In 2019, the premiere of Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie knocked audiences for six with its emotionally draining examination of how the law works – or fails to work – in cases of sexual assault. It gave Sheridan Harbridge here and Jodie Comer on the West End (and next year Broadway) a gift of a role that asked for messy passion and laser-sharp intellect in equal measure.

Heather Mitchell in RBG, Of Many, One, Sydney Theatre Company, 2022. Photo © Prudence Upton

Miller, a former lawyer, goes to the bench again for her new piece RBG: Of Many, One, a celebration of the career of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Again, Miller has written a part for a single actor, but this time the demands are even greater. Heather Mitchell is up for it, and how. She takes off Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s trademark big spectacles and suddenly she’s a dewy-faced teenager. Later she’s at the gym doing one of her famous workouts – there truly is a book called The RBG Workout written by her personal trainer – and looks every second of her more...