Video review transcript: Inter Alia at the National Theatre is the new play by Suzie Miller, who you may know from Prima Facie.
She wrote that, and this is a similar legal drama. Rosamund Pike is a judge in this instance, rather than the barrister.
And at the start of the play, she has just presided over a rape case which ended in a successful, a rare, successful prosecution. But this is not so much a legal drama, but more about a personal drama.
Back home, she has a teenage son who she’s trying to raise to be respectful of women.
And it’s interesting the nuance in how her feminist ideals and the pressures of society and where she pushes back and where she lets patriarchal constructs ride.
I thought this was really interesting play. It doesn’t quite pack the same punch as Prima Facie, but I really enjoyed it, and do recommend. I’m giving it four stars.
Review: Inter Alia, National Theatre
Written by Suzie Miller
Directed by Justin Martin
Starring Rosamund Pike
Running time 1 hour 40 minutes (no interval)
Booking until 13 September and then in cinemas as part of NT Live.
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