RCS Haven E-Bulletin - June 2016

"Orange Soup" is a story where the protagonist is a family.

The author, Vera Mir,  shared her thoughts on how it is possible to live harmoniously despite being surrounded by instability and ambiguity. Repairing a relationship is possible at any stage. Family, according to the author, is not simply people coexisting but a kind of sacred unity.

The work of  Vera Mir occupies a special place: it is located at the intersection of fiction literature, psychology and philosophy.

The book will be undoubtedly interesting to a wide audience, including children and adolescents.

There is no electronic version of "Orange Soup".

The book is available in central Moscow bookstores, online stores OZON, Labyrinth and others.

Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 3pm

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

 

2 June, 7.00 PM

Lecture. Jo Vickery, International Director of Russian Art, Sotheby’s, presents the work of key Russian artists from 1945 to today, with reference to the rise of new private institutions and foundations and what they are collecting.

Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE

 

2-6 June

Annual festival promoting Russian literature in Europe brings together writers and poets to celebrate one of the most famous romantic poets. If you happen to write poems in Russian or just love poetry, why not take part or visit the annual Pushkin in Britain festival. Rossotrunichestvo, Russian Embassy in the UK invite Russian literature lovers in London and Cambridge to join the 5-days celebrations of Pushkin's birthday with this festival.

 

3-10 June

Russian Art Week is a bi-annual event which takes place in May and November. The major auction houses of Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams and MacDougall’s all join together to present a series of Russian sales in London. Several Russian exhibitions and related cultural events also take place.

 

3-26 June

London’s National Portrait Gallery and Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery are sending each other portraits of their respective countries’ national elites as part of a double exhibition to commemorate the museums’ 160th anniversaries. Visitors to London will be able to enjoy the exhibition “Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky” at the National Portrait Gallery from March 17- June 26. A programme of special events including talks, tours, workshops, life music, life drawing and an international conference complements the exhibition.

Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE

 

5 June, 6.00 PM

Inimitable and always different Tatyana Vasilyeva and humorous Stanislav Sadalsky in the play " The Only Woman in the Room!" The play brings all the spectators in the small office, where men company is trying to prepare the feast for their women. In the process of preparing men rehearse dances and songs for the women's team. Office cleaner helps them to solve this difficult problem and gives advice. This musical comedy with lots of dances, songs and carnival disguises, deliver the viewer great pleasure!

Logan Hall, Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way – London, WC1H 0AL

 

7 June, 8.00 PM

Solaris (Russian: Солярис, tr. Solyaris) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction art film adaptation of Polish author Stanisław Lem's novel Solaris (1961). The film was co-written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

Deptford Cinema, 39 Deptford Broadway, London SE8 4PQ

 

7 June, 7.30 PM

During her lifetime Nadezhda Teffi (1872-1952) was widely read; her admirers including not only Bunin, Bulgakov and Zoshchenko, but also both Lenin and the last tsar. In pre-revolutionary Russia, candies and perfumes were named after her; after the Revolution, her stories were published and her plays performed throughout the Russian diaspora. Like Nabokov, Platonov and many other great Russian prose writers, Teffi was a poet who turned to prose but continued to write with a poet’s sensitivity to tone and rhythm.

5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

 

7 June, 8.00 PM

Following their acclaimed debut Waters So Deep – named by The Telegraph as one of the Best Folk Albums of 2014, the “unique and innovative folk quartet” KARA are releasing their sophomore album – Some Other Shore – in June 2016 with a UK tour.

The Russian-born lead vocalist Daria Kulesh has “one of the most refined and enjoyable voices around”, backed by an “interesting and strikingly different” combination of instruments: hammered dulcimer, accordion and guitar. Fusing original material with Russian and British folk for a rich mix of songs and tunes.

The Musician Pub, 42 Crafton Street West (off Clyde Street), Leicester, LE1 2DE

 

7 June, 18:00

The BEARR Trust is marking its 25th Anniversary by looking at key developments in our region over that period, and prospects for the future. This year’s Annual Lecture, kindly hosted once again by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN

 

10 June, 7.00 PM

Russian rockers Moral Codex make their London debut at Under the Bridge. Founded in 1989, the band has gained popularity through their winning combination of big beat, rock ’n’ roll and blues alongside classic rock. As part of a solo concert in London, the group will perform all of the familiar old songs and new material from the sixth studio album "Winter" that  was released in 2014.

Under the Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road. London SW6 1HS

 

12 June, 7.30 PM

Sveshnikov State Choir presents a program made specifically for the first solo concert in London. It will be choral works based on Shakespeare's heritage and English poetry, as well as the most outstanding choral pieces, created in Russia for the last 300 years - from Tchaikovsky and Degtyareva to folk songs. Includes works by Prokofiev and Shostakovich, whose anniversaries are celebrated widely this year.

Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

 

18 June, 7.00 PM

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya – living classic of Russian literature - prose writer, playwright, poet. Petrushevskaya texts were practically banned in the Soviet Union: the first book of the author, already widely famous thanks to the theater, Samizdat and a single journal articles, published only in 1988, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the writer. Petrushevskaya famous worldwide as "perhaps the most important living Russian writer» (New York Times), winner of the Fantasy World Award (2012) and author of the bestseller "Once there was a woman who wanted to kill the child of her neighbor" (released in the Penguin series Classics). And also Petrushevskaya sings - in nightclubs, theaters, concert halls of Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro, New York and Paris. And along the way manages to draw comics, cartoons, dance, tap dance, rap - and not going to stop.

The Tabernacle - 34-35 Powis Square, London, W11 2AY

 

21 June, 7.30 PM

Regular co-writers and best friends, "accident" of the Russian stage – Alexei Kortnev and Sergei Chekryzhov - for the first time on the London stage with an acoustic program "A special case."

Under the Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS

 

22 June, 8.20 PM

The Event was made by Sergei Loznitsa. The film presents the historical footage following the failed communist coup in Moscow that took place in August 1991 and essentially led to the fall of the Soviet Union. The Event reflects the optimism about “the birth of Russian democracy” and asks the question - what is it that happened in the last two decades? Loznitsa’s view on the events of 1991 is objective and sober; the documentary translates both the feelings of people’s bewilderment and the hope for better future.

Open City Docs, UCL, 14 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW

 

23 June, 7.30 PM

Andrei Gavrilov’s unique and unforgettable performance with the Bristol Ensemble in 2014 brought the Colston Hall to its feet in what one audience member described as ‘an explosion of delight’ following ‘an extraordinary dynamic connection with audience and orchestra alike’. Expect a similarly gripping, intense, energetic, passionate rollercoaster ride from this virtuosic Russian soloist when he returns to perform three demanding concertos in one evening – Rachmaninov’s Second, Prokofiev’s First and Ravel’s Concerto for Left Hand.

Colston Hall, Colston St, Bristol BS1 5AR

 

25 June, 7.30 PM

Seventy-five years ago in October 1941 at the height of World War II, the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich began writing one of the most famous works to be borne out of war. The first performance was given in Kuibyshev on March 5 1942.

St David's Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AH

 

30 June, 7.30 PM

Multi award-winning Russian classical ballerina Natalia Osipova is a major star in the dance world. She started formal ballet training at age 8, joining the Bolshoi Ballet at age 18 and dancing many of the art form’s biggest roles. After leaving the Bolshoi in 2011, she joined American Ballet Theatre as a guest dancer and later the Mikhailovsky Ballet. She joined The Royal Ballet as a principal in 2013 after her guest appearance in Swan Lake.

Sadler's Wells Theatre & the Lilian Baylis Studio, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN