Ali & Abbas are childhood friends and veterans of the Iran-Iraq war.

Now working as hitmen for the Iranian government they travel the world taking out enemies of the Ayatollah.

When a mission to London goes terribly wrong their allegiances are tested as they come face to face with Leyla; a British-Iranian journalist and women's rights activist on a quest to bring down the regime that killed her family.

Set in the late 90's and inspired by the ongoing "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement the Martyrs is a darkly comic British-Iranian thriller about tyranny, activism and Persian Discotheques.

Join us at Theatro Technis on the 5th a 6th of August for a rehearsed reading of the Martyrs and be part of the revolution!

Directed by Sepy Baghei (Boy with two hearts, National Theatre), written by and starring Joseph Samimi (Get Millie Black, HBO) & Nojan Khazai (English, RSC).