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. Winner of the 2018 Griffin Award,
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. Turning Sydney’s courts of law
into a different kind of stage, Suzie Miller’s (Sunset Strip,
Caress/Ache) taut, rapid-fire and gripping one-woman show exposes the
shortcomings of a patriarchal justice system where it’s her word
against his. Maybe we need a new system.
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