Firebird (NHB Modern Plays)

A searing thriller about the naivety of youth and how easily it can be exploited.

Tia's mouthy attitude and confident swagger mask the vulnerability in a fourteen-year-old girl whose tough start in life draws her to AJ. Older, good-looking and charismatic, he shows her a kindness that she's never known. Kindness that comes with a price…

Phil Davies' debut play premiered at Hampstead Downstairs, London, in 2015, in a production directed by Edward Hall.