For this month’s Theatre Group we will see the Australian Premiere of Prima Facie by Suzy Miller, a one-woman show starring Sheridan Harbridge as Tessa – a criminal lawyer at the top of her game.
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.
Sheridan Harbridge is one of Sydney’s most beloved and versatile performers. She last appeared on the Griffin stage in David Finnigan’s audacious political comedy Kill Climate Deniers, which wowed and shocked audiences and critics alike.
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.
DATE: Thursday 18 June 2019
TIME: 7.00pm
VENUE: Griffin Theatre Company, 10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross, NSW 2011
TICKETS: Tickets are $62 Full and $52 Concession. To buy your ticket visit [email protected] or call (02) 9361 3817, 10.00am – 6.00pm Monday–Friday
PRE-THEATRE DINNER: 5.30pm, Malabar Restaurant (South Indian food), 274 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst (on the corner across from the Coca Cola sign). The restaurant is very easy to access from Kings Cross station, and is a two-minute walk to the Griffin Theatre.
RSVP TO: Judith Nguyen at [email protected] by Monday 10 June 2019, indicating whether you want to join us for the pre-theatre dinner
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THEATRE GROUP – Looking Ahead
In July we will be enjoying another musical – Once – at the Eternity Theatre in Darlinghurst.
Full details will be on the Events Calendar of the website.
