Prima Facie starring Jodie Comer returns to cinemas worldwide

Nationwide Theatre and Empire Avenue Productions announce Prima Facie, essentially the most watched Nationwide Theatre Stay title thus far, is returning to cinemas from 12 September 2024. Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) ‘terribly gutsy and wealthy’ (★★★★ Night Customary) efficiency in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-women play has been watched by practically half one million individuals worldwide, and from September extra audiences may have the chance to observe the award-winning manufacturing, with screenings discovered at primafacie.ntlive.com.

Audiences can watch Comer’s ‘masterful West Finish debut’ (★★★★ Guardian), captured dwell 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 method up from working class origins to be on the prime of her sport; defending; cross analyzing and profitable. An sudden 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 develop into a worldwide phenomenon, tailored right into a novel by Suzie Miller, with the audiobook narrated by Jodie Comer. In Northern Eire, new protocols have been applied in order that judges should now watch the movie of the manufacturing as a part of their coaching for sexual assault circumstances. Jodie Comer acquired Olivier, Tony, WhatsOnStage, Night Customary Theatre, and The Stage Debut Awards for her efficiency in Prima Facie, and the play itself received an Olivier award.

Playwright Suzie Miller has mentioned: “Thrilled to have the ability to inform followers that Jodie’s magnificent efficiency in Prima Facie is again in cinemas with Nationwide Theatre Stay. I’m so intensely happy with the artistic and manufacturing groups for all of the adjustments it has provoked.”

Jodie Comer has mentioned: “I’m thrilled that the NT dwell recording of our London run of Prima Facie will likely be screening worldwide in cinemas once more. It’s a beautiful alternative to maintain spreading this necessary message and for many who couldn’t make it in individual, right here is your invitation, come be a part of us!”

The manufacturing of Prima Facie continues to companion with The Faculties Consent Challenge. Arrange in 2014 by barrister Kate Parker, The Faculties Consent Challenge is a charity which sends attorneys into faculties to show 11-18 12 months olds the authorized definition of consent and key sexual offences. For additional info, please see https://www.schoolsconsentproject.com