Orlando Wells has written an irreverent and anarchic comedy, inspired by true events and telling the story of two scientists tasked with embalming the body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin for public display.
It’s 1924. Lenin is dead. Stalin has seized power, and his shadow falls over the lives of millions of Russians. A group of senior Bolsheviks, the self-proclaimed Immortalisation Commission, request the services of two scientists to aide their cause: ensure the Revolution’s survival by building a shrine to their deceased messianic leader. Although it has never been done before, the scientists are under no illusion of the consequence of failure.
Orlando has written original theatre plays including: The Winter Room (RSC fringe festival), The Tin Horizon (Theatre 503), Four Days in Hong Kong (The Orange Tree) and The Woodcutter’s Tale (developed with NT Studio). Lenin Forever! is Orlando’s first radio play.
Lenin Forever! will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday 11th December at 2:15pm, and will be available to listen to on BBC Sounds afterwards.
