Inter Alia review – Rosamund Pike rules in searing legal drama from Prima Facie team

Lyttelton theatre, London With anarchic energy, Pike plays a judge whose world is upended in a companion drama to Suzie Miller’s hit, again directed by Justin MartinThree years ago, playwright Suzie Miller gave Jodie Comer a career-defining role with her West End debut in Prima Facie. Rosamund Pike’s stage CV already has plenty of highs, from Hitchcock Blonde to Hedda Gabler, but her performance in Miller’s follow-up play has been keenly anticipated, given that it reunites some of the team that made Prima Facie a smash hit.This is an almost deliberate counterpoint to Prima Facie, in which a defence lawyer, expert at playing the system to demolish rape charges against her clients, is undone by her own experience of sexual assault. Miller wanted to highlight how poorly the law serves victims, and Inter Alia presents the same issue from the flipside with a female judge, determined to make the system more just, whose world is upended by an accusation close to home. Continue reading...

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