As a key part of Olivier Award-winning playwright Suzie Miller’s “Law Trilogy”,
Inter Alia has been widely acclaimed since its premiere at the National Theatre (UK). It was shortlisted for the Global Final of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2025 and nominated for Best New Play at the Laurence Olivier Awards 2026.
Inter Alia in rehearsal
From Prima Facie, in which the victim is brave in raising doubts and speaking out, to Inter Alia, where there is a clash between family bonds and personal convictions, Suzie Miller continues her sharp and profound realistic portrayal to immerse audiences in an unanswerable human dilemma.
In her two-hour performance throughout the drama, Chinese actress YAO Chen takes on the dual role of narrator and heroine - while changing her voice and body posture for different roles, she tells the story to the audience. In the meantime, she needs to interact with her onstage husband and son in a lively yet tense atmosphere. She portrays a contemporary woman caught between multiple identities - judge, mother and wife. Caught between law and family, faith and instinct, she keeps questioning herself and re-examining whatever she sincerely believes in.
Chinese actor BAO Jianfeng brings his formidable presence to the stage, performing together with YAO Chen as a couple engaged in the practice of law. Hidden in their peaceful family life is a quiet yet intense game of power and consciousness. Amid the entanglement of emotion and conviction, and of family and law, the drama unfolds layer by layer, revealing the complex inner worlds of its characters, presenting a tour-de-force exploration of belief, humanity and choice.
Inter Alia in rehearsal
Director ZHOU Ke is joined by a creative team of leading contemporary Chinese theatre creators including set designer SHEN Li, lighting designer XIAO Lihe, styling director Dake and composer OUYANG Zhenzhen. Together, they bring to the audience a production of highly expressive stage aesthetics and exquisite character portrayal, offering audiences a distinctive theatrical experience.
Inter Alia in rehearsal
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