Lenin Forever

Inspired by true events, Orlando Wells's irreverent and anarchic comedy tells 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. At the time, the country's future hung in the balance; the Communist regime was still in its infancy and a personality cult was instrumental in legitimising Russia's new overlords.

Vladimir and Boris, two emminent scientists and old colleagues, are made an offer that they can't refuse: to preserve the body for eternity. And although it has never been done before, neither of them are under any illusion of the consequences of failure.