwide in cinemas once more. It’s an exquisite alternative to maintain spreading this vital message and for many who couldn’t make it in particular person, right here is your invitation, come be part of us!”
The manufacturing of Prima Facie continues to associate with The Colleges Consent Venture. Arrange in 2014 by barrister Kate Parker, The Colleges Consent Venture is a charity which sends legal professionals into faculties to show 11-18 12 months olds the authorized definition of consent and key sexual offences. For additional data, please see https://www.schoolsconsentproject.com
