Jodie Comer is to return to her acclaimed, Olivier and Tony Award winning performance in Suzie Miller’s multi award winning play, Prima Facie, which is set to tour the UK & Ireland from January 2026.
Jodie will play Tessa in this gripping, one-person play which takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game. Along with unanimous rave reviews, Jodie won the Olivier Award when she made her theatrical debut in the production at The Harold Pinter Theatre in London and subsequently also won the Tony Award when the play transferred to Broadway. Tessa is a thoroughbred. A young, brilliant barrister who loves to win. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; prosecuting; cross examining and lighting up the shadows of doubt in any case. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Jodie commented of the Tour:
“It is a huge privilege to return to Prima Facie for one last time and take this important play on tour across the UK & Ireland. The resonance of Suzie Miller’s writing, both in London and New York, exceeded anything we could have imagined.
I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity to get the team back together and take the production to theatres around the country, including my hometown of Liverpool. On a personal note, I can’t think of a better finale to what has been such an incredible and deeply rewarding chapter in my life.”
Prima Facie is helmed by Olivier Award winning director Justin Martin. The creative team also includes Rebecca Lucy Taylor – the Brit Award nominated star of Self Esteem – who is the production’s composer, alongside set & costume designer Miriam Buether, lighting designer Natasha Chivers, sound designers Max and Ben Ringham, video by Willie Williams for Treatment Studio and Kate Godfrey who will be the voice coach.
Friday 23 – Saturday 24 January
RICHMOND THEATRE, RICHMOND
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 January
THE GAIETY THEATRE, DUBLIN
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 February
THE ROYAL LYCEUM, EDINBURGH
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 February
NEW THEATRE, CARDIFF
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 February
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, YORK
Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 February
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 March
MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 March
THE REP, BIRMINGHAM
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 March
LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE
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