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Firebird

9 Jul - 7 Aug 2026 Southwark Playhouse Borough

Double Telling Directed by Marlie Haco
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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. Firebird is a gripping, unflinching drama about grooming and exploitation, exposing the catastrophic failures of the systems designed to protect children in the UK.

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Tia (Mollie Milne) jumps frantically centre stage as AJ (Taqi Nazeer) looks on. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs
Tia (Mollie Milne) kneels in a ball her hands held up to her face in a gesture of prayer. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs
AJ (Taqi Nazeer) and Tia (Mollie Milne) sit together, she is grasping his hand and staring into his eyes pleadingly. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs
Katie (Kelise Gordon-Harrison) sits with one leg flat and one bent. On her wrist is two beaded friendship bracelets. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs
Katie (Kelise Gordon-Harrison) carries Tia (Mollie Milne) on her back. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs
Tia (Mollie Milne) stands in a limp position, her hair in plaits and a bottle of coke in one hand. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs
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AJ (Taqi Nazeer) stands resting his hands on the grey flat surface in front of him, he is looking at Tia (Mollie Milne) who is an out of focus seated figure closer to the camera. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs
Tia (Mollie Milne) and AJ (Taqi Nazeer) sit on a sparse stage, a grey flat roof hangs above them. Toby Mather and Ben Jacobs

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