THEATRE REVIEW: Prima Facie puts SA’s sexual violence crisis and broken legal system on stage
Suzie Miller’s one-woman play about the terrible complicity between a defective legal system and the scourge of sexual violence is both hugely entertaining and deeply affecting.
Prima Facie, a one-woman play set in South Africa, confronts the nation's sexual violence crisis and flawed legal system through a powerful, deeply affecting narrative. Suzie Miller's character, a lawyer, undergoes a transformative journey, moving from a proud and world-at-her-fingertips attorney to a broken woman subjected to the very legal system she once upheld.
The play's urgency and emotional impact make it a vital addition to the South African theatre scene, illuminating the societal and institutional factors that perpetuate sexual violence.
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