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SUMMARY:On Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service
DESCRIPTION:Sir Michael Burton\, former chairman of the BCSA\, will be in discussion with Dr Jana Buresova about his diplomatic memoirs. A wide-ranging and fascinating account of his thirty-seven-year career\, entitled “On Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service: From the Arab World to the Berlin Wall”\, the book culminates in his three-year mission as British Ambassador in Prague in the early nineties\, a crucial time of transition after the Velvet Revolution. He will also touch upon his experience in the Middle East\, and in Berlin\, at the focal point of the Cold War\, before\, during and after the Fall of the Wall. \nThere will be an opportunity for questions\, and Sir Michael will sign copies of his book\, which will be available at a special discount.\nLight refreshments will also be available after the talk.\nDoors open at 6pm. \nFree admission for members of the BCSA\, £10 for non-members\, full-time students £5\nBook online with Eventbrite (see link below) \nor by email to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk \nOrganised with the kind co-operation of the Czech Embassy
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/michael-burton-diplomatic-service/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220910T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220910T180000
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SUMMARY:BCSA & CBCC joint garden party
DESCRIPTION:A welcome return to our calendar of social events\, this year at a new venue and held in conjunction with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce. \nCome and join us at the Czech and Slovak National House and enjoy an afternoon relaxing with Czech\, Slovak and British people. Bring your friends and family\, all are welcome. \nThe ticket price includes traditional chlebíčky and a meat skewer (both with a vegetarian option) prepared by Bohemia House followed by honey cake. \nThe cash bar offers a selection of draught Czech/Slovak beers\, Kofola and wine by the glass. \nLive music and a chance to sing along to familiar tunes. \nThere will also be a raffle with some very exciting prizes including: \nA framed original illustration of Thomas the tank engine (Timothy Marwood)\, a framed CD with a spin painting (Damien Hirst) and mugs by Banksy and the Connor Brothers kindly donated by John Brandler Galleries.\nBottles of Tatratea\, Tokaj wine\, Demanovka and Borovicka kindly donated by the Slovak Embassy.\nAdmission by pre-paid tickets only (including children). Closing date 4 September 2022. \n£20.00 BCSA & CBCC members \n£22.50 non-members \n£17.50 full-time students \n£10.00 children aged 5-15 years \nfree children under 5 years \nBook online with Eventbrite (see link below) \nor by email to secretary@bcsa.co.uk \nThere is limited capacity\, so book early to avoid disappointment. \nWest Hampstead has three stations served by the Jubilee line\, Overground and Thameslink. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-cbcc-joint-garden-party/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220907T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220907T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Nikol Bóková Trio
DESCRIPTION:Nikol Bóková Trio is one of the line-ups of pianist and composer Nikol Bóková\, who just released her fourth author album within four years. Among several awards for her music is an Anděl Award in the jazz category by the Czech music academy and the best jazz album of the year in a poll of Czech journalists and promoters.  \nHer Trio partners are Martin Kocián on double bass and Michal Wierzgon on drums.  \nIn her compositions Nikol effortlessly travels between genres\, clearly fascinated by the possibilities they have to offer. She combines masterful performance and classical training. \nThe first concert in the Central European Showcase series which will present jazz bands from the Czech Republic and Austria \nTickets £18.00 see booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/nikol-bokova-trio-jazz/
LOCATION:Pizza Express Jazz Club\, 10 Dean Street\, London\, W1D 3RW\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220903T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220903T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220821T164529Z
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SUMMARY:Lidice Shall Live
DESCRIPTION:This special screening commemorates Sir Barnett Stross and the 80th anniversary of the birth of the “Lidice Shall Live” campaign at the Victoria Hall on September 6th\, 1942. The coal miners of North Staffordshire vowed to donate one day’s pay each week until the end of the War to rebuild the village destroyed by the Germans in June 1942 – the men of the village executed and women and children taken away to concentration camps. The miners raised today’s equivalent of a million pounds and the new Lidice was built near the original village site after the war – to their eternal credit.\nChatterley Whitfield mining museum has unveiled a new memorial to Lidice and the North Staffordshire miners in the presence of the Vice President of the Czech Republic on the same day that commemorations were happening in Lidice itself in June. There is film of this event – and archive newsreel footage of the original September 1942 event to launch the “Lidice Shall Live” campaign. \nSeveral years ago a group who survived as children came here to North Staffordshire.  Ray Johnson of Staffordshire Film Archive filmed them talking to children in local schools\, and their personal memories are captured on video in Inspired Video’s film “Lidice: A Light Across the Sea”\, which is included in the screening. \nThere will be contributions from the “Lidice Lives” group and local mining heritage representatives. \nFree admission. Book via museum website – see link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/lidice-shall-live/
LOCATION:The Brampton Musuem\, Brampton Park\, Newcastle-under-Lyme\, ST5 0QP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220826T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220826T130000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Magdalena Kožená
DESCRIPTION:The long-time artistic partners explore songs of love\, longing and innocence by Bartók\, Mussorgsky and Brahms. \n\nCzech-born mezzo-sopranoMagdalena Koženáis one of the world’s pre-eminent vocalists\, celebrated not only for the flickering colours and mercurial moods conveyed in her deeply expressive voice\, but also the blistering insights she brings to her performances. \nIsraeli-American pianistYefim Bronfmanis a towering figure in keyboard playing\, as a concerto soloist\, chamber musician and recitalist\, capable of tremendous power but also beguiling tenderness in his playing\, shot through with a visionary intellect. \nKožená and Bronfman have been regular recital partners for many years\, and bring together Romantic Lieder by Brahms\, Mussorgsky’s visions of childhood in The Nursery\, the biting wit of Shostakovich’s Satires\, and the rustic rawness of Bartók’s Village Scenes\, based on folk songs from Slovakia. \nMagdalena Kožená Mezzo Soprano\nYefim Bronfman Piano \nProgramme includes pieces by Brahms\, Mussorgsky\, Shostakovich\, Bartok \n\nsee booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/magdalena-kozena-yefim-bronfman/
LOCATION:The Queen’s Hall\, 85-89 Clerk Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9JG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220823T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220823T130000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Pavel Haas Quartet
DESCRIPTION:The Czech ensemble the Pavel Haas Quartet counts among classical music’s most distinctive chamber groups. It has a particular passion for the music of central Europe\, but its repertoire stretches across boundaries and times. \nFollowing the breezy wit of Haydn’s sunny G major Quartet\, Op 76 No 1\, the Pavel Haas players perform the 1947 Quartet No 7 by their compatriot Martinů. With its glowing harmonies and bristling rhythms\, it’s a full-blooded celebration of his Czech homeland\, written after the composer had fled Nazi persecution for the USA. \nThe Quartet concludes its recital with what many consider one of the greatest chamber works ever written. Schubert’s G major Quartet\, D887\, is music on a symphonic scale\, a vast musical panorama of transcendental visions and melodies. \nHaydn String Quartet in G Op 76 No 1\nMartinů String Quartet No 7 Concerto da Camera\nSchubert String Quartet in G D887 \nsee booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/pavel-haas-quartet-3/
LOCATION:The Queen’s Hall\, 85-89 Clerk Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9JG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220821T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220821T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220708T172551Z
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SUMMARY:Czech Philharmonic
DESCRIPTION:Among the world’s most immediately distinctive and recognisable orchestras\, the Czech Philharmonic is defined by its rich\, individualistic playing that has shaped more than a century of unparalleled performances. Semyon Bychkov has been Chief Conductor and Music Director since 2018. \n\nIn the second of their two concerts at the 2022 Edinburgh International Festival\, Bychkov and the orchestra present a symphonic masterpiece that the Czech Philharmonic itself premiered in Prague in 1908. \nMahler’s Seventh Symphony is one of the composer’s most daring works\, a haunting journey that immerses you amid ghostly apparitions and magical nocturnal sounds of the natural world – before a riotous\, life-affirming finale. \nsee booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-philharmonic/
LOCATION:Usher Hall\, Lothian Road\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2EA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220820T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220820T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Dvořák\, Martinů & Janáček
DESCRIPTION:For the first event in their two-concert residency at the 2022 International Festival\, the Czech Philharmonic and Music Director Semyon Bychkov draw on the orchestra’s own eminent history to bring together richly flavoured music from their Czech homeland. No other ensemble can perform this music with the same power\, authenticity or sheer delight. \nDvořák offers carefree memories of boisterous Bohemian celebrations in his joyful Carnival Overture. Dazzling pianist sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque are the soloists in the jazz-infused Concerto for Two Pianos by Dvořák’s compatriot Martinů\, which looks back affectionately to the concertos of Bach and Vivaldi while setting feet tapping with its infectious rhythms. \nFour eminent vocal soloists and the massed voices of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus join the orchestra for Janáček’s visionary Glagolitic Mass\, a passionate paean to the wonders of Bohemian nature as much as a spiritual hymn of praise. \nDvořák Carnival Overture\nMartinů Concerto for Two Pianos\nJanáček Glagolitic Mass (sung in Old Slavonic with English supertitles) \nsee booking link below \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/dvorak-martinu-janacek/
