Play
Prima Facie
Tessa knows how to win sexual-assault cases for the defence, until her own experience changes what the law looks like.
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Tessa is a barrister who specialises in defending men accused of sexual assault and trusts the legal system she works within. After she is sexually assaulted herself, that certainty is transformed. The play follows the collision between her professional understanding of evidence and the reality of becoming a complainant in a system where the burden of proof is decisive.
A one-woman legal drama focused on a single perspective, using Tessa’s shift from advocate to complainant to examine how sexual-assault trials operate.
courtroom drama, solo storytelling, legal systems and morally charged shifts in perspective.
Details
- From 15 Apr 2022
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- Writer
- Suzie Miller
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