About the Show

Rosamund Pike stars as a judge balancing justice, motherhood, and chaos in Suzie Miller's new drama.

Jessica Parks is a leading London Crown Court Judge: brilliant, empathetic, and determined to challenge the system from within. Her courtroom is a place of order and reform—but at home, things are far more complicated. Juggling the pressures of high office with life as a wife, mother, and occasional karaoke queen, Jessica suddenly finds her personal and professional worlds on the brink of collision. When an unexpected event shakes her foundation, the question becomes: how do you hold a family—and yourself—together?

Inter Alia marks the return of writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin, the creative team behind Olivier and Tony Award-winning Prima Facie. This new play offers a powerful exploration of motherhood, modern masculinity, and moral complexity in a world that demands women be everything, everywhere, all at once.

Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Saltburn, Gone Girl) makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica. Inter Alia is a timely, gripping, and emotionally raw look at the weight women carry—and the cracks that can’t always be concealed behind the robe.

Critic Reviews (9)

"This is a show that continues a vital conversation, and does so with empathy, care and burning conviction."
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"Once again, the piece calls for a transfixing, shape-shifting performance from its star, and the hurtling 105-minute action showcases Pike’s theatrical bravura."
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"Inter Alia feels like a more mature work: it features an older character with different challenges, adds the pressures of motherhood into the mix, and breaks out of the monologue form."
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"Miller’s play is treading a delicate line here, between empathising with and excusing this story’s male abuser."
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"Inter Alia, like Adolescence, will no doubt get conversations rolling, which is no bad thing. But for all the quality of the production, I have the nagging feeling that deep down it’s really a lecture."
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"Pike does her impressive best to galvanise the material, bringing intelligence, humour and sparkle to even the most heavily contrived moments. But it’s an unenviable task. She is, frankly, much better than this lumpen play deserves."
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"Pike powers through the evening in what is surely one of the best performances of the year."
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"The result is a play with the power to both galvanise and paralyse with fear – especially for those raising kids."
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