The production based on the 2021 film version starring Tom Prior which premiered at the BFI Flare: London’s LGBTQI+ Film Festival will head to the King’s Head Theatre next year.
It has been announced that the world premiere stage adaptation of Firebird, based on the 2021 film and the memoir Firebird: The Story of Roman by Sergey Fetisov will play at the King’s Head Theatre from the 9th January until the 9th February 2025.
Written by Richard Hough and directed by Owen Lewis, the story follows the affair of a soldier and a fighter pilot on an Air Force Base in Soviet-occupied Estonia at the height of 1970s Communist rule.
Talking about the news, Producer James Seabright said: “I’m excited to be marking the first birthday of the new King’s Head Theatre with the world premiere stage version of Firebird, which won such widespread acclaim as a film by Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior that I felt compelled to contact them and was delighted to secure the stage rights, allowing me to commission this adaptation by Richard Hough. His play chillingly evokes the Soviet Union in the Cold War, in a powerful and moving true story of forbidden gay love brought to life by a cast of four in Owen Lewis’ production.”
Cast and full creative team have yet to be announced.
To book tickets visit: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/firebird