Prima Facie

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Event Prima Facie
Venue Seymour Centre, Chippendale, NSW
First Date 24 November 2021
Last Date 11 December 2021
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description After a sold-out season at the Stables, Suzie Miller’s Griffin Award-winning tour de force makes its much-anticipated return to the Seymour Centre stage in 2021. Prima Facie is an indictment of the Australian legal system’s failure to provide reliable pathways to justice for women in rape, sexual assault or harassment cases. It’s a work of fiction, but one that could have been ripped from the headlines of any paper, any day of the week, so common you could cry. Sheridan Harbridge stars as Tessa—a criminal lawyer at the top of her game who knows the law permits no room for emotion. To win, you just need to believe in the rules. And Tessa loves to win, even when defending clients accused of sexual assault. Her court-ordained duty trumps her feminism. But when she finds herself on the other side of the bar, Tessa is forced into the shadows of doubt she’s so ruthlessly cast over other women. Turning Sydney’s courts of law into a different kind of stage, this taut, rapid-fire and gripping one-woman show by Suzie Miller (Sunset Strip) exposes the shortcomings of a patriarchal justice system where it’s her word against his. Maybe we need a new system.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Law
Legal profession
Rape
Sexual abuse
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Sheridan Harbridge Actor Tess
Paul Charlier Composer
Renée Mulder Designer
Lee Lewis Director
Trent Suidgeest Lighting Designer
Suzie Miller Playwright
Paul Charlier Sound Designer
Khym Scott Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/prima-facie-3/
Event Identifier 164788
Dataset AusStage