Greetings, and welcome to our bulletin full of information on exciting Russian events.
RCS Haven is welcoming anyone who is interested in studying Russian language, literature and culture. We have English and Russian language lessons. There are a library, Art studio for children and Web-design Studio.
Also, the Centre provides consultations in law, finance and other aspects of work and business in Russia and Britain.
Wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
NEWS
New Year Carnival for children and parents
Dear friends,
We invite you to celebrate the New Year with us at the New Year Carnival that will be held on 16 December at 15-00 at Maryhill Burgh Halls, G20 8YE.
The Carnival will present the New Year adventure “A box of coloured pencils” prepared by our children (all classes will take part in the show).
The fair of handicrafts made by our children, traditional dancing in a circle, contests for children and adults are also in the programme of the Carnival.
There will be sweet treats and drinks organised for children.
The conclusion of the Carnival will be the awarding of the winners of the Drawing Contest “What can never be”.
Two halls will be at our disposal – a large one for the show and a separate one for mothers with small children.
The Carnival will be conducted in Russian but the concert programme and the adventure will have commentaries and explanations in English.
Ticket price for the child attending our school, including goodie bag and tea party for children is £10 with free entry for one accompanying parent. Ticket price for parents and children from our school, without goodie bag, is £3 each.
For invited friends the child’s ticket with goodie bag is priced at £12, ticket without goodie bag is £5.
Tickets are sold on Saturday from 11-00 to 14-00 in the Russian school located in Adelphi Centre. You can also book tickets by calling us on 0141 5522144 or sending e-mail to: [email protected]
If you have any questions regarding the tickets you can ask the representatives of the parents’ committee Olga Mirenskaya, Svetlana Vilgotskaya and Nadezhda Bubulchik.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Carnival!
VACANCIES
Police Scotland continues to encourage members of ethnic minorities to apply for the job and once again refers to the Russian-speaking community.
RCS Haven is looking for Russian and Chess teachers for the Saturday school.
Also, we are looking for volunteers.
The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from British and Russian employers. It can be accessed by clicking here,
EDUCATION
The School of Russian Centre in Scotland Haven
Classes for children are based on Russian teaching methods for primary school level native and non-native speakers.
In the current school year, lessons for all classes except the youngest take place between 11.00 and 2.00pm on Saturdays at - Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
Classes for children are based on Russian teaching methods for primary school level native and non-native speakers.
In the current school year, lessons for all classes except the youngest take place between 11.00 and 2.00pm on Saturdays at - Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
Russian classes for tests and exams
RCS Haven prepares students for taking tests and exams in the Russian language, and also conducts / organizes tests and exams: Russian for Life and Work Level 3 and level 4 (reg. No: SQA 3014177), and GCSE и GCE A Level in Russian (reg. No: EDEXCEL - 70233). Classes take place on Saturdays from 12.00. to 13.30 at Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
RCS Haven prepares students for taking tests and exams in the Russian language, and also conducts / organizes tests and exams: Russian for Life and Work Level 3 and level 4 (reg. No: SQA 3014177), and GCSE и GCE A Level in Russian (reg. No: EDEXCEL - 70233). Classes take place on Saturdays from 12.00. to 13.30 at Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
Art lessons for children are undergoing in RCS Haven.
Under supervision of experienced teachers, a professional artist and a specialist in early development, children study the basics of drawing and painting, language development and drama. All children are welcome on Fridays from 5:30pm till 7:30pm.
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144
Under supervision of experienced teachers, a professional artist and a specialist in early development, children study the basics of drawing and painting, language development and drama. All children are welcome on Fridays from 5:30pm till 7:30pm.
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144
Russian and English language courses for adults
Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.
Russian lessons on Mondays at Beginners from 17.30 to 19.00; Advanced from 19.00 to 20.00, Intensive Beginners group on Wednesdays from 18.00. to 19.30 (11 Duke Street) and Saturdays at 11.00 (Adelphi Centre).
Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.
Russian lessons on Mondays at Beginners from 17.30 to 19.00; Advanced from 19.00 to 20.00, Intensive Beginners group on Wednesdays from 18.00. to 19.30 (11 Duke Street) and Saturdays at 11.00 (Adelphi Centre).
English lessons on Thursdays at 19.00.
Russian Centre in Scotland Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, [email protected]
DECEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR
Events in Scotland
Wednesday - Sunday
Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group. Their beautifully carved figures perform an incredible dance to haunting music and synchronised light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human life and spirit.
103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD. T.: +44 (0)141 5527080
3 December, 11.00am
Café de la Poste.
Sparkling Russian/English conversation over tea and cakes.The group meets on the first Thursday of the month.
No charge apart from any drinks and cakes you choose to purchase. Open to all - no need to book. Just turn up and you will be warmly welcomed by the group. For more information please contact [email protected] Tel. 0131 560 1486. There won't be a January meeting but the group expects to meet on 1 February. This is not yet confirmed. Café de la Poste, 41 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9NZ.
3 December
Multi-award-winning post-rock Scottish composer and song-writer R.M. Hubbert (aka Hubby) performs his brand new guitar score, commissioned by HippFest, for this pared-back 1926 Soviet Western - By the Law. Legendary director Lev Kuleshov adapted a short story by Jack London, fashioning a tense, existential study of moral pressure.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with R.M. Hubbert.
Filmhouse. 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ Edinburgh
Russkaya Cappella, Concert7 December, 7.30pm
Celebratory Concert: 100 Years of Teaching Russia at the University of Glasgow.
Scotland’s Russian choir is one of the few choirs in the UK specializing in Russian choral music.
Glasgow University Memorial Chapel.
Free entry
7 – 23 December
“Once upon a time and far far away there were 25 tin soldiers. Brothers. Because they were all born from one single spoon. One spoon! That must have been one flipping big spoon. Enormous. Have you ever thought?” Each show makes creative use of Audio Description and British Sign Language and captions
“Once upon a time and far far away there were 25 tin soldiers. Brothers. Because they were all born from one single spoon. One spoon! That must have been one flipping big spoon. Enormous. Have you ever thought?” Each show makes creative use of Audio Description and British Sign Language and captions
Relaxed performances will take place at 2pm on Wed 13 & Sat 16 December
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company bring you an exciting retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s first ever children’s story. The Tin Soldier is about two people who find each other in a rough tough world, although, like winter, nothing lasts forever. Written by acclaimed writer of young persons theatre Mike Kenny (The Railway Children) and featuring designs by award-winning Russian puppet designer Victor Nikonenko, BOP’s new Christmas show is a magical tale of derring do, devotion and never giving up. The Edinburgh Festival Theatre. 13-29 Nicolson St, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company bring you an exciting retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s first ever children’s story. The Tin Soldier is about two people who find each other in a rough tough world, although, like winter, nothing lasts forever. Written by acclaimed writer of young persons theatre Mike Kenny (The Railway Children) and featuring designs by award-winning Russian puppet designer Victor Nikonenko, BOP’s new Christmas show is a magical tale of derring do, devotion and never giving up. The Edinburgh Festival Theatre. 13-29 Nicolson St, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
9 December 17.00
Organised by Khatapuri Bakery. Please join us for a Christmas Tea Party. We will have xmas tea party, filled with festive season atmosphere. Lots of nibbles, Khatapuri, cakes and mulled wine. Dress in your fanciest Christmas Jumper and have a chance to join our Festive Photo Session.
Avant Garde, 34-44 King Street, Merchant City, G1 5QT Glasgow, United Kingdom
Russkaya Cappella. Lunchtime Christmas Concert16 December, 1pm
Russkaya Cappella’s repertoire includes a varied selection of Russian choral music in different styles and from several centuries.
The choir sings in Russian, Church Slavonic and occasionally in other languages.
Renfield St Stephens Parish Church.
260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JP
Free Entry, Donations Gratefully Received
Events in the rest of the UK
13 October – 17 December
The exhibition Dmitri Prigov. Theatre of Revolutionary Action at Calvert 22 Space reflects on the different ways theatricality and performance influenced Prigov’s oeuvre, focusing primarily on his work after the fall of the Soviet Union. Part of the The Future Remains: Revisiting Revolution season at Calvert 22 Foundation marking the centenary of 1917, the exhibition looks back on the Soviet experiment and the ways Prigov harnessed ideological, philosophical and mystical languages to address themes of chaos, change and death. Calvert 22, 22 Calvert Ave, London E2 7JP
22 November – 23 December
Directed by Lucy Bradley.
Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose comes to Arcola for the first time with a new English version of Tchaikovsky’s sweeping opera, Eugene Onegin.
With a narrative that is both romantic and thought-provoking, the central character is the fiercely intelligent but naïve Tatyana, whose entanglement with Onegin results in a wiser, sadder but ultimately self-reliant heroine.
This new chamber version will transpose the story of Tatyana’s sexual awakening to the early 1960s, a world on the cusp of the women’s liberation movement when new thinking fought against the old ways. Infatuation and self-control do battle in well-tailored world of sleek suits, with seasonal allusions to the snow-swept Russian landscape of the original.
