6/25/2023 0 Comments The Rising by Brian KeeneJodie Comer in Prima Facie, 2023, performance documentation. A propulsive beat and some tip-toeing footwork from Jodie Comer, the chameleonic Emmy-winning star, add to the sense that we’re watching a live hunt. In the opening minutes the audience is swept up in a tidal wave of details about the tactics the barrister recently used to bait a prosecution witness. These heavy-duty files contain paperwork for various cases the barrister will consult them periodically throughout Suzie Miller’s monodrama Prima Facie, which opened last month at the Golden Theatre in New York, directed by Justin Martin. Surrounding her along three walls are shelves upon shelves of white binders from a distance, they resemble white outs or redactions. In a lawyer’s chambers expensively appointed with the accoutrements of her profession, a bewigged barrister holds forth on a recent victory at court.
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