See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.

Europe and the Velvet Revolution – 30 Years On

Dash Cafe Unit 22, Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London, United Kingdom

In November the Dash Café will explore the impact of the 1989 revolution that caused the collapse of the Soviet Union, 30 years on. Through the prism of artists, filmmakers and writers from across Czech Republic and Slovakia, we explore whether that extraordinary spirit of activism still exists today. Speakers including actress and director Tereza... Read more »

Everywhen – Sona Feriencikova

Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London

Everywhen orbits around two sides of life – the personal and the political. An often caring, gentle and well-meaning personal life is contrasted here with the reality of the social individual, who can often be sinister, vengeful and hateful. But how can we be critical to our own worldviews when they are created by those... Read more »

The Cunning Little Vixen

Inspired by a newspaper comic strip, the Welsh National Opera’s colourful production is charming, funny and profound in equal measure. It reunites director, David Pountney with WNO music director, Tomas Hanus who conducts Janacek’s blend of folk-like music and sophisticated orchestrations, gloriously evoking the vibrancy of nature. One afternoon deep in the forest, the forester... Read more »

BCSA 28th annual dinner

Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel 9-13 Bloomsbury Street, London, United Kingdom

Our twenty eighth annual dinner will be held on Friday 29 November in the heart of Bloomsbury. This highlight in the BCSA calendar is a wonderful opportunity for Slovaks, Czechs and Britons to mingle in a convivial atmosphere, to meet old friends and make new ones. Members and non-members alike will be made welcome at... Read more »

Concert of Czech music performed by the Richmond Duo

Velehrad London 39 Lonsdale Road, London, United Kingdom

Moshe Friedman, cello Margaret Bruce, piano with David Lewis, baritone PROGRAMME: TUCAPSKY: Cello Sonata (written for Moshe Friedman and Margaret Bruce) JANACEK: “In the Mist” for solo piano JANACEK: “Fairy Tale” for cello and piano INTERVAL TUCAPSKY: Meditation on an old folksong (written for Moshe Friedman) TUCAPSKY: Piano prelude no 19 (from the 24 Preludes... Read more »

Thomas Messer – my life with Guggenheim

Czech Embassy 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

A celebration of the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Czech National Trust (CNT) with a screening of the film “Thomas Messer - My life with Guggenheim" and an introduction of the project “Ticket to the New World”. Thomas Messer, a Czechoslovak emigré, was director and curator of the Guggenheim Museum in New York... Read more »

BCSA “Get to Know You” Social Evening

Czech and Slovak National House 74 West End Lane, London, United Kingdom

Join us and have a fun evening chatting to friendly people. Czech and Slovak food and drinks are available from the restaurant and bar. Anybody with Czech or Slovak connections or interests is welcome to our monthly socials to meet, chat and get to know each other a little better in a relaxed and informal... Read more »

A remembrance of Jan Palach and concert by Smetana Trio

Velehrad London 39 Lonsdale Road, London, United Kingdom

Jitka Čechová – piano, Jan Talich – violin, Jan Páleníček – cello. Programme: Sergej Rachmaninov - Trio elegico No. 1 in G minor Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Trio in D minor č. 2, H 327 Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1   Tickets for the concert £10  paid... Read more »

Free Lunchtime Concert by Slovak musicians

St Martins in the Fields Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom

Representing the Embassy of Slovakia Performers Eva Bodorová Soprano Matthew Tomko Bass Jozef Janík Piano Programme Traditional Slovak Christmas Carols: Canite Jesu Infanti –  Poďme spolu do Betlema (Let’s go to Bethlehem, brothers) Dnešný deň sa radujme (Let´s be jolly today) Povedzte nám pastuškovia (Tell us, shepherds) Do hory , do lesa, valasi (To the mountains, to the forest) Dobrá novina, šťastná... Read more »

A discussion about the life and aspirations of Slovak students in Britain

Slovak Embassy 25 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, United Kingdom

Martin Hochel won second prize in the 2019 BCSA competition with his rather original essay on a little-covered aspect of 1989. He will be interviewed about his life and aspirations as a Slovak student studying in London. Brexit or no Brexit, he is aiming high. Martin is a student of  contemporary Central European history and... Read more »



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