RCS Haven E-Bulletin - November 2017

  

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).

From October 2017 the venue will change to Café de la Poste, 41 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9NZ.

The multi award-winning international sensation returns to Scotland by popular demand!

Having wowed audiences in 2011, this truly unique theatrical adventure is filled with heart, humour and stunning spectacle, promising a breath-taking multisensory delight. A wonder of a show that is equally enjoyed by adults and families alike, Slava’s Snowshow has entertained audiences in over 80 countries receiving universal worldwide acclaim. Enter Slava’s snowy world for a once in a life time, joyous, fun packed event culminating in a blizzard that puts you firmly at the centre of the action!

Michael Kerins in conjunction with children from School 139 for partially sighted and blind children in Perm Russia presents paintings and chalk drawings based on the poems of the late Emma Scullion. Emma had a diagnosis of cancer as a toddler and died aged 25 in 2015.  All the children whose work is exhibited are registered blind, capturing the spirit and the wit of Emma's poems.

Scottish Storytelling Centre Storytelling Court

8 November 18.00
An event to mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

Former BBC and 'Sunday Times' Moscow correspondent Angus Roxburgh looks at the legacy of communism and Russia's place in the world today.

In conversation with 'Sunday Herald' foreign editor David Pratt, he introduces his new book, 'Moscow Calling', a memoir of 45 years' studying and working in Russia.
Venue: A National Library of Scotland and Cable Dialogues event, in association with the Scotland-Russia Forum. https://www.scotlandrussiaforum.org/talks.html.

National Library of Scotland Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW

University of Glasgow - an academic conference organized by postgraduate students in the Erasmus Mundus International Master’s Russian, Central, and East European Studies programme with support from academic staff in the department for Central and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow.  
Contact Qiaoyun Peng at [email protected]

Malkhaz Erkvanidze, the renowned songster and musical director of the marvellous men’s ensemble Sakhioba, will be visiting the UK again soon and will be giving us a workshop on 11th NOVEMBER at Haddington Place, Edinburgh. This will be a full day event and the price will be reasonable.  More information from the Edinburgh Georgian Choir nearer the time. Contact Frances Priest ([email protected]) with any queries / provisional bookings.

 

A literary lunch hosted by Moffat Russian Conferences
Pam Wardell talking about her book ‘A Very Private Affair’, about her aunt and doomed (shot in Stalin’s 1930s purges) Soviet writer Boris Pilnyak’s love affair.
Annandale Arms Hotel, High Street, DG10 9HF Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway £22.50 per head.

Booking direct with the hotel 01683220013 or 

Russian Film Week is a festival showcasing modern Russian films to the UK and international audience and, simultaneously, is a series of workshops and Q&As with industry professionals (directors, actors, producers) dedicated to nurturing young talent internationally, as well as promoting Russian-British coproductions.
The festival's patrons include Elliot Grove, the founder of the Raindance Film Festival, Eduard Pichugin, the board member of the Union of Cinematographers in Russia and General Director of Lenfilm Studios, as well as Ralph Fiennes and Brian Cox among others.
This year the festival is also supported by the BFI, British Council and the Russian Ministry of Culture.
The Edinburgh programme has been arranged by Russian Film Week and the University of Edinburgh Dashkova Centre with the support of the Scotland-Russia Forum. You can find more information about Russian Film Week at http://www.russianfilmweek.org

 

by The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre

Shown in Russian with English subtitles.

He considers himself a genius but the publishers refuse to print his works. He loves women but they don’t always understand him. Constantly without money and out of touch with reality. The elegant fop Daniil Yuvachov names himself Kharms - a name just as effective as his appearance. Loosely based on the biography of Daniil Kharms, the renowned Russian absurdist author of the beginning of the 20th century. Screening Room, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 50 George Square, EH8 9JU

Shown in Russian with English subtitles (15+)

Mikhail Nosov is an ordinary working man. His lonely life consists of operating the factory machinery, watching TV, surfing the net  in his tiny rented flat and dirty clubbing. One day Nosov meets a prostitute who calls herself Diana. She moves in with him and becomes his full-time escort. After getting to know the ‘real’ Diana, Nosov’s life, his habits and priorities are changed forever. Screening Room, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 50 George Square, EH8 9JU

Shown in Russian with English subtitles

Set inside the confines of an apartment, a drama is played out between family members, mixed with a hidden blind faith in a miracle, following a visit of a devout grandmother. Amongst this family madness, a tragic love story of a teenage girl unfolds.

The film screening is followed by Q&A with actor Valentin Samohin and director of photography and producer Screening Room, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 50 George Square, EH8 9JU

 

Performance in Russian, with English subtitles. This critically acclaimed production of Chekhov's famous play is "not your grandmother's production" (Michele Berdy). Anton Chekhov’s first of four major plays dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between its four main characters: Boris Trigorin, a well-known writer, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the would-be playwright Konstantin Tréplev. Yury Butusov's frenetic production abounds in an incredible freedom and openness, delving deep into the throes of artistic creation and the anguish of the artist who struggles to find a language of his own. This is not only a performance about the theatre, it is an anthology of the theatre that devours its children like monsters. Praise for this production of The Seagull: "Butusov made it seem as though the play actually takes shape before our eyes on the stage of the Satirikon Theater. As if Chekhov words are being written, or rewritten, right there on the spot... You'll have to see this extraordinary production" (John Freedman) Screening Room, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 50 George Square, EH8 9JU