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The inspiration for this year’s Islington Festival of Music and Art is the Homeland, what it means, how it is celebrated. Looking through composers’ relationships with their roots, how they take inspiration from them, either by going straight to the source, or by nostalgically diving in to their distant but strong memories. An obvious place... Read more »
When the great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák died, his protégé and son-in-law Josef Suk wrote three movements of a symphony in his mentor’s memory. Then tragedy struck again: Suk’s wife, Dvořák’s own daughter, died too. Added to the long-breathed, lyrical symphony Suk had written came two new movements: a furious scherzo and a transcendental statement... Read more »
For their second consecutive night at the Proms, Jakub Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic bring to life the blazing fanfares, raw outcries and hushed humility of Leoš Janáček’s unparalleled Glagolitic Mass. Inspiration for the work struck the composer in a misty wood. ‘Its moist scent was the incense,’ he wrote. ‘I felt a cathedral grow out... Read more »
Alice in Wonderland told through the lens of Jan Švankmajer. Young Alice watches as the stuffed rabbit in her living room smashes itself out of a display case and disappears on a journey through a garden, soon followed by the girl who drinks a potion that allows her to enter a nightmarish, dark world where... Read more »
Surreal Czech comedy horror featuring a log baby who develops dangerous habits. An infertile couple living in an apartment adopt Otik, a log child. However, they soon discover it reciprocates their love in an increasingly dysfunctional and aggressive way, leaving them worrying for anyone or anything that crosses its path. Švankmajer’s live action/stop-motion tale is... Read more »
Extended introduction by Gareth Evans Eugene leads a double life – married to Milada, he also dreams of the beautiful Evgenia. Trying to swap his dreary life for a dream life, he seeks help from a psychoanalyst, who, under the disapproving gazes of Freud and Jung framed on her wall, attempts to interpret his experiences.... Read more »
A unique exhibition at the Slovak Embassy in London illustrates the life and work of the legendary artist Miro Žbirka. Come and see mementoes from his personal and professional life, listen to his songs through a silent disco and discover unpublished photos and interesting things you didn't know about Meky! From his first days playing... Read more »
The Czech and Slovak Embassies are hosting an educational and social gathering to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Kindertransport. This gathering is an opportunity for Czech Kinder, descendants, researchers, and the general public to come together and hear about the movement of unaccompanied children from Czechoslovakia to Britain in 1939. Descendants will be... Read more »
The Thames Valley Harriers (TVH) athletic club and the Czech Centre (CC) have the pleasure to invite you to the third London charity run, organised in the name of the brilliant Czech runner Emil Zátopek, to raise funds towards the Zátopek Athletic Fellowship supporting young athletes in Western London. BEST RUNNER OF ALL TIME RETURNS... Read more »
A brand new adaptation of Karel Čapek's timeless theatre classic, adapted & directed by Kazue Horimasu. The Great Depression, commencing in 1929, ravaged not just the USA and Europe, but the entire globe. Humanity found survival by exploiting the highly intelligent Newts. Eventually, the thriving human race became dependent on them. Yet, the Newts initiated... Read more »
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