Inter Alia

 

What a stimulating and enjoyable afternoon. 

I hadn’t heard of InterAlia ( The follow up legal play follow up to Prima Facie) but the production led by Rosamund Pike was every bit as amazing as the Jodie Comer play. 

The narrative is now centred on judge Jessica Parks ( Pike) and her life juggling act between the bench, sexism in the workplace, a less successful barrister husband and a teenage son who is negotiating his first experiences in an over sexualised world. 

Judge Parks is a woman in constant motion and stress, and Pike hits the stage running with an immensely physical and honest performance which perfectly captures a mother’s love and a professional’s quandary when her son is accused of rape. 

It’s a towering performance with the lead exhausting to watch as she leaps onto the kitchen table and across the stage to give conflicting views about law and sexual abuse, role modelling, influencing and relationships. 

Inter alia is a Latin phrase meaning "among other things." It is used in legal writing to indicate that the instance, point, example, item etc. being mentioned is just one of a larger group.

We had noodle soup at the Chester Market and lots of laughs and chats afterwards.

“ Darling Sunday’s can be a slow day when you are single” Eleanor observed thoughtfully as we drove home. “Today has been lovely”

And I agreed