#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Suzie Miller: Inter Alia
In conversation with Frances Whiting
6:15–7:15pm, Friday 9 October, Powerhouse Theatre
Award-winning playwright Suzie Miller – author of the acclaimed one-woman show and novel Prima Facie – is back with another penetrating exploration of justice and gender politics. Inter Alia, which premiered at London’s National Theatre in 2025 starring Rosamund Pike, follows an accomplished Crown Court judge whose efforts to change the system from within collide with a devastating incident involving her son. Join Suzie as she discusses the process of writing stories for the stage and using fiction to lay bare the complexities and contradictions of the law.
Supported by The University of Queensland

#Artists
Suzie Miller
Suzie Miller is a multi-award-winning Australian/British writer whose international contemporary stories explore humanity and dismantle complex structural hierarchies. She holds academic qualifications in Science, Law, and Theatre, utilizing this diverse background to anchor her narratives in profound real-world stakes. Before pursuing her creative career full-time, Miller spent fifteen years practicing human rights and criminal justice law, an experience that heavily informs her sharp, empathetic focus on women and the legal system. Her phenomenal debut novel, Prima Facie—adapted from her smash-hit solo play—became an instant bestseller and has been translated into ten languages. Miller's theatrical works continue to be staged globally, enjoying prestigious runs on London's West End and Broadway, New York, as well as main stages in fifty different countries. She is married with two adult children and continuously migrates between her two homes in London and Sydney.
Frances Whiting
Frances Whiting is one of Australia's best known and respected writers. As national senior feature writer for News Magazines, she has won many journalism awards, including the Clarions Outstanding Contribution to Journalism prize in 2023. Frances has a national column in News Limited weekend magazines, and a weekly column which — at 28 years — is Australia's longest running Sunday column. She has written two best sellers, Walking on Trampolines and The Best Kind of Beautiful, as well as two collections of her much loved columns, Oh To Be a Marching Girl, and That's a Home Run Tiger.
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