New Photos Released Of Emmy, BAFTA, Tony & Olivier Winner Jodie Comer Ahead Of Return To Globally Acclaimed PRIMA FACIE

Suzie Miller’s award-winning play begins UK & Ireland Tour on 23 January at Richmond Theatre

Jodie Comer returns to her acclaimed, Olivier and Tony Award winning performance in Suzie Miller’s multi award winning play, Prima Facie, this week. The ‘Something has to change’ tour of the UK & Ireland opens at Richmond Theatre on Friday 23 January 2026. New photos of Jodie, photographed by Rankin, have been released today in honour of the occasion.  

After opening in Richmond the production, for which Suzie Miller also won an Olivier Award for Best Play, will tour to a further 8 venues across Dublin (Gaiety Theate), Edinburgh (Royal Lyceum), Cardiff (New Theatre), York (Grand Opera House), Bath (Theatre Royal), Canterbury (Marlowe Theatre) Birmingham (The Rep) and finish in Liverpool (Playhouse).

Photo credit: Rankin

Jodie will play Tessa in this gripping, one-person play which takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game. Along with unanimous rave reviews, Jodie won the Olivier Award when she made her theatrical debut in the production at The Harold Pinter Theatre in London and subsequently also won the Tony Award when the play transferred to Broadway. The NTLive and Empire Street Productions live capture has also enjoyed two record breaking theatrical releases.

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.

Photo credit: Helen Murray

Jodie Comer 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.

For full cast and creative team biographies head to the website.

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.”

Photo credit: Helen Murray

The tour also highlights the continuation of partnerships between Prima Facie producers Empire Street Productions 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.

Photo credit: Rankin

PRIMA FACIE | UK & IRELAND 2026 TOUR DATES

Friday 23 – Saturday 24 January
RICHMOND THEATRE, RICHMOND

Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 January
THE GAIETY THEATRE, DUBLIN

Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 February
THE ROYAL LYCEUM, EDINBURGH

Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 February
NEW THEATRE, CARDIFF

Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 February
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, YORK

Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 February
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH

Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 March
MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY

Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 March
THE REP, BIRMINGHAM

Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 March
LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE

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BIOGRAPHIES

About Jodie Comer
Jodie Comer is a British actress best known for her role as “Villanelle” in the BBC America cult breakout series, “Killing Eve.” Comer won both the Emmy Award for “Lead Actress in a Drama Series” and BAFTA Award for “Best Leading Actress” in 2019. She was nominated again for an Emmy Award, BAFTA Award and Critics Choice Award, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award throughout the duration of the show’s run. 

Comer made her Broadway stage debut at the John Golden Theatre as well as her West End stage debut at the Harold Pinter Theatre in Suzie Miller’s “Prima Facie.” The play opened to rave reviews both on Broadway and on the West End, and it also became the highest-grossing event that released in cinemas during its broadcast release as part of the National Theatre Live series in the UK. Comer’s performance garnered her the 2023 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, as well as the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play. Comer also won the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World award for her performance. She was also nominated for a Drama League Award.

Previously, Comer starred in the British television drama film, “Help,” opposite Stephen Graham. “Help” premiered on Channel 4 in the UK and marked Comer’s first time as an Executive Producer. Comer subsequently went on to win a BAFTA Award in the category of “Leading Actress.” “Help” also won the BAFTA Award in the category of “Single Drama.”  

Comer’s additional television credits include: “Thirteen” (BAFTA Award and RTS Programme Award Nominations), “Talking Heads”, “Doctor Foster”, “The White Princess”, “Rillington Place”, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, “My Mad Fat Diary” and “Remember Me”.

In 2021, Comer starred in Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel” alongside Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Adam Driver. The film made its world premiere at the 78^th Annual Venice International Film Festival. Comer also starred in the Shawn Levy directed action-comedy, “Free Guy,” alongside Ryan Reynolds and Joe Kerry. The latter of which was Comer’s feature film debut and crossed the $300 million mark in the global box office.

Last year, Comer starred in “The End We Start From,” a thriller from Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, Hera Pictures, Anton and BBC Film. Based on the novel by Megan Hunter, the film tells a hopeful story about the trails and joys of new motherhood in the midst of devasting floods that swallow up the city of London.

