Nina Raine’s ‘blistering new play’ (The New York Times), directed by Roger Michell, made a triumphant and timely transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre in May 2018, following a sold out season at the National Theatre.
Consent has been made available to watch on National Theatre at Home from 10 March 2021.
Why is Justice blind? Is she impartial? Or is she blinkered? Friends take opposing briefs in a contentious legal case. The key witness is a woman whose life seems a world away from theirs. At home, their own lives begin to unravel as every version of the truth is challenged.
This ‘tense, entertaining modern-day tragi-comedy’ (Daily Telegraph) takes a searing look at the law whilst putting modern relationships into the dock.
