World premiere of FIREBIRD coming to the King’s Head Theatre in London from 9 January to 9 February 2025
Tickets on sale now at kingsheadtheatre.com
Visit the show’s official website at firebirdlive.com
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 after an acclaimed award-winning film by Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior (2021) which premiered at BFI Flare: London’s LGBTQI+ Film Festival.
The play is written by Richard Hough and directed by Owen Lewis, based on the memoir by Sergey Fetisov and the screenplay by Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior
Praise for the film
“The gay military epic that enraged Putin’s Russia” The Times
“A tragic, intimate and unforgettable love story” The Upcoming
“A Cold War-era Brokeback Mountain – with a dash of Top Gun” LA Times
“This sweeping yet intimate story, so rich and romantic, needs now more than ever to be widely known” Stephen Fry
Credits for FIREBIRD at the King’s Head Theatre
Writer: Richard Hough
Based on the memoir by Sergey Fetisov and the screenplay by Peeter Rebane & Tom Prior
Director: Owen Lewis
Producer: Seabright Live Ltd