DRAMA students had a peek behind the curtain when they took part in a workshop based on the play Prima Facie by Suzie Miller.
Students on the A level Drama and Theatre course at Solihull Sixth Form College visited the Birmingham REP Theatre to find out more about the play they are studying ahead of their exams.
The one-woman drama focuses on a working-class criminal defence barrister, who defends men accused of sexual assault, until her belief in the legal system is shattered when she is sexually assaulted by a colleague.
The trip gave students the opportunity to develop a wider understanding of this production during a question and answer session with production’s stage manager.
Students also participated in two workshops led by The Schools Consent Project and Everyone’s Invited.
The first workshop was led by a barrister and it explored the topic of sexual assault and consent from a legal perspective and the second looked at rape culture and what can be done to combat this.
Drama teacher, Nadia Kouhi, said: “Our young people were challenged to discuss the difficult topic of sexual assault and see how this hard-hitting subject matter is tackled in the play ‘Prima Facie’ and how it is dealt with in real life.”
