RCS Haven E-Bulletin - July 2016

18-25 September.

The event is realising in order to preserve the spiritual and cultural heritage of Russia abroad through education of the younger generation of compatriots across the world to ensure the continuity of Russian traditions.

 

The program is intended for participants aged from 12 to 17 years and designed in such a way as to ensure maximum involvement of participants in the all actions of the event.

 

Big part of the program will include master classes in acting, plastic education, fine arts. It also provides interactive performances and exhibitions, theatrical tours around St. Petersburg and its museums, meetings with actors of St. Petersburg theaters and famous people of St. Petersburg.

 

Taking into account the age of the young people, the Committee provides escort by the teachers of theatrical art, Russian culture, Russian language and literature from the schools of the partner country during the event.  Series of workshops on cultural education for accompanying are planned.

 

Participants independently acquire a ticket to St. Petersburg and back. Accommodation, catering, cultural and educational programs and necessary expenses will be provided from the budget of the Administration of St. Petersburg.

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

 

27 May – 11 September

With their perfect synthesis of typography, design and illustration, Soviet children’s books in the 1920s and 1930s revolutionised the picture book form against a turbulent political backdrop. Subjects ranged from folk tales and contemporary children's verse to books on the modern world and Soviet education. The exhibition will explore this period of unprecedented innovation, from the pre-revolutionary 'Silver Age' of Russian illustration to the pioneers of Soviet children's publishing.

House of Illustration, 2 Granary Square, King's Cross London N1C 4BH

 

1 July

The Russian Menu will be created specifically for this event by Alissa Timoshkina. To accompany Alissa’s feast for the senses will be The Brighton Russian Choir, lead by Polina Shepherd. The award winning Brighton & Hove Russian Choir promotes Russian harmony singing and traditional Russian repertoire.

Cafe Noor, 32 Egremont Place, Brighton, BN2 0GA

 

1-17 July

London based Russian alto saxophonist and composer Zhenya Strigalev is one of the rising stars of the European jazz scene and he is fast building a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic for his exhilarating take on contemporary jazz. Trio featuring the extraordinary US bassist Michael Janisch (Joe Lovano, Miguel Zenon, Gary Husband) and first-call Spanish drummer Marc Ayza (Jason Linder, Greg Osby) to blend the lines between jazz, funk, rock, electronica and improv in a genre mish-mash of high calibre interplay and raw emotion.

Tour around UK

 

3 July, 2.30 pm

Only children and poets can see the world in all its witty splendour.  And especially children's poets! Which, as good wizards, are able to transform the most boring in the most fun and exciting.  Grigory Oster, the author of the famous "bad advice", is on these magicians. 

Rossotrudnichestvo in United Kingdomб 37 Kensington High Street, London, Fl 1st

 

3 July, 11 am

An impressive technique and an impulsive romantic expression, which have been a hallmark of so many Russian pianists including Rachmaninov and Horovitz'- Fanfare

(USA).  London-based Russian pianist Konstantin Lapshin, a prize-winner in more than 15 national and international competitions, is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the Royal College of Music.

The Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP

 

5 July, 6.30 pm

Hamlet (Russian: Гамлет, tr. Gamlet) is a 1964 film adaptation in Russian of William Shakespeare's play of the same title, based on a translation by Boris Pasternak. It was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Iosif Shapiro, and stars Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Prince Hamlet.

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

6 July, 7.30 pm

Join us for a talk with Joseph Backstein, one of the leading curators in Russia over the last 30 years, and former Commissioner of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Joseph will talk about curating in Russia and how this role has changed since he began. He will also talk about the history, development and significance of the Biennale over the last 12 years, its important role as a reflector of the global contemporary art scene as well as its great impact within Russia and Internationally.

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

8 July, 7 pm

Unforgettable songs from classic Russian and Soviet films, known and loved by everyone in Russia and everyone with a passion for Russian film. Igor Outkine (vocals, one-man band and accordion) of Mazaika, performs legendary hits.

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

23 July, 7pm

After massive sold-out shows in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, followed by the highly successful Takeover 2016 tour across Russia and Belarus, Oxxxymiron is now coming to play European venues for the first time. This summer one of the most popular and critically acclaimed Russian hip-hop artists, who spent most of his life in Germany and Britain, is going on a long-awaited month-long European tour fittingly titled "Back to Europe".

Student Central, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY London

 

26 July, 7pm

Join the leading lights of Pushkin House for an evening of poetry, music and song, celebrating the life of Russia's most famous poet and our namesake.

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA