Lasting Support Theatre Partnership: FIREBIRD

We are proud to share that Southwark Playhouse has partnered with us as their chosen charity for their production of Firebird, an unflinching drama which exposes the devastating impact of grooming and exploitation, laying bare the failures of the systems designed to protect children in the UK. Directed by Marlie Haco, this powerful revival combines movement and an original score, described as “remarkably potent” (The Times).

Synopsis:

Tia has been in care since she was three. She can’t stand her foster mum, and her friends keep letting her down. But when she meets AJ, a charismatic older man, he seems like the answer to all her problems. At first, he is. But AJ has done this before, and after the gifts and compliments come the threats and abuse. When fourteen-year-old Katie moves to town, a chink of light appears in the darkness that’s threatening to swallow Tia.

A decade on from its highly acclaimed West End transfer from Hampstead Theatre, Firebird returns to the London stage in a striking new production from Double Telling, the team behind the multi-award-winning London premiere of ‘Run Sister Run’ (★★★★★ “a reverse chronological triumph” The Live Review).