Theatre

New adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 23/12/2019 10:00 AM

Harold Pinter Theatre 's new production Read More

EUGENE ONEGIN (ENCORE)

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 14/12/2019 10:00 AM

The screening of The Vakhtangov Theatre's performance Read More

The new heartbreaking retelling of Chekhov’s Classic

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 06/12/2019 10:30 AM

The daring adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters Read More

Theatre of Nations’ rendition of Ivanov in London

BY Jagger Biggs POSTED 30/10/2019 10:01 AM

The Theatre of Nations brings its adaptation of Chekhov’s Ivanov to the Barbican Read More

Shukshin’s Stories by The Theatre of Nations Performed at The Barbican

BY Jagger Biggs POSTED 16/10/2019 10:00 AM

Theatre of Nations in London Read More

Legendary Konstantin Raikin – Concert in London

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 10/10/2019 10:00 AM

Performance of legendary Russian actor and theatre director Read More

23 Istanbul Theatre Festival

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 27/09/2019 10:00 AM

4 productions from Russia Read More

Doctor Zhivago: a new musical

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 24/08/2019 10:00 AM

New adaptation of Russian literature classics Read More

Gogol Centre interprets Russian classics on Israeli scene

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 22/08/2019 10:00 AM

A daring force of Russian avant-garde theatre Read More

Theatre of Nations: Shukshin’s Stories

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 04/08/2019 9:10 AM

Ingenious dramatisation of Vasily Shukshin’s pithy short stories Read More

Ivanov: Theatre of nations production

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 30/07/2019 10:00 AM

Contemporary update of Anton Chekhov’s drama Read More

New Adaptation of Vassa Zheleznova

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 29/07/2019 10:00 AM

New adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s Read More

A Very Expensive Poison: The story of Alexander Litvinenko

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 24/07/2019 10:38 AM

The story of a shocking assassination Read More

Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Top Pick

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 22/07/2019 10:40 AM

What to see at Edinburgh Fringe Festival Read More

IVAN AND THE DOGS

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 08/07/2019 10:12 AM

Hattie Naylor’s moving play Read More

Music Box Masquerade

BY Alisa Goz POSTED 30/06/2019 11:00 AM

Review of the recent performance of Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre in NYC Read More

Lev Dodin on why the theatre is so important today

BY Marina Maximova POSTED 18/06/2019 8:06 AM

Interview with the director of St Petersburg Maly Drama Theatre Lev Dodin Read More

Luminous retelling of Chekhov’s masterpiece ‘Three Sisters’

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 04/05/2019 2:13 PM

Maly Drama Theatre returns to London Read More

New stage adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 23/04/2019 10:00 AM

Crime and Punishment in a razor sharp award-winning version Read More

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 20/04/2019 10:00 AM

Outrageous dark comedy Read More

BITESIZE CHEKHOV

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 17/04/2019 10:00 AM

Chekhov as you’ve never seen before Read More

This Season at New York City Center

BY Alisa Goz POSTED 01/04/2019 2:04 PM

3 performances to see in NYC Read More

An unconventional all-female adaptation of Anna Karenina

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 01/04/2019 1:10 PM

The unconventional all-female adaptation of Anna Karenina Read More

New rewrite of Chekhov’s Three Sisters is staged in London

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 29/03/2019 10:00 AM

New adaptation of the famous Russian play Read More

EXCLUSIVE ONE TIME ONLY PERFORMANCE MISHA & LENA

BY Russian Art & Culture POSTED 18/03/2019 1:01 PM

Leading Russian theatre Teatr.doc in London Read More

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🎵 Stravinsky's symphony of Psalms at Southbank 🎶

Enjoy your Sunday with Classical Music at the South Bank

Crouch End Festival Chorus sings you through ambitious music of the changing 20th century, from Glass, Stravinsky and Ives.

@londonchamberorchestra
The concert takes place on 2 February 2020 at Queen Elizabeth Hall @southbankcentre

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➡️ The new wave of Russian cultural protest 🇷🇺 From the ’60s to the ’80s samizdat literature, non-conformist visual arts and underground music have all been vital and powerful tools of anti-Soviet and anti-totalitarian resistance. Following the fall of the Communist empire the cultural paradigm drastically changed, but not for long: the 2010s brought new inspiration for cultural protest and many new forms. The turbulent contemporary art scene in Russia presents a mix of traditional dissident forms, including protest songs and theatre, but also a dizzying array of new trends, from actionist artists to radical rappers. Cultural commentator, journalist and enfant terrible of the Russian music scene Artemy Troitsky, will reveal and explain the shape and thrust of cultural protest in Russia today.

The event is on 4 February 2020 at @pushkinhouselondon

For more information visit our website 🌐

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🇷🇺 Russian art at BRAFA ART FAIR 🎨

Galerie W. Apolloni SRL
In the 1980s, during the conservation and restoration work in the State historical museum of Moscow, a valuable collection of sculptures was discovered. Among them were marble busts of Antonio Canova, Joachim Murat and his wife Carolina Bonaparte. According to the museum catalogue, they were able to find out that these portraits were part of the collection of Peter Ivanovich Schukin, who
acquired them from the St. Petersburg antiquarian Mikhail Mikhailovich Savostin. It turned out that the had acquired them from Alexander Yakovlevich Jacobson, and initially the work had come from the collection of Anatoly Nikolaevich Demidov, the husband of the daughter of the brother of Napoleon I. Being a big fan of the Emperor, Demidov acquired the residence of Napoleon on the Elbe and created a museum there.
There are famous plaster casts of these portraits in the workshop of Antonio Canova in Possagno. The works presented at BRAFA come from the Wittelsbach collection.

BRAFA art fair starts on January 26

For more information visit @brafaartfair and follow our posts!

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🎥 An Evening of Stories about the Communities in South Caucasus 🎬

An evening of short documentary film screenings and discussions covering stories about women, rural communities, minorities, and conflict-affected groups in the South Caucasus.

The event is on at @pushkinhouselondon on January 31st at 19.00h

For the full list of shorts visit our website!

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🎶 Gift of Life Gala 💕

On January 13th, 2020, London’s @thesavoylondon hosted the ninth annual @gift_of_life_charity Gala to raise funds to help severely ill children. The evening raised over £720,000 for the purchase of medications and surgeries for children with oncological diseases in Russian hospitals.

The charity auction that traditionally concludes a Gift of Life gala was conducted by @alexey_agranovich. This year, the main lots for guests to compete for were: the premieres of the play “Gorbachev”, starring Yevgeny Mironov and @chulpanofficial, in Moscow and Riga, a week-long course at Nika Belotserkovskaya’s school in Provence, a safari in South Africa organised by Thanda Royal Residence, the opportunity to attend the Wimbledon finals and meet the world’s youngest tennis star, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and an evening of @natalia_osipova_official performing at the @royaloperahouse.

Natalia Osipova: “Dance is an art that can only be comprehended with an open heart. That’s just as true for charity work, which isn’t possible without empathy for those around you. I’d like to thank Podari Zhizn and Gift of Life, which bring together people who know what it means to see and feel.” The gala was made possible by generous support from Roman Abramovich, Kaspersky Lab, and the Blavatnik Family Foundation, who took on all costs of organising the event. The funds raised by the gala will be transferred for treatment of the children in Gift of Life’s care in Russia.

Read the full article on our website!

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🎹 Charles Owen in Russian Music 🎵

In this series of interviews dedicated to the UK – Russia Year of Music Russian award-winning pianist Yulia Chaplina talks to four of her distinguished British colleagues who perform and teach Russian music with great love and passion. Her second interviewee is a British concert pianist, the brilliant Charles Owen.

To continue reading and for further information about Charles Owen and his concerts visit our website!

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☮️ PEACE! FRIENDSHIP! DESIGN! 🎨

The State Tretyakov Gallery and the Moscow Design Museum present the exhibition “PEACE! FRIENDSHIP! DESIGN! The history of Russian industrial design.” This is the debut exhibition of the Moscow Design Museum of in the West wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery. The space of the West Wing has been associated with design and architecture for many years. When the Central House of Artists operated here, there were held exhibitions, competitions and other events related to these types of artistic activities. The Tretyakov Gallery plans to continue the tradition.

The first exhibition of the Moscow Design Museum “WORLD! FRIENDSHIP! DESIGN! The History of Russian Industrial Design” is dedicated to the development of industrial design in Russia in the 1950–2020s. The exposition shows more than 300 design objects and consists of 11 sections: aviation and astronautics, automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles, water transport, heavy equipment, tools and equipment, medical equipment, electronics, optics, sports, and household items.

At the exhibition you will see designs made at Soviet factories and plants: models of airplanes and vehicles, snowmobiles, prototypes of radio equipment, photo and film equipment, household appliances, toys and many other works. The unique showpieces include a model of a small cup of the Olympic flame, designed for the 1980 Olympics by the leading artist of the Tupolev Design Bureau A. Sergeyev – one of the authors of the interior of the TU-144 aircraft; an electric samovar “Sputnik” (designer K. Sobakin); a three-legged chair, which design was based on the same principles as the design of the “Simple Satellite-1”; a vase from a sleeve produced at one of the Ural plants; a PD-47 parachute, used in 1955 by the astronaut Y. Gagarin to jump from a height of 800 meters. Modern Russian design is represented by the latest developments and futuristic projects: mock-ups of airplanes and concept cars, a Kalashnikov motorcycle and four-wheeler, innovative medical equipment and communication tools.

@moscowdesignmuseum

The exhibition is on until 1 March 2020 at the new @tretyakov_gallery

To find out more visit our website!

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🎹 The truth about Tchaikovsky 🎶

Who does not know Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky? How many times have you listened to the tunes from the Nutcracker over the festive period? One of the most known Russian composers remains always topical and loved by all the generations. However, there might be something you did not know about him. Check yourself with our 15 facts about Piotr Tchaikovsky.

Continue reading on our website and let us know how many you knew already! ➡️

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❓ THE MOST SINCERE FORM OF FLATTERY? ‘AMERIKANIZM’ AND RUSSIAN DESIGN 🏢 "The narrative of the Cold War usually works inexorably to position the USA and USSR in complete opposition to each other, each fully intent on their rival’s overthrow or collapse. As visitors to the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s current exhibition realise, however, there is also a significant tale of appreciation and emulation in the Russian view of the United States, and also at times in American recognition of Soviet achievement, which runs through the first half of the twentieth century and finds expression in some surprising ways. Through a wealth of design plans, models, photographs, and film footage, ‘Building a New World’ tells a fascinating story of mutual influence." 'Building a New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture' is at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Quebec, until 5th April 2020. For more details and to continue reading on our website!

Written by Peter Lowe

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🚨 ATOMIC ALERT!: CONFRONTING “THE BOMB” IN THE NEW ATOMIC AGE ⚠️ The Soviet Union’s detonation of its first atomic bomb on August 29, 1949, thrust the United States into a new and more precarious era. Just four years after celebrating victory in World War II as the only nation with an atomic bomb, Americans now found themselves confronting the probability of an atomic war.

Atomic Alert!: Confronting “The Bomb” in the New Atomic Age, March 20-May 6, explores the government’s Cold War era efforts to educate Americans about what to do before an atomic attack, how to react to a sudden, blinding flash, and what action to take in the aftermath of an atomic blast.

Featuring artifacts and interpretation from Michael Scheibach, Ph.D., independent scholar and author, Atomic Alert! offers a unique opportunity to revisit the early atomic age when the world was divided between two atomic-armed adversaries: the United States and the Soviet Union.

A special feature of the exhibition will be a large interactive element called “When the Bomb Falls,” which allows visitors to explore the impact of a nuclear blast on a geographic area.

The Museum will be partnering with the @clintonhistoricalsociety throughout this exhibition to explore how the Cold War fits into local history, This partnership will include joint programming and an additional exhibition Clinton in the Cold War at the Holder Memorial building at 210 Church Street in Clinton, MA.

