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.jpg "2nd Russian Film Festival has come to an end") | 18-29 September 2008
Apollo West End Cinema, London
We would like to thank everyone who supported the festival and contributed to making it such a dynamic and memorable event. We are also grateful to our audience for their continual enthusiasm and support.
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 | 25 September 2008 – 11 January 2009
£9
Victoria and Albert Museum
The first exhibition to examine contemporary design, architecture, film and popular culture on both sides of the Iron Curtain during the cold war era will bring together over 300 exhibits - from a Sputnik and an Apollo Mission space suit to films by Stanley Kubrick.
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 | Until 21 December
Estorik Collection
Curated by Lutz Becker, Cut & Paste provides a rediscovery of the sources of modern image making, exploring the work of the great predecessors and innovators who created photomontages by physical means with scissors, scalpel and retouching brush.
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 | 10 November - 1 December
ENO
ENO Music Director Edward Gardner conducts this major new production of Musorgsky’s seven-scene version of Boris Godunov directed by Tim Albery. With its haunting music and highly expressive vocal lines, it is a spectacular account of murder and skulduggery among the ruling elite in 16th-century Russia.
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 | Émigré: Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet
23 November, 7.30pm
Barbican Hall
Tickets £7-£32
In Prokofiev’s setting of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy (first staged as a ballet in 1940), the turbulent melodies have a visceral force. His score sets Romeo and Juliet’s intimate love scenes against a public life marked by vicious brawls and intimidating family demands. See the orchestra in open rehearsal on 20 November at 3.30pm.
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.jpg "Credo Quartet Tour") | 28-30 November
London, Cambridge, Oxford
The four brilliant and youthful talents of the internationally renowned Credo Quartet will be giving a premiere tour in England. They will be performing works by Strauss, Frank Bridge, Pavel Karmanov and Chris Willis in the most outstanding musical venues in England.
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 | May 2008
Cannes, France
It seems that for Russian cinema, good things come in threes: the Russian film industry suitably showcased at the first ever Russian film pavilion; leading Russian production and distribution companies present their best creations at the International Marché du Film; and stunning triumphs for first-time feature film directors Sergei Dvortsevoy and Valeria Gai-Germanika!
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.jpg "Russian Triumph at 65th Venice Film Festival") | Venice Film Festival
Another success of a young Russian filmmaker at one of the most prestigious European film festivals. Alexey German's Jr.'s Silver Lion as best director with his recent film, 'Paper Soldier', once again confirms that Russian cinema is reappearing on the world cultural map.
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 | Published by Frances Lincoln Ltd.
£25, but 20% discount for AR visitors
Anthony Cross narrates the story of this vibrant and tragic city through the first-hand accounts of its British residents and visitors. A unique anthology of St Petersburg’s culture, politics, architecture, commerce, recreation and everyday life, this book includes extracts by, for instance, Daniel Defoe, Lewis Carroll, W. Somerset Maughan, H.G. Wells, Isaiah Berlin, J.B. Priestley, Alan Sillitoe and Colin Thubron.
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