The BBC World Service has produced a documentary about the murdered Tashkent theatre director Mark Weil (guardian obituary here). The documentary is called ‘Beyond Mark Weil’ and is presented by the always excellent Natalya Antaleva. Weil, a Russian Jew, founded the Ilkhom Theatre in 1976. It was the first independent theatre in the USSR and the name means ‘inspiration’ in Uzbek.

Many suspect the government of being involved in Weil’s death. Certainly the recent production of The Ecstasy with the Pomegranate attracted official opprobrium. Here’s the Youtube trailer: