RCS Haven E-Bulletin April 2011 (No. 18)

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 This is the April 2011 edition of the RCS Haven E-Bulletin. There are a number of exciting Russian events occurring in Scotland and across the rest of the UK in April, which we have previewed below in the Events section along with full listings for Orthodox Holy Week church services in Glasgow and Edinburgh. As ever, this newsletter also contains recent news headlines from Russia and the latest job vacancies from our website.
 
News from RCS Haven this month:
·         RCS HAVEN ATTENDS NATIONWIDE RUSSIAN SCHOOLS FORUM
 On Sunday 27th March, RCS Haven staff met with more than 120 other participants at Eurolog-UK’s Third Annual Forum for Directors of Overseas Russian Schools in London. The Forum was an opportunity for teachers and school-leaders to share their experiences, and to discuss organisational and methodological issues surrounding the teaching of Russian language and culture, particularly to the children of Russian parents currently living in Britain.
SAVE SLAVONIC LANGUAGES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW!
 Staff and students are continuing to mount a spirited campaign against the proposed closure of all three Slavonic language departments (Russian, Polish and Czech) at the University of Glasgow, as part of a package of radical cost-cutting measures. Register your own objection to the plans by signing this online petition, set up by department staff:
·         RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE COURSES IN KARELIA – SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
 The Russian Language School ‘Enjoy Russian’ in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, offers a series of intensive, personalised Russian-language courses for students of all levels, lasting anywhere from two weeks up to three months. Several non-Russian RCS Haven members have previously attended courses at the school and they all highly recommend it. What is more, the school is currently offering to waive tuition fees for successful applicants to their Spring and Summer 2011 programmes. For more information and to apply, visit the school’s website: http://enjoyrussian.com/
 
 We would also like to remind you of the range of services and facilities RCS Haven offers its members, all of which continue in April: language and cultural classes for children and adults, a well-stocked book and DVD library, translation and interpretation services from our sister organisation RCS Lingua, and specialist individual legal, financial and employment advice. For up-to-the-minute news and further information about our centre, please visit our website, http://www.rcshaven.org.uk, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
   Wishing you a very happy and peaceful Easter,
             All the staff and volunteers at RCS Haven
 
Contents:
-         Jobs
-         Jobs in Scotland
-         Russian-speaking Jobs
-         News
-         April Events Calendar
-         Regular events in Scotland
-         Events in Glasgow
-         Events in Edinburgh
-         Contact Us
 
Jobs
 The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from Scottish, British and Russian employers, and makes them searchable by keyword. It can be accessed by clicking here, but below is a selection of some of the wide range of jobs currently being advertised through the website:
 
Jobs in Scotland:
1. HGV Trailer Fitters, Technicians, Mechanics(Edinburgh, Central Scotland)
HGV Trailer Fitters, Technicians, Mechanics - Edinburgh, Glasgow areas, Central Scotland HGV Trailer Fitters & Technicians London & Southeast Locations Basingstoke, Cambridge, Crawley, Croydon, Maidstone, Tonbridge, Enfield, Ilford, London more...
2. Finance & Business Manager
Finance & Business Manager Full-Time, Permanent Salary: £34,124 - £43,345 per annum pro-rata The NGS Trading Company, wholly owned by the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), is being set up on 1st April 2011 to provide first class commercial more...
3. Business Development Manager Fleet Telematics(Scotland, Scotland)
Business Development Manager Fleet Telematics - Scotland, Edinburgh, East Scotland, Scotland JOB TITLE BDM SELLING Fleet Telematics Solutions SELLING TO SMEs and Corporate Companies TERRITORY East Scotland LOCATION On Patch PACKAGE £45k Basic more...
4. Contract Chordiant Analyst - Distance: 0 miles
CONTRACT Chordiant Analyst - Scotland, East Lothian, Edinburgh My client has an exciting opportunity for a Contract Chordiant Analyst who has experience of using campaign management tools including Chordiant, to join their busy team. All more...
5. Navision / Dynamics NAV Developer Scotland, Glasgow, £25-35k - Distance: 0 miles
Navision / Dynamics NAV Developer, Glasgow, Central Belt £25-35k + Pension plus great Benefits. This is a mid level position at an ambitious young client. There are great benefits in this role with fantastic future earning potential as well as more...
 
Russian-speaking Jobs:
1. Food Safety Auditor - Russian Speaking
OUR CLIENT Is a leading international food industry advisor offering food safety auditing to the manufacturing and food service sectors. THE JOB A client focussed role with the requirement to travel widely to inspect, audit and advise on client more...
2. SR Business Development Consultant Russian Speaker
Sr. Business Development Consultant - Russian Speaker! Process - Moscow My Client a leading independent oil and gas organisation specialising in strategic and engineering expertise to the global energy business and process industries is looking for more...
3. Russian Speaking - Sales Support Co-Ordinator
On behalf of our market leading client, we are pleased to now be recruiting for an International Sales Service Support Coordinator. This fantastic opportunity, to be based at our clients modern offices in Luton, will be looking to pay up to £23,000 more...
4. Import/ Export Coordinator - Russian & Italian
You will be required to provide internal sales and service support for all EMEA sales and service channels, administration support, order processing and liaison with manufacturing and service divisions, internal departments plus direct customer more...
5. SAP HR Russian Payroll (PY) Consultant
SAP HR Russian Payroll (PY) Consultant is required to participate in a new implementation project. The ideal SAP HR Russian Payroll (PY) Consultant should have at least 5 years relevant experience in SAP HR Payroll (PY) - from business blueprint more...
 
 
 Please also note that RCS Haven is always looking for volunteers to work at the centre and qualified staff to run language and cultural courses for children and adults. If interested, please email your CV to [email protected].
 
 
Head of European Programs of the Russkiy Mir Foundation Alexei Gromyko took part in the celebration of Maslenitsa in London, which this year for the first time was held on Trafalgar Square ... , representative of the Conservative Party Greg Hands, Russkiy Mir Foundation Representative Alexei Gromyko ... of London) held a ceremonial reception in honor of Maslenitsa. Speaking at the event Alexei Gromyko ...?” Alexei Gromyko Tweet Maslenitsa on London’s Central Square 230 linklarger On March 6, Forgiveness
 
The president of Russia, Dmitri A. Medvedev, on Wednesday proposed a sweeping change to the management of the country’s many state-run companies, saying an overhaul that would remove ministers from the boards of directors is overdue.
 
Russia can achieve a non-deficit budget by 2012, the World Bank reports. Having surveyed the situation in the country, WB experts pointed to additional income sources, recommended how they can be used to advantage and specified unnecessary expenses.
 
Russia offers potential foreign investors a new effective method of doing business – a co-financing of investment projects, for which a Foundation for assistance and attraction of direct foreign investment will be established. On instruction of the Russian president, the new organization will start work in the next few months.
 
As Moscow prepares to open the icy waters of the Arctic to offshore drilling, dangers abound. But it's also a moment of opportunity to get things right.
When it comes to Russian oil and gas, major deals with foreign companies are a good deal like London buses: Just when you're about to give up waiting for one to come along, three or four turn up at once.
 
April 12 will mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
He remains a national hero, and an impossible dream, a country boy with a winsome smile transformed overnight into one of the most famous men in the world.
 
Russia is famed for its love of vodka, but increasingly its citizens are turning towards whisky as their tipple of choice. Russian trade officials revealed yesterday that Scotch is the only foreign spirit to have enjoyed an increase in imports during the financial downturn.
 
A tax on tourists in Edinburgh during peak times such as the festival would help soften the blow of funding cuts, according to trade union leaders.
John Stevenson, president of Unison's Edinburgh branch, said the city council should look into charging tourists as a way of generating income.
 
Cows will be calmer, doctors happier and crooks less active. That's the thinking as Russia puts forward its clocks for the last time this weekend. Leading the way in an incipient global trend that rejects the notion of changing the clocks in spring and autumn, the Russian authorities believe the move will reduce human – and animal – misery.
 
Traces of radioactive fall-out from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have been found in Glasgow.
They are described as "extremely low" and the Scottish Government has told Sky News there is no threat to public health.
Traces of radioactive iodine 131 were picked up on Friday by an air sampler which is located in the city.
 
 
April Events Calendar
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
          1 2
 
Exhibition, ‘Practice for Everyday Life’ (until 29th May à)		      
 
Lecture, ‘Alexander Lipnitsky talks about Rock’		 Day of Russian Theatre
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
   
 
Lecture, ‘Meta –Scripta...’		  
 
