Drawing on a true-life Cold War story, Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on an Air Force Base in Soviet-occupied Estonia at the height of 1970s Communist rule.
The story comes to the stage for the first time in a play by Richard Hough, after an acclaimed multi award-winning 2021 film version starring Tom Prior that premiered at BFI Flare: London’s LGBTQI+ Film Festival, and the publication of the English translation of the original memoir by Sergey Fetisov.
Cast:
Robert Eades (Johnny Weissmuller in the film Young Woman & the Sea, Mo Dix in Bad Education).
Nigel Hastings (The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 & 2, Park Theatre, Jeff in the hit two-hander And Then Come the Night Jars, first at Theatre503, two successful UK tours, and in a film adaptation).
Sorcha Kennedy (Rainer – Offie-nominated Lead Performance in a Play, Arcola Theatre, and Scarlet Sunday, at Omnibus Theatre).
Theo Walker (Coming Clean, Turbine Theatre, 1 million+ followers on TikTok, 330k+ followers Instagram).
Creative team:
Director Owen Lewis
Design by Gregor Donnelly
Lighting by Clancy Flynn
Sound by Jac Cooper
Intimacy Coordinator Jess Tucker Boyd
Casting Marc Frankum CDG
Produced by James Seabright
