London’s foremost media club will host an exclusive performance of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s writings tonight to mark his tenth year spent behind bars in a Russian jail.

The readings at the Frontline Club are being directed by Noah Birksted-Breen, the artistic director of the Sputnik Theatre Company, and are based on a selection of Khodorkovsky’s writings and interviews.

The performance will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Edward Lucas, the international editor of The Economist and author of Deception: Spies, Lies and how Russia Dupes the West and will include panellists Sir Tony Brenton and Ben Judah.  Sir Tony is a former British Diplomat, who served as Ambassador to Russia from 2004-2008, is a Fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge and is currently writing a book on Russian history.  Ben Judah, was a former Reuters reporter in Moscow before joining the European Council on Foreign Relations in London as a Russia analyst; he is currently a visiting fellow at the European Stability Initiative and is author of Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell in and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin.

The performance director, Noah Birksted-Breen previously directed a production of Elena Gremina’s play One Hour and Eighteen Minutes, dealing with the death of renowned Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky.

The event starts at 7pm London time (10pm Moscow time, 2pm New York time). Watch it live below: