It is not all that often that I have trouble writing a review, but for Firebird, it has proved a real challenge. Phil Davies's Firebird follows the grooming of a fourteen year old girl, Tia. She is vulnerable, having been in care since the age of three. A decade on from its first performance, Firebird plays at The Southwark Playhouse, in a revival directed by Marlie Haco. The play opens with Tia and her friend Katie talking (and drinking). Katie attempts to play a game with Tia - who could not be more disinterested. This, amongst other elements, creates a maturity gap, or even fun gap, between the two. Tia's more "mature" disposition is seemingly a sign of what is to come... or what has already happened. The play is somewhat non-linear, and we as the audience are dropped into a situation with very little understanding. It is us that has to piece together all the events in this play. This very deliberate incitement of confusion is all the more compounded by Tomas P...