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Suzie Miller's family and legal drama "Inter Alia" asks a lot of uncomfortable questions about the patriarchal structures that still shape our family and sexual relationships today. How and what do adolescent boys learn about their masculinity, about sexuality and gender roles? Where do they find their role models when fathers are not very present? And what happens when mothers are excluded from these processes?
Jessica Parks is a high achiever. A judge at a London criminal court, she's had a stellar career and far surpassed her husband Michael, who also works in law as a barrister. Jessica is sharp and compassionate, and trying to change a system that she knows doesn't always achieve justice, especially when it comes to sexual offences. But that's just one role among the many she performs every day. After all, among other things – or "inter alia" in legal jargon – she's also a committed feminist, loyal friend, loving wife and modern mother.
Jessica tries to maintain control and be fair and kind, emancipated and protective, mindful and always available, both in court and in her private life. But when her 16-year-old son, Harry, comes home drunk from a party one morning, her seemingly well-balanced life is tipped out of balance.
After the worldwide success of "Prima Facie", in "Inter Alia", Australian playwright Suzie Miller explores another facet of how society deals with sexualized violence against women. The play provides a deep insight into legal practice, while at the same time raising pointed and uncomfortable questions about modern parenthood and the perpetuation of deeply rooted patriarchal structures in relationships.
- Susanne Wolff Regie
- Jan-Stephan Schmieding Dramaturgie