Prima Facie VON Suzie Miller REGIE András Dömötör

In the organizer's words:

Despite top grades, straight A's and an excellent Bachelor's degree: two thirds of all students at Top Law School will not complete their studies. Of those who do, only half will go on to work as lawyers. And only five of them as lawyers. But Tessa made it. The working-class child who fought hard for her place became a successful criminal defense lawyer who wears her horsehair wig with pride. Like all criminal lawyers, Tessa believes in the law, in the system and in the presumption of innocence, which for her is not just an empty phrase, but the foundation of a civilized society. That is why she also defends the accused, looks for gaps in the indictment and meticulously examines the statements of victims and witnesses. And Tessa is one of the best at her job.

Whether drug trials, corruption allegations or sexual assaults: Tessa is concerned with the legal truth and the evidence that will help her defendants to be declared "innocent" in the eyes of the law. Sympathies play no role in cross-examination; everyone has to face the lawyer's sharp questions, including victims of alleged sexual assault, whose statements are analyzed and taken apart in court. Until the day something happens that Tessa would never have thought possible: Her colleague, with whom she is having an affair, becomes sexually assaultive after a date. While her life collapses before her eyes, Tessa goes from being a defense lawyer to a prosecutor and experiences the events in the courtroom from the other side.
"Prima facie" is a legal term that means "prima facie evidence" or "until further notice". Can the system that Tessa believed in so much protect her - or will it let her down in the end?

The award-winning monologue by Australian author Suzie Miller premiered in Sydney in 2019 and has already had successful premieres in London's West End and most recently on Broadway.

Price information:

For the International Women's* Struggle Day 15 euros on all seats.