National Theatre Live: Prima Facie (15)

The screening on Sat 14 Sep at 2pm will have descriptive subtitles. 

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working-class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross-examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof, and morals diverge.

Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game. Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live in 2022 during a sold-out run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End.

‘Includes sensitive subject matter including reference to sex, violence and rape’. There is more information about this on the Prima Facie website with links to further information and support: https://primafacieplay.com/trigger-warning/

‘West End debuts don’t come more astonishing than this solo tour de force by Jodie Comer’ – ★★★★ Telegraph

‘An extraordinarily gutsy and rich performance by Jodie Comer’ – ★★★★ Evening Standard

‘An unforgettable moment of theatre’ – ★★★★ WhatsOnStage

Director: Justin Martin

Cast: Jodie Comer

• Information about screenings with descriptive subtitles

  Descriptive subtitles, sometimes referred to as subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing people or captions, transcribe dialogue and relevant aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects, attempting to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an equal experience to those who are able to watch films without descriptive subtitles. Descriptive subtitles would include speech identifiers and descriptive elements such as [door slamming] and [kettle whistling].

• Seating accessibility information

  Cinema

  Seat size

  Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.

  Armrests

  Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.

  Legroom

  Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.

  Further information

  If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

• BBFC rating information (may contain spoilers)

  language

  There is the use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms (‘slut’, ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘crap’, ‘bloody’, ‘friggin’, ‘damn’, ‘God’).

  sexual violence and sexual threat

  There is a scene of sexual violence in which a female character reenacts the night she was raped by a male colleague. This includes a focus on her distress, and helplessness and a detailed description of the attacker restraining her arms and covering her mouth. The details of the assault are repeated in subsequent scenes when the character reports the rape to the police and is cross-examined by a criminal defense barrister.There are moderate sex references, a scene of threat in which a traumatised sexual assault survivor is accosted by her attacker in the workplace, and moments of emotional upset