Rosamund Pike to Make National Theatre Debut in 'Inter Alia' This Summer

Though many television fans rightly look forward to Rosamund Pike's (Saltburn) return to the small screen in the upcoming third season of Prime Video's The Wheel of Time adaptation, Moiraine Damodred is hardly the only powerful woman she'll be portraying this year. Theater buffs everywhere are counting down to July, when the actress will return to the stage for the first time in fifteen years, in the world premiere of Inter Alia, the latest work from playwright Susie Miller. 

If Miller's name sounds familiar to you, it's because she's also the mind behind Prima Facie, the one-woman tour-de-force that won its star Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) rave reviews and some serious awards hardware — a Tony Award and an Olivier — in 2023. And if that's not enough, Justin Martin, who directed Comer in both the West End and on Broadway, will reteam with Miller for this production. (To put it another way: it's not a complete lock that Pike is going to win some awards for this show. But it's probably smart not to bet against her either.) 

The Gone Girl star will play Jessica Parks, a British High Court judge who is forced to reckon with conflict in her professional and private life while trying to hold both together. The story is described as a "searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood" and, if Prima Facie is anything to go by, Jessica will probably get more than her share of sharply furious, painfully-on-point monologues about modern life as a woman. 

Here's the play's synopsis. 

Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, a true maverick at the top of her career as an eminent London Crown Court Judge. At work she’s changing and challenging the system one case at a time. But behind the robe, Jessica is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent.

While managing the impossible juggling act faced by every working mother, an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance. Can she hold her family upright?

Pike was last seen on the London stage opposite Dame Judi Dench in Madame de Sade as part of the Donmar Warehouse's 2009 season in the West End. Inter Alia will mark her National Theatre debut, where she'll be joined by Jamie Glover (Agatha Raisin) and Jasper Talbot (Broadchurch).

Inter Alia is one of four world premieres that will close out the final season of National Theatre director Rufus Norris, who is stepping down after a decade at the helm of the U.K. flagship theatrical institution. 

The rest of the creative team includes set and costume designer Miriam Buether, lighting designer Natasha Chivers, sound designers Ben and Max Ringham, video designer Willie Williams for Treatment Studio, and casting directors Alastair Coomer and Naomi Downham.

Inter Alia will run at the National Theatre's Lyttleton Theatre from July 10 to September 13, 2025. Tickets are available beginning February 6.