This is a coming-of-age story, a requiem for lost innocence and triumphant celebration of hard-won independence – told through some of the most glorious vocal music ever written. Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL
4 - 8 December
Organiser: UCL SSEES and The TUC (Trades Union Congress) Library.
In the years following 1917, the aftershocks of the Russian Revolution fundamentally reshaped the politics of the British left.
Amidst the turmoil that extended from the end of the First World War in 1918 to the General Strike in 1926, events in Russia seemed, in the eyes of many, to offer new possibilities for political, social and economic change.
This exhibition draws on the TUC Library’s extensive collections. UCL SSEES, 16 Taviton Street, WC1H 0BW London
5 -10 December
Project Polunin presents SATORI, a very special mixed multimedia programme at the London Coliseum this December, presented by world-famous ballet star Sergei Polunin.
Performances between 5-9 December feature First Solo, a new short ballet starring Sergei, and created by award-winning choreographer Andrey Kaydanovskiy; Scriabiniana, with backing by a full orchestra, is the London premiere of the most complete version of Kasyan Goleizovsky’s ballet suite; and we finish with the world premiere of Satori, choreographed by Sergei, directed by Gabriel Marcel del Vecchio and with an original score by multi-award-winning composer Lorenz Dangel.
On Sunday 10 December only, the programme will include the ground-breaking solo Take Me To Church. London Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4ES
7 December 19.30
Nikolaj Znaider takes on the roles of both conductor and soloist to explore the compelling links between Mozart and Tchaikovsky.
These two composers were born into different musical worlds, but despite their unique voices – the elegance and grace of Mozart, the tempestuous drama of Tchaikovsky – there are intriguing links between them. In fact, Tchaikovsky revered the beauty of his predecessor's music so much that he described Mozart as a 'musical Christ'. Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
8 December 19.15
Ilona Domnich - Soprano, Paul Whelan - Bass Baritone
Gabriel Woolf - Speaker, Nigel Foster - Pianist. A commemoration of the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution in words and music incorporating eyewitness accounts of that turbulent time, including the writings of Arthur Ransome, with songs by Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and others. Hinde Street Methodist Church, 19 Thayer Street, London, W1U 2QJ
10 December 19.00
Chelsea Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra. This is no ordinary Christmas Eve. At its heart is a love story. Rimsky-Korsakov applies all his gifts of local, folk-inflected colour, acuteness of character, musical invention and scintillating orchestration, bringing to life an array of village oddballs and a scenario that bristles with vitality, magic and a thoroughly Russian atmosphere of enchantment. Concert performance in English. 5.45pm: Pre-concert talk by Geoffrey Norris. Cadogan Hall. 5 Sloane Terrace. London SW1X 9
Private Investor: Russia & CIS11 - 12 December
Leading wealth-management conference helping Russian HNWIs to achieve investment goals in a rapidly changing world. Key topics:
Focus on investing in alternatives asset classes and private equity.
New: investing in CRYPTOCURRENCIES. Pros and cons.
Main changes in 2017 & 2018: Private bankers & wealth managers discuss changes and possible solutions for their clients
Today's portrait of Russian Private investors + case studies of investments
Update on Russia: CFC rules, CURRENCY REGULATIONS and other important laws in practice.
Transparency and international information exchange - New rules: will banking, private wealth management and fiduciary services have to change?
Structured business networking: with Russian family offices and private bankers.
The Waldorf Hilton, London, WC2B 4DD
17 December
EduChess Chess School has been involved in professional chess education for kids and adults since 2011. EduChess has 80 branches across Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, and other cities in Russia. This is possible because various kids’ educational centres are willing to collaborate with the school.
Over the years, EduChess Chess School has proved to deliver a high level of teaching and was listed in the Russian Chess Federation database. Hands in Pasta , Family-friendly authentic Italianrestaurant . 2 Holcombe St, London W6 9JR
28 – 31 December
For the first time ever, Birmingham Royal Ballet brings this Christmas favourite to the Royal Albert Hall. This magical ballet, with its ravishing Tchaikovsky score, is the quintessential Christmas treat for all the family.
The spectacular staging has been created especially for the Royal Albert Hall with Simon Callow as the voice of Clara’s mysterious godfather, Drosselmeyer. Video and projection by Tony-Award-winning 59 Productions (An American in Paris, War Horse) and gorgeous period costumes conjure up a spellbinding fantasy world, in which Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 70 superb dancers and a full symphony orchestra weave their magic.
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP
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