 
Theatre, ‘The Tempest’ (until Sat 16thà)		 Talk, Teaching in the Urals’  
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Concert, London International Orchestra ‘Russian Gala Concert’
 
 
Event, ‘A Short History of Russian Literary Non-Conformism’		 Business Event, ‘RBCC – Just Networking’
 
Opera, ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ (until 2nd May à)		   Theatre, ‘Little Eagles’ (until 7th May à)
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
 
Passion Week – Orthodox Church Services in Glasgow/ Edinburgh (until Sun 24thà)
 
Theatre, ‘Chekhov Shorts’ (Whithorn)
 
Theatre, ‘Chekhov Shorts’ (Peebles)		     Good Friday (Bank Holiday)  
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)       Royal Wedding (Bank Holiday)  

 Regular Events in Scotland:

Orthodox Church Services:
 The following Scottish churches hold regular/semi-regular Orthodox services (all welcome):
·                     Glasgow: The Parish of St. Kentigern (Russian Orthodox). Services held in Govan Old Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 3UU.
 
·                     Edinburgh: Orthodox Community of St. Andrew (a mixture of Orthodox faiths). Services held in the Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NR.
 
 Every Sunday night Cafe Cossachok hosts a live concert featuring a mixture of Russian and Eastern European folk-songs and works by Russian classical composers. Booking essential.
-                     Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
 
·                     Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
 Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group whose performances are ‘acted’ by carved wooden figures and ingenious moving mechanical contraptions. Booking essential.
-                     Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD
 
Events in Glasgow:
·                        Thursday 7th April: Concert, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
 The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland gathers together some of the most talented young musicians from across Scotland, and gives them the opportunity to learn new skills, experiment with different types of music and experience performing live as part of a large orchestra. In the first half of this concert the National Children’s Orchestra of Scotland (8-14 years) will perform three pieces based on the theme of ‘heroes’ – including part of Prokofiev’s score for the classic Soviet comedy film ‘Lieutenant Kijé’; and in the second half, older members of the Jazz and Strings orchestras will play new works that they have composed themselves, with the help of NYOS director Malcolm Stewart. The skill of these young performers is breath-taking – don’t miss the chance to see them live!
-                     Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Main Auditorium), 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY
-                     7.30pm
-                     Tickets: £10.00-16.00
-                     To book, call 0141 353 8000 or click here
 
·                     Monday 11th – Saturday 16th April: Theatre, ‘The Dacha’
 Writer Helen Kluger and director Philip Howard present a new play about the struggles still being faced by many women in modern Russia, as seen through the eyes of two very different female characters. During her career, ‘Madam’ had been one of the greatest ballet teachers in Russia. Now in her eighties, she lives in a small Moscow flat on an even smaller pension and is attended to by Louba, an illiterate babushka. The two women depend on one another, but their relationship is to be torn apart by dramatic revelations about each of their pasts. Part of the ‘A Play, A Pie and A Pint’ series, wherein the ticket price includes a pre-show lunch of a home-made pie and a pint of beer in the Oran Mor bar.
-                     Oran Mor, 731-735 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX
-                     1.00pm daily
-                     Tickets: £8.00-12.50 (includes pie and pint)
-                     To book, contact 0141 357 6200 or email [email protected]
-                     More information:  http://playpiepint.com/?p=2447
 
·                     Monday 18th – Sunday 24th April: Russian Orthodox Easter Services in Glasgow
 The Russian Orthodox Parish of St. Kentigern, based in Govan, is holding a full programme of Passion Week services as follows:
-                     Great Monday (Monday 18th April):
-                     Matins, 6.30pm
-                     Great Tuesday (Tuesday 19th April):
-                     Matins, 6.30pm
-                     Great Wednesday (Wednesday 20th April):
-                     Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts, 10.30am
-                     Great Thursday (Thursday 21st April):
-                     Liturgy of St. Bazil the Great, 10.30am
-                     Matins – ‘The Twelve Passion Gospels’, 6.30pm
-                     Great Friday (Friday 22nd April):
-                     Vespers – ‘The Bringing Out of the Shroud of Christ’, 2.00pm
-                     Matins – ‘The Burial Procession’, 6.30pm
-                     Great Saturday (Saturday 23rd April):
-                     Liturgy of St. Bazil the Great/Blessing of the Food, 10.30am
-                     Matins of Pascha, 11.30pm
-                     Great Sunday (Sunday 24th April):
-                     Matins – ‘Divine Liturgy’, 0.00am
-                     ‘The Bright Resurrection of Christ’/’The Passover of the Lord’
-                     All welcome.
-                     Services held at: Govan Old Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 3UU
 
