By: Craig Murray, Nadira Murray and Alan Hescott
Performed by: Nadira Murray
Directed by: Thomas Hescott

In 2004 Craig Murray - the British Ambassador for Uzbekistan - made two life changing decisions: firstly he spoke out against the British Government using intelligence gained under torture by states such as Uzbekistan. Secondly he left his wife to be with Nadira who he’d seen dancing in a nightclub in Tashkent.

This is the extraordinary true story of the life of Craig’s mistress Nadira. Dismissed in the British press as a dumb bimbo, she fought tooth and nail to survive an undemocratic, misogynist regime that practices systematic torture of its citizens. Scraping a living working as a teacher, drugs runner and belly dancer, Nadira tells of her own journey from the
slums to the Ambassadorial palace of Uzbekistan.

“An amazing, harrowing, sickening, uplifting and unexpectedly brilliant piece of theatre.” The Spectator