Jodie Comer’s award-winning performance
Jodie Comer is to return to her acclaimed, Olivier and Tony Award winning performance in Suzie Miller’s multi award winning play, Prima Facie, which is set to tour the UK & Ireland from January 2026.
The production, for which Suzie Miller also won an Olivier Award for Best Play, will open at Richmond Theatre, Richmond Upon Thames on Friday 23rd January 2026, and then tour to a further 8 venues, across Dublin, Edinburgh, Cardiff, York, Bath, Canterbury, Birmingham and Liverpool.
Empire Street Productions is excited to announce that the Olivier Award Winning Prima Facie, the most watched National Theatre Live title to date, will embark on a national tour in 2026. Olivier, Tony, Whatsonstage, Evening Standard award winner Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) ‘extraordinarily gutsy and rich’ (★★★★ Evening Standard) performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-women play has been watched by over 1.2 million people worldwide, and now more audiences will have the opportunity to watch the award-winning production in person at venues across the UK.
Audiences can watch Comer’s ‘masterful West End debut’ (★★★★Guardian), first performed at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End before transferring to the Golden Theatre in New York. Directed by Justin Martin (Stranger Things: The First Shadow), Comer plays Tessa, a young, brilliant barrister who 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 in this “unforgettable moment of theatre” (★★★★WhatsOnStage).
Tessa is a thoroughbred. A young, brilliant barrister who loves to win. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; prosecuting; cross examining and lighting up the shadows of doubt in any case. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Jodie commented of the Tour:
“It is a huge privilege to return to Prima Facie for one last time and take this important play on tour across the UK & Ireland. The resonance of Suzie Miller’s writing, both in London and New York, exceeded anything we could have imagined.
I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity to get the team back together and take the production to theatres around the country, including my hometown of Liverpool. On a personal note, I can’t think of a better finale to what has been such an incredible and deeply rewarding chapter in my life.”
Prima Facie is helmed by Olivier Award winning director Justin Martin. The creative team also includes Rebecca Lucy Taylor – the Brit Award nominated star of Self Esteem – who is the production’s composer, alongside set & costume designer Miriam Buether, lighting designer Natasha Chivers, sound designers Max and Ben Ringham, video by Willie Williams for Treatment Studio and Kate Godfrey who will be the voice coach.
PRIMA FACIE | UK & IRELAND 2026 TOUR DATES
Friday 23 – Saturday 24 January
RICHMOND THEATRE, RICHMOND BUY TICKETS
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 January
THE GAIETY THEATRE, DUBLIN BUY TICKETS
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 February
THE ROYAL LYCEUM, EDINBURGH BUY TICKETS
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 February
NEW THEATRE, CARDIFF BUY TICKETS
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 February
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, YORK BUY TICKETS
Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 February
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH BUY TICKETS
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 March
MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY ON SALE SOON
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 March
THE REP, BIRMINGHAM BUY TICKETS
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 March
LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE BUY TICKETS
Suzie Miller said:
“I couldn’t be more thrilled about the Prima Facie 2026 tour; this play has already achieved more than we all could have dreamed, and Jodie’s commitment to the story reaching so many new venues and communities means more people can be part of the conversation, and the solution.”
Producer James Bierman is also today thrilled to announce the continuation of partnerships between the forthcoming tour of Prima Facie and charities The Schools Consent Project and Everyone’s Invited.
Set up in 2014 by barrister Kate Parker, The Schools Consent Project is a charity which sends lawyers into schools to teach 11-18 year olds the legal definition of consent and key sexual offences. Their aim is to normalise these sorts of conversations amongst young people; to empower young people to identify and communicate their boundaries, and to respect them in others. To date, they have spoken to over 80,000 young people across the country.
Throughout the tour, the production is working with each venue to support the essential work the charity does to educate young people in the UK about consent.
Everyone’s Invited’s mission is to expose and eradicate rape culture with empathy, compassion, and understanding. They offer a safe space for all survivors to share their stories completely anonymously.
Everyone’s Invited allows many survivors a sense of relief, catharsis, empowerment, and gives them a feeling of community and hope.
Conversations with friends and personal experiences throughout school and university revealed to founder Soma Sara how widespread the issue is, and she began sharing her experiences of rape culture on Instagram. In light of the overwhelming response from those who resonated with her story, Soma founded Everyone’s Invited in June 2020. It later gained charitable status in 2022 alongside the launch of the Everyone’s Invited education programme. So far, the programme has reached over 50,000 students across the UK.”
James Bierman commented of the partnerships:
“All of us involved in PRIMA FACIE are honoured to be able to highlight and support the essential and brilliant work that EVERYONE’S INVITED and THE SCHOOLS CONSENT PROJECT do up and down the country. Creating safe spaces for people to share their stories and be heard is vital and to try and change the horrific levels of sexual assault we have in this country we have to change the way we as a society see and talk about consent. By educating young people the Schools Consent Project team are making the future a better place.”
Prima Facie is produced by James Bierman for Empire Street Productions.
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