LOCATION:Usher Hall\, Lothian Road\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2EA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220819T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220820T144000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:107 Mothers (Cenzorka)
DESCRIPTION:A visually compelling film about women living and working in a Ukrainian prison\, 107 Mothers opens with the piercing screams of a mother and her child. Leysa (Maryna Klimova)\, a new inmate\, is giving birth in a dour hospital room under the soft\, watchful gaze of Iryna (Iryna Kiryazeva)\, the prison’s ward. The relationship between these two women\, teeming with anxiety\, suspicion and\, eventually\, an understated mutual respect\, becomes the focal point of this quiet docufiction. \nDirected by Peter Kerekes  107 Mothers pulls its material from the real-life stories of incarcerated women living at Odessa Correctional Facility Number 74\, one of two in Ukrainian prisons where pregnant women can serve their sentences with their children. The brutal terms and conditions state\, though\, that after the child turns 3\, they will be sent to an orphanage and forever separated from their mother. If a woman is lucky and her sentence ends around the child’s third birthday\, she can apply for parole. \nTwo screenings at the Edinburgh International Film Festival see booking link below \nFriday 19th August at 20.30\, Everyman Cinema \nSaturday 20th August at 14.40\, Filmhouse Cinema 3 \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/107-mothers-cenzorka/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220809T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220819T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Losers Cirque Company - Heroes
DESCRIPTION:What is going on in a mind of a severely injured person undergoing a surgery after a serious car crash?  \nOur leading character literally fights for his life – with us\, you can get a peek of his colourful inner world.  \nThe performance combines a pantomime and inventive acrobatics. Shock\, sadness\, hope and even humour! Brace yourselves for an emotional rollercoaster. \n Innovative production bringing together masters of their disciplines. \nStarring award-winning mime Radim Vizváry. This Czech group is directed by Daniel Špinar\, head of the National Theatre. \nPerformances 9\, 11-14\, 16-19 August 2022\, Edinburgh Fringe Festival  \nsee booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/loser-cirque-company-heroes/
LOCATION:ZOO Southside Main House\, 117 Nicolson Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9ER\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220806T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220808T224500
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Rusalka
DESCRIPTION:A new production of Dvořák’s opera featuring Natalya Romaniw comes to the Edinburgh International Festival\, with the Philharmonia Orchestra\, Douglas Boyd and Garsington Opera. \nRusalka is the haunting fable of a water sprite who sacrifices everything when she falls in love with a human prince. She enlists the help of a witch\, entering the mortal world and giving up her voice to be with him – only to discover the true cost of love is greater still. Inspired by sources including Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid\, Dvořák’s sensual opera shimmers with glinting orchestral colours. Sound and silence reverberate against each other as soaring romantic melodies sweep through the eerie quiet. Reality and the supernatural collide in luscious evocations of the natural world. \nPerformed in Czech with English supertitles \nsee booking link below \n(photo copyright Clive Barda)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/rusalka/
LOCATION:Festival Theatre\, 13-29 Nicolson Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9FT\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220805T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220828T213000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Cirk La Putyka - Runners
DESCRIPTION:A contemporary Czech circus company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with an extraordinary show looking at the hectic pace of today’s world.  \nIn a unique set design featuring a giant treadmill\, four performers and two musicians mix dance\, running\, cyr-wheel acrobatics and original live music\, while running almost a whole marathon.  \nThis UK debut for Runners marks the company’s fourth Edinburgh appearance following sell-out seasons in 2011\, 2015 and 2017. \nPerformances 5-9\, 11-15\, 17-21\, 23-28 August  2022 \nsee booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/cirk-la-putyka-runners/
LOCATION:ZOO Southside Main House\, 117 Nicolson Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9ER\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220805T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220805T211500
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220715T133416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220715T133416Z
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SUMMARY:Semyon Bychkov and the Labèques
DESCRIPTION:Distance and enchantment: whenever Julian Anderson creates a new work\, we’re in for a musical experience that ruffles through memories as it ravishes the ears.  \nHis keenly awaited Second Symphony takes its cue from old photographs of Prague: a city dear to conductor Semyon Bychkov\, and to the exiled Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů\, whose exuberant double concerto falls into the hands of sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque.  \nProgramme \nJulian Anderson Symphony No. 2\, ‘Prague Panoramas’ (28 mins) BBC co-commission: world premiere of complete symphony \nBohuslav Martinů  