Fireface

Synopsis

Something's wrong with Kurt and Olga. Suffocated by their parents and trapped in a world they despise, it seems like there's no escape from the endless humiliation of being young. When Olga meets her first boyfriend, Kurt buries himself in a new and explosive hobby. It's an obsession that will fuel his anger, engulf his sister and threaten to burn their world to the ground..

Our Review:

8 October 2012

Written by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, Fireface receives a London revival at the directorial hand of Sam Pritchard, who won this year's James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director Award for up-and-coming theatre-makers.

The twisted action revolves around a German family with two troubled teens and two parents seemingly wilfully oblivious to the trials, tribulations and crimes of their offspring. The tale is a dark one of loss of innocence, defiance and destruction.

Morbid sister Olga (Aimée-Ffion Edwards) is a on a voyage of sexual discovery which she isn’t shy of sharing with her brother Kurt (Rupert Simonian). When she starts dating motorbike-riding youth Paul (William Postlethwaite), jealous Kurt develops his explosive hobby and things really start to unravel.

Edwards really shines as Olga, bringing to the role a fascinating mix of hard-headedness and vulnerability. Simonian’s Kurt doesn’t quite feel outwardly angry enough for the deeds he...

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