Following this, she starred in Jeff Nichols’ drama, “The Bikeriders,” alongside Tom Hardy and Austin Butler. Set in the 1960s, the film follows a fictional Midwestern motorcycle club based off the photo-book of the same title by Danny Lyon.

Comer can currently be seen in Danny Boyle’s latest instalment in the “28 Years Later” trilogy, alongside Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, and Jack O’Connell.

Following this she will star in Kenneth Branagh’s, “The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde” and “The Death of Robin Hood” opposite Hugh Jackman and directed by Michael Sarnoski.

About Suzie Miller
Suzie Miller is a contemporary international playwright, screenwriter and author, drawn to complex human stories often exploring injustice. Her plays have been produced in over 40 productions around the world and won multiple prestigious awards. Her one-woman stage play ‘Prima Facie’ won an Olivier Award for Best New Play and an Olivier and Tony Award for actress Jodie Comer who performed in the West End and Broadway productions. It has been translated into over 20 languages, produced all over the world and also published as a novel in various countries.

About Justin Martin
Justin Martin is a multi-award-winning director working in theatre, film and television. Most recently he co-directed the Olivier Award winning and critically acclaimed Stranger Things: The First Shadow with Stephen Daldry, currently running at the Phoenix Theatre, which will be going to Broadway in 2025. In 2022/2023 he directed Jodie Comer in her Broadway and West End stage debut Prima Facie by Suzie Miller. The sold-out, award-winning production received rave reviews and 23 awards including the Olivier Award for Best New Play. The NT Live of the production smashed box office records becoming the highest grossing event cinema release of all time. In 2021 Justin co-directed the BAFTA Award-winning film Together starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan. More recently he directed all six episodes of David Ireland’s hit series The Lovers for Sky Atlantic, Sundance and AMC starring Johnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher. His award-winning production of The Jungle (co-directed with Daldry) played a sell-out return season in New York and Washington DC, following seasons in San Francisco, New York, the West End and at the Young Vic. Justin is an associate artist for Good Chance.

About Empire Street Productions
Empire Street Productions was set up by James Bierman to develop and produce work across theatre, television and film.
 
Recent theatre credits include the upcoming Romeo & Juliet at the Harold Pinter Theatre starring Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe; Self Esteem’s A Complicated Woman at the Duke of York’s Theatre; Anne Carson’s adaptation of Sophokles Elektra starring Brie Larson at the Duke of York’s Theatre; Jeremy O.Harris’s Slave Play starring Olivia Washington and Kit Harington at the Noel Coward Theatre; Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman starring Lily Allen and Steve Pemberton at the Duke of York’s Theatre; Suzie Miller’s Olivier award winning Prima Facie starring Olivier and Tony Award Winning Jodie Comer which transferred to Broadway in April 2023 after a sold out run at the Harold Pinter Theatre and a NTLive co production which is the highest grossing live event cinema of all time in the UK; Sam Shepard’s True West starring Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn at the Vaudeville Theatre; and Tracy Letts’ Killer Joe at the Trafalgar Studio starring Orlando Bloom. Ballywalter, a feature film by Stacey Gregg and directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah; Through the Dunes, a short film starring Ian Hart written & directed by Tim Price; and The Real Charlie Chaplin, directed by Peter Middleton & James Spinney. ESP are currently developing Film and TV projects with FilmNation, and Complete Fiction. ESP host a monthly live conversation and Podcast series at the Underbelly Soho Boulevard theatre.

About Rankin
Rankin is a British photographer, publisher, and film director. Best known for work that is on the cultural cusp and leading future trends, he has produced rule-breaking campaigns for brands such as Rolls Royce, Unilever, L’Oréal, Lego, and Samsonite; created wide-reaching projects for charities including Women’s Aid and Macmillan; and shot music videos for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Rita Ora, and Kelis.

As a photographer, Rankin’s portfolio ranges from portraiture to documentary. He has shot The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Kendall Jenner, and Zendaya, to name only a few. In 2023, Rankin photographed King Charles III to mark the monarch’s 75th birthday for The Big Issue magazine.

As a publisher, Rankin co-founded the seminal magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack in 1990, and has since published the likes of AnOther and AnOther Man, alongside over 40 books and the fashion and culture publication Hunger.

His photography has been published everywhere from his own publications to Elle, Vogue, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Wonderland, and exhibited in galleries globally, including MoMA, New York, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.