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and see mementoes  from his personal and professional life, listen to his songs through a silent disco and discover unpublished photos and interesting things you didn't know about Meky!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 »

The Škampa Quartet are long established as favourites at the Wigmore Hall. This leading Czech ensemble offers two works central to the repertoire: Mozart’s 1785 quartet (one of his set dedicated to Haydn) opening with a celebrated dissonance, and the second of the quartets eventually issued by the self-critical Brahms at the age of 40.... Read more »

Vítězslava Kaprálová and Geraldine Mucha (wife of Jiří Mucha) are two of the seven women composers whose work is being celebrated in a unique tribute, brought to London fresh from its premiere at the International Music Festival Český Krumlov by the talented young violinist Elizabeth Jiřičková and pianist Barbora Brabcová. With a meticulously researched programme... Read more »

An illustrated talk by Caroline Cannon-Brookes will explore a range of historic links between Britain and Bohemia and their varying impacts. Amongst the topics included will be John Wycliffe and Jan Hus; Baron Waldstein’s travels in Elizabethan England; Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen; the English influence on 18th century Bohemian parks and gardens; and King... Read more »