·                        Tuesday 19th – Saturday 23rd April: Ballet on Ice, The Imperial Icestars present ‘Swan Lake’
   After a breathtaking debut in Edinburgh in January, the Imperial Icestars return to Scotland for a new run of shows at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. They draw their members from the cream of Russian skating talent – among the 26-strong cast for this productionare athletes who have won medals at National, European and World Championship level. Their performances combine the skill and excitement of competition skating, with the grace and artistry of the very best ballet. Their version of ‘Swan Lake’, set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score, is being called both ‘beautiful’ and ‘jaw-dropping’ by critics, and promises to be a truly unforgettable experience!
-                     Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 3QA
-                     Performance times:
-                     Tuesday 19th – Saturday 23rd April: 7.30pm
-                     Matinees, Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st and Saturday 23rd ONLY: 2.30pm
-                     Tickets: £8.50-32.00 (2 tickets for the price of 1 offer available for some performances, see website for details)
-                     To book, call 0844 871 7647 or go online here
 
·                        Tuesday 5th – Friday 29th April: Exhibition, ‘I Spy with my Mind’s Eye...’ Olga Geoghegan
 This exhibition marks a welcome return to the Scotland Russia Institute for Olga Geoghegan, whose work was the subject of the Institute’s very first exhibition in 2008. Geoghegan was born in the town of Ukhta, in Russia’s frozen north, and studied in St. Petersburg, but she now lives and works in London. Alienation is one of the key themes of her moving and unsettling paintings, in which isolated figures and objects emerge from richly-coloured and -textured backgrounds reminiscent of Vermeer and Velasquez. Prior to this show, her artwork has been exhibited in Europe, Russia and America.
 
-                     Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
-                     Tuesday – Friday, 11.00am-4.00pm; Saturday, 1.30-4.00pm
-                     FREE
-                     More information: http://www.scotlandrussiaforum.org/exhibitions.html
 
·                     Friday 8th April: Talk, ‘Teaching in the Urals’ Doris McCann
 In 2010 SRF member Doris McCann responded to an advert from Kachkanar schoolteacher Andrei Putilov asking for volunteer English-language teachers and assistants to work at his school. She ended up spending a total of three months in the Urals, where she taught in a number of different schools. In this illustrated talk she will be sharing with the audience her fascinating and often hilarious experiences of everyday life in provincial Russia.
-                     Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
-                     7.30pm
-                     Tickets: £2(SRF members)/£5.00(non-members). Admission payable on the door, but prior booking is essential for this event as places are very limited.
-                     To book, contact the SRF on 0131 668 3635 or email [email protected]
-                     More information: http://www.scotlandrussiaforum.org/events.html
 
·                     Thursday 14th April: ЧайиЧат
 The Scotland Russia Forum is extending an open invitation to a morning of tea, cake and ‘sparkling Russian conversation’! This event is open to both native and non-native speakers.
-                     Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
-                     11.00am
-                     FREE, but contributions of cakes and snacks are welcome.
-                     More information: http://www.scotlandrussiaforum.org/events.html
 
·                     Monday 18th – Sunday 24th April: Orthodox Easter Services in Edinburgh
 The Orthodox Community of St. Andrew in Newington, Edinburgh, is holding a full programme of Passion Week services as follows:
-                     Great Monday (Monday 18th April):
-                     Matins, 6.30pm
-                     Great Tuesday (Tuesday 19th April):
-                     Matins, 6.30pm
-                     Great Wednesday (Wednesday 20th April):
-                     Service of Anointing, 6.30pm
-                     Great Thursday (Thursday 21st April):
-                     Vespers and Liturgy of St. Basil, 10.30am
-                     Service of the Passion of Our Lord (The Twelve Passion Gospels), 6.30pm
-                     Great Friday (Friday 22nd April):
-                     Vespers and ‘The Descent from the Cross’, 9.00am
-                     Service of the Lord’s Burial, 6.30pm
-                     Great Saturday (Saturday 23rd April):
-                     Liturgy of St. Basil, 10.30am
-                     Easter Vigil, 11.30pm
-                     Great Sunday (Sunday 24th April):
-                     Matins and Liturgy of Holy Pascha, 0.00am
-                     Second Paschal Liturgy, 10.30am
-                     All welcome.
-                     Services held at: Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NR
 
The Rest of Scotland:
·                     Wednesday 2nd February – Thursday 30th June: Exhibition, ‘Gomel: A Belarusian Town at War’, Aberdeen
 In 2010, Aberdeen and the Belarusian town of Gomel celebrated two decades of being twinned. Today, Gomel is a thriving, bustling city, but during the Second World War the city was devastated, both by fighting and by a brutal Nazi occupation that lasted from 1941 to ’43. This exhibition commemorates these dark years in the city’s history and contains a selection of unique items on loan from the Gomel Museum of Military Glory, as well as contemporary Red Army uniforms, equipment and weapons. When viewing these objects visitors are forced to consider the great sacrifice of the Belarusian people in the war (one third of the country’s population died in WWII), alongside recurring themes of resistance, the Holocaust and the role of women during the conflict.
-                     The Gordon Highlanders Museum, St. Luke’s, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen, AB15 7XH
-                     Tues-Sat, 10.00am-4.00pm
-                     Tickets: £5.00/£3.00 (concessions)/£2.00 (children)
-                     More information: http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/exhibits/
 
·                       Friday 1st, Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th April: Theatre, ‘ Chekhov Shorts’, Selkirk/Whithorn/Peebles
 In April the European Arts Company are touring the Scottish Borders with 5 short comedy plays by Anton Chekhov, dating from the very beginning of the great Russian playwright’s career. All of the plays are all full of ‘witty dialogue, pompous characters and fast-moving action’, and showcase Chekhov’s complete mastery of comic theatre. The programme for each performance includes the following plays: ‘The Proposal’, ‘The Bear’, ‘The Evils of Tobacco’, ‘Swan Song’ and ‘The Dimwit’.
-                     Friday 1st April: Selkirk
-                     Bowhill House and Country Park, Bowhill, Selkirk, TD7 5ET
-                     8.00pm
-                     Tickets: £12.00
-                     To book, contact 01750 722204 or go online here
-                     More information: http://www.bowhill.org/public/theatre/whatsonprogramme
-                     Monday 18th April: Whithorn
-                     The Swallow Theatre, Moss Park, Ravenstone, Whithorn, DG8 8RS
-                     7.30pm
-                     £8.00
-                     To book, contact 01988 850368
-                     More information: http://www.swallowtheatre.com/main.htm
-                     Tuesday 19th April: Peebles
-                     Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, Peebles, EH45 8AD
-                     7.30pm
-                     £14.00/£12.00 (concessions)
-                     To book, contact 01721 725777 or go online here
-                     More information: http://www.eastgatearts.com/?q=content/chekhovs-shorts
 
·                     Saturday 2nd April: Day of Russian Theatre, Tayport (Russian-language)
In Tayport, Fife, on Saturday 2nd April the amateur Russian-language theatre group ‘Slovo’ from Aberdeen will be performing two different, but equally lively and entertaining plays:
-                     11.30am: ‘Karlson: The Beginning’ (for children)
-                     5.30pm: ‘The Poet and his Muses’ (for adults)
Between the two performances there will also be a barbeque and picnic for the cast and audience in the Tentsmuir Forest (weather permitting.)
-                     Gregory Hall, 8 Queen Street, Tayport, Fife, DD6 9NR
-                     Tickets: £7.00 (adults)/£5.00 (children)
-                     Pre-booking is not essential, but tickets can be purchased in advance by phone on 07742 624807, or at Slavyanskiy Russian Food Store, 236 Blackness Road, Dundee, DD2 1RG
 
·                            Tuesday 12th April: Event, ‘Yuri’s Night’, Nairn
 This event is one of hundreds occurring around the world to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ever manned space-flight, piloted by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, on April 12th 1961. The highlight of the evening organised in Nairn is to be a screening of the film ‘First Night’, which features new high-definition footage of the Earth from space filmed by a satellite whose orbital path matchesthat of Gagarin’s ‘Vostok-1’ rocket, allowing the viewer to see exactly what he did all those years ago. There will also a be talk by Paul Jenkins of the Highlands Astronomical Society about early Soviet experiments with sending dogs and other animals into space, and (if the weather is clear) a walk under the night sky on the Nairn Links.
-                     Nairn Little Theatre, King Street, Nairn, IV12 4PD
-                     7.00pm
-                     Tickets: £7.00
-                     For more details and to book tickets, contact 01667 453038 (Pat) or 01667 456245 (Elena), or email [email protected]
-                     More information: http://highland-russia.livejournal.com/5415.html
 
The Rest of the UK:
·                     Tuesday 29th March – Saturday 23rd April: Musical, ‘Bed and Sofa’, London
 European premiere of the award-winning off-Broadway musical, based on Russian director Abram Room’s ground-breaking and controversial 1926 silent-movie comedy, ‘Bed and Sofa’. The plot presents a ménage-a-trois with a twist, based around the chronic housing shortage in Moscow in the early years of the Russian Revolution. Nikolai works and lives in a cramped apartment with his wife Ludmilla. However, when Nikolai’s friend Volodia arrives in the city with nowhere to stay, he is invited to share their flat, with surprising results..! This is a smart, funny and unique musical adaptation, but also an ‘eleganthomage’ to the silent movie genre – for example, all the dialogue and song lyrics are taken directly from the original film’s title-cards. Composer Polly Pen and lyricist Laurence Klavan both won Obie awards for their work on the musical when it premiered in New York.
-                     Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London, SW10 9ED
-                     Performance Times:
-                     Tuesday-Saturday: 7.30pm
-                     Matinees: Saturday and Sunday, 3.00pm
-                     Tickets: £11.00-18.00
-                     To book, phone 0844 847 1652, or go online here
-                      More information: http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productionsbedandsofa.htm
 
·                      Wednesday 23rd March – Sunday 29th May: Exhibition, ‘Practice for Everyday Life: Young Artists from Russia’, London
 Calvert-22 is the UK’s only not-for-profit foundation dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art and culture from Russia and Eastern Europe. In Practice for Everyday Life, a joint exhibition with the Institute for Contemporary Art in Moscow, they are proud to present new work in a variety of media by selection of artists from across Russia. It is hoped that the exhibition will both convey a vivid sense of current artistic practice in Russiaand introduce a new generation of artists to the UK. The artists featured at the exhibition are: Tanya Akhmetgalieva, Olga Bozhko, Alexander Ditmarov, Yulia Ivashkina, Sergey Ogurtsov, Taus Makhacheva, Anya Titova and Arseniy Zhilyaev.
-                     Calvert-22 Foundation, 22 Calvert Avenue, London, E2 7JP
-                     Wednesday – Saturday: 10.00am-6.00pm/Sunday: 11.00am-5.00pm
-                     FREE
-                     More information: http://www.calvert22.org/e/exhibition-programme/
 
·                     Friday 1st April: Lecture, Alexander Lipnitsky talks about Rock (Russian-language), London
 Alexander Lipnitsky is a legendary figure in Russian rock music history – he was one of the founding members of hugely influential group Zvuki Mu, and throughout the 1980s and ‘90s his Moscow apartment, nicknamed ‘The Rock Salon’, was a notorious hang-out for touring bands from across Russia. At this informal event Lipnitsky will be discussing the differing development of rock music in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the 1970s and ‘80s, using the careers of two important bands from those cities – his own Zvuki Mu, and St. Petersburg’s Akvarium – as examples. There will also be an open Q&A session after the talk. (The talk and discussion will both be conducted in Russian.)
-                     Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
-                     7.30pm.
-                     Tickets: £7.00/£5.00 (concessions)/FREE for ‘Friends of Pushkin House’
-                     To book, phone 020 7269 9770, or email [email protected].
-                     More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/alexander-lipnitsky-talks-about-rock
 
·                     Tuesday 5th April: Lecture, Stephen Pearl ‘Meta – Scripta…’, London
 Pushkin House welcomes Stephen Pearl back for the second in his occasional series of talks about the life of a simultaneous interpreter. Pearl is the former head of the English Interpretation Service at the UN and continues to translate from Russian, French and Spanish into English professionally. He has also worked for all the major US TV networks, including acting as the live interpreter ABC TV during the Reagan- and Bush-Gorbachev summit meetings held in Moscow and Washington in the late 1980s. In this lecture he will be talking about his long and varied career, and about the difficulties that face those who work in the field of simultaneous interpretation.
-                     Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
-                     7.30pm.
-                     Tickets: £7.00/£5.00 (concessions)/FREE for ‘Friends of Pushkin House’
-                     To book, phone 020 7269 9770, or email [email protected].
-                     More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/meta-scripta
 
·                       Thursday 7th – Saturday 16th April: Theatre, ‘The Tempest’ (Russian-language), London
 Part of the Chekhov International Festival. Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company was formed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981 and quickly became famous for its innovative interpretation of classic texts. In 1999 Donnellan and Ormerod were commissioned by the Chekhov International Theatre in Moscow to form a Russian-language ensemble, and in the ensuing decade this ‘sister-company’ has also won many awards of its own and performed all over the world, including to largely non-Russian-speaking audiences. For their latest production, Cheek by Jowl (Russia) have taken on ‘The Tempest’, Shakespeare’s ‘disturbing masque of power, control and illusion.’(In Russian, with English surtitles.)
-                     Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
-                     Performance Times:
-                     Monday-Saturday: 7.15pm
-                     Matinees: Saturday, 2.00pm
-                     Tickets: £21.00-26.00
-                     To book, phone 0207 638 8891, or go online here
-                      More information: http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=11506
 
·                     Thursday 7th – Thursday 28th April: PhotographyExhibition, ‘The Brest-Litovsk Fortress’, London
 This exhibition has been commissioned by Pushkin House to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus in the Second World War. Brest is an ancient town built on a convergence of trade routes, and as such has been the scene of conflict and confrontation for centuries. The city’s modern fortress was built in the wake of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812, and by 1914 it was the largest military complex in the Tsarist Empire. In the summer of 1941 it was site of the first major battle of WWII on the Eastern Front, during which the garrison held out for over a month despite being vastly outnumbered by their Nazi opposition. After the war it was named a ‘Hero Fortress of the Soviet Union’ in honour of this courageous act of defiance. This photographic exhibition tells the story of the Fortress before, during and after the war, and also details the post-war construction of monuments to those who lost their lives in the fighting. On
 
·                     Thursday 7th April there will also be a short talk by staff of the Brest-Fortress Museum (in Russian) and a screening of the film ‘Brest Fortress’ (7.00pm, tickets: £7.00/£5.00/FREE for ‘Friends of Pushkin House’.)
-                     Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
-                     Monday-Friday, 4.00-7.00pm
-                     FREE
-                     For further details or to book a ticket for the talk/film screening on April 7th, phone 020 7269 9770, or email [email protected].
-                     More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/brest-litovsk-fortress-photo-exhibition
 
·                     Sunday 10th April: Charity Concert, London International Orchestra ‘Russian Gala Concert’, London
   Conductor Toby Purser will be leading the London International Orchestra, featuring Sasha Grynyuk on piano, in a selection of classic pieces by Russian composers including Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian, Rachmaninov, Glinka and Tchaikovsky. All proceeds from the concert will go to support the ‘Children’s Burns Trust’, incorporating the ‘Friends of Russian Children’.
-                     Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DG
-                     7.00pm
-                     Tickets: £10.00-30.00
-                     To book, phone 020 7730 4500, or go online here
-                     More information: http://www.cadoganhall.com/showpage.php?pid=1439
 
·                     Monday 11th April: Event, ‘A Short History of Russian Literary Non-Conformism’, London
 The New Literary Observer (Новое литературноеобозрение) publishing group and Pushkin House present a packed evening of readings, debates and performances exploring powerful literary and musical ideas from various points in Russia’s long history, which did not meet with contemporary official approval. Among the many writers and artists participating in the night’s events will be poets Lev Rubinstein and Andrei Rodionov, prose writers Linor Goralik and Grisha Bruskin, and musicians Vladimir Tarasov and Alexei Kruglov.
-                     Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
-                     6.00- 11.00pm
-                     FREE, but prior booking is essential as space is very limited.
-                     To book, phone 020 7269 9770, or email [email protected].
-                     More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/a-short-history-of-russian-literary-non-conformism
 
·                       Monday 11th – Saturday 16th April: Event, London Book Fair ‘Russia: A New Chapter in a Great Tradition’, London
 The London Book Fair is an annual event that attracts the cream of the world’s writing talent to Earl’s Court, for a week of discussion, promotion and celebration of all things literary. The organisers have named Russia the ‘International Market Focus’ of the 2011 Fair, a decision made in recognition of the rapid growth of the publishing industry in Russia over the last two decades, and of the historical importance of literature in Russian culture and society. Over 50 Russian writers will be coming to London to take part in specially organised readings, Q&As and round-table discussions, including both established, internationally-recognised authors whose work has already appeared in translation, such as Boris Akunin and Sergei Lukyanenko, and up-and-coming names from the worlds of prose, poetry and non-fiction.
-                     Earl’s Court, Warwick Road, London, SW5 9TA
-                     Daily, 9.00am-6.30pm (9.00am-5.00pm – Wednesday 13th April only)
-                     Tickets: £40.00 (ticket price admits visitors to all events and exhibits at the Fair)
-                     For further details and to book tickets, phone 020 8271 2124, or go online here
-                     More information: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Link=1/t=m/goSection=1
                           : http://academia-rossica.org/en/literature/london-book-fair
 
·                     Wednesday 13th April: Business Event, RBCC – Just Networking,London
 The Russo-British Chamber of Commerce are holding their latest ‘Just Networking’ event at the Park Plaza Hotel in Central London on Wednesday 13th April. These events are designed to provide an opportunity for both Russian business representatives and UK companies working in Russia to meet and make new contacts in what is hopefully a relaxed and informal setting.
-                     Park Plaza Hotel, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Victoria, London, SW1V 1EQ
-                     6.30-9.00pm
-                     Cost: FREE to RBCC Members, £36.00 for non-members
-                     This event is open to all but places are limited, so early booking is essential. Please contact Chaslav Frim on 020 7931 6455, or by email at [email protected]. When booking, participants are also asked to include a short note of their business interests – this helps to make the evening more constructive and relevant.
 
·                     Thursday 14th April – Monday 2nd May: Opera, ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ (Russian-language), London
    Paul Curran directs Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterpiece ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ in it’s first-ever performance by the prestigious Royal Opera House. Rimsky-Korsakov’s story takes real Russian historical figures and uses them to weave a gripping fictional tale of betrayal and corruption. The opera begins with Tsar Ivan the Terrible choosing Marfa, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, as his new bride, a decision that unleashes a storm of romantic and political jealousy and spells disaster both for Marfa and everyone around her. The opera’s message – that those in power can control, and ultimately ruin, the lives of almost anyone they choose – is still extremely relevant today, and this, combined with the quality of the performances, makes ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ a completely unmissable piece of theatre! (In Russian, with English surtitles.)
-                     Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD
-                     Performance dates: April – 14th/18th/20th/23rd/27th/29th; May – 2nd
-                     Performance time: 7.00pm (all dates)
-                     Tickets: £36.00
-                     To book, phone 0207 304 4000 or go online here
-                     More information: http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/production.aspx?pid=13818
 
·                        Saturday 16th April – Saturday 7th May: Theatre, ‘Little Eagles’, London
 In another event to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit around the Earth, the Royal Shakespeare Company are staging an exciting new play by acclaimed writer Rona Munro. ‘Little Eagles’ tells the fascinating story of Sergei Korolyov, the chief designer and unsung hero of the Soviet space programme in the 1950s and ‘60s. Korolyov was a brilliant engineer with a passion for space flight, but who faced numerous professional and personal battles throughout his career - both in balancing his own scientific aims with the military demands of his political masters, and in coping with the knowledge that his quest to build bigger and better rockets forced him to put the lives of his pilots, his beloved ‘little eagles’, at greater and greater risk.
-                     Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 3EU
-                     Performance Times:
-                     Monday-Saturday: 7.30pm
-                     Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday ONLY, 2.30pm
-                     Tickets: £18.00-29.00 (£12.00 concessions)
-                     To book, phone 0207 722 9301, or go online here
-                      More information: http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/little-eagles/
 
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Events listings compiled by: Jenny Gazzard