Presented by NZ Theatre Company & Tautoko Mai Tauranga

Tessa Ensler loves her job. She's worked her way up from a working-class background to being a top criminal defense barrister at the top of her game - prosecuting, cross-examining and winning in the courtroom with her quick wit and intelligence. Fighting to defend those pleading not guilty - including securing freedom for men accused of rape and sexual assault. Innocent until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of human rights.

An unexpected event however forces Tessa to confront the very system she has spent her life believing and working within - a system where the lines of patriarchal power and burden of proof are not set up to accommodate the lived experience of sexual assault survivors.

Acclaimed Oliver and Tony award-winning play, Suzie Miller's Prima Facie is an unforgettable story and one-woman tour de force that has the power to question the structure of the legal system and takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience conflict within the system as we know it.

PRIMA FACIE DATES:
Tauranga
Baycourt Theatre
8 – 9 March 2025
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Rotorua
Sir Howard Morrison Centre
22 - 23 March 2025
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Palmerston North
Globe Theatre
26 – 27 March 2025
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In Auckland and New Plymouth, director Hurst will also present his acclaimed one-man production The Golden Ass alongside Prima Facie in a doubleheader of works which both offer up a masterclass in theatre and acting. Laugh-out-loud funny and subversively philosophical, The Golden Ass is a tale of epic proportions, and a powerful plea for empathy in a world gone mad.

PRIMA FACIE & THE GOLDEN ASS DATES:
Auckland
The PumpHouse Theatre
15 - 21 June 2025
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New Plymouth
4th Wall Theatre
22 - 27 July 2025
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