Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum is to host the only Scottish dates of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play, Prima Facie, when it embarks on a UK & Ireland Tour in 2026 with Emmy, Bafta, Tony and Olivier-Award winning Jodie Comer returning to the role of Tessa.
The production, for which Miller also won an Olivier Award for Best Play, will come to The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, visiting the theatre for seven performances only from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 February, 2026.
Comer will reprise the role of 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, Comer 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.
Tessa is a thoroughbred. A young, brilliant barrister who loves to win. She has battled 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, until an unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Comer says, “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, who is the production’s composer, alongside set and 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.
Miller adds, “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.”
Prima Facie Uk & Ireland 2026 Tour Dates: Richmond Theatre, Richmond, 23+24 January | The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, 27-31 January | The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, 3-7 February | New Theatre, Cardiff, 10-14 February | Grand Opera House, York, 17-21 February | Theatre Royal, Bath, 24-28 February | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 3-7 March | The Rep, Birmingham, 10-14 March | Liverpool Playhouse, 17-21 March.
Tickets for the tour go on sale on Tuesday 25 March 2025 here.