The exhibition takes place at the Museum of @russianicons from 20 March 2020 until 6 May 2020

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➡️ Russian Art at BRAFA art fair 🇷🇺 After Wassily Kandinsky (Moscow 1866-1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Horizontalee, 1939

Vivian Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolors, Catalog Raisonné, Volume Two, 1922-1944,
London, 1994, p. 466, no. 1268, illustration of the original watercolour. The three-way collaboration between the Galerie Denise René, the Tabard workshop in Aubusson and Victor Vasarely began in 1951 and resulted early on in the exhibition '12 Unseen Tapestries Created in the Tabard Workshop in Aubusson ’which was held from June-July 1952 at the Galerie Denise René, the first formal tribute paid to abstraction in tapestry work, uniting pieces by Deyrolle, Herbin, and more historical figures such as Taeuber-Arp and Kandinsky (‘On a black background’). It was the artist’s wife, Nina Kandinsky, who was approached in this regard, and who passed works to be used as designs on to Vasarely, who was in charge of creating the weaving cards. The June 1954 exhibition was a solo show entitled ‘Four Unseen Tapestries by Kandinsky’, and it showcased ‘Horizontalee’ which was made in an edition of four according to the Tabard archives.

@brafaartfair is on 26 Jan - 2 Feb 2020
@dewitfinetapestries

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🎼 Germán Clavijo on Shostakovich 🎶

Born in Argentina, Germán Clavijo trained with Ljerko Spiller in Buenos Aires and subsequently at the @guildhallschool of Music & Drama in London with Jack Glickman and Rachel Podger.

He has recorded for @classicfm and the @bbc in the United Kingdom and for Radio Nacional and TVE in Spain. He has worked with the @rpoonline, the @bbcphilharmonic, @royaloperahouse and the Ensemble Modern. @germanchoargentina was Principal Viola of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and Artistic Director of the Ensemble Instrumental de Granada, Spain.

Read the full interview in out website!

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🎨 SHTAGER GALLERY AT LONDON ART FAIR 🇬🇧 @londonartfair is the UK’s oldest established Contemporary art fair. It returns from 22-26 January 2020, bringing museum-quality modern and contemporary art to the capital. The Fair unites the best galleries from around the world with seasoned and aspiring collectors looking to acquire exceptional works, from both internationally renowned artists and emerging artists breaking new ground.

This year @shtagergallery will present the leading contemporary Russian artists. Vitaly Pushnitsky, whose artworks were featured in the influential publication “Vitamin P2” and one of most significant media artist Marina Alexeeva with her new British-themed series of multimedia installations will be on Stand G06 for this event.

A world premiere of a new video installation by Alexander Shishkin-Hokusai, who represented Russia at the 58th Venice Biennale will also be opened.

On at the Business Design Center, 52 Upper Street London N1 0QH, 21 January 2020 - 26 January 2020

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🎨 AMAZONS OF RUSSIAN ALTERNATIVE ART 😎

We all know the Amazons of Russian Avant-Garde. While the majority of radical and innovative artistic movements in Europe were based on the image of a male artist genius (and as Carol Duncan argued their need to assert their domination and virility though their art) Russian example offered something different. The unprecedented number of women artists were actively involved in the movement. As the curators of the iconic exhibition in Guggenheim demonstrated, never before in the history of Western art had women played so vital a role in the formation of a revolutionary cultural enterprise, one that redefined traditional aesthetic values and remapped age-old divisions between art and life. Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, and Nadezhda Udaltsova were among those whose drive to discover “new bases of artistic creation” was recognised and studied in exhibitions and publications on equal terms with their male colleagues.

To read the full article visit our website!

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➡️ The annual BALLET ICONS GALA, presented by Ensemble Productions, celebrates its 15th anniversary at the Coliseum on January 26th 2020 with a thrilling programme of world class ballet.

The programme, which celebrates the unique style, quality and sheer calibre of the Russian school of ballet training, will present global ballet stars including Natalia Osipova (Royal Ballet), Jason Kittelberger (Stuttgart Ballet), Xander Parish (Mariinsky Theatre), Ludmila Pagliero (Paris Opera Ballet), Maria Alexandrova (Bolshoi Theatre), Jeffrey Cirio (English National Ballet), Ekaterina Krysanova (Bolshoi Theatre), Giuseppe Picone (Teatro di San Carlo) and many more.

BALLET ICONS GALA is an annual highlight in the ballet calendar and an absolute must for ballet fans; the programme will feature classical masterpieces as well as contemporary works created by today’s leading choreographers. Music will be performed by English National Ballet Philharmonic under the direction of Russian conductor, Valery Ovsyanikov, a regular Royal Ballet collaborator and who has conducted every Gala.

VIP tickets available at natasha@russianartandculture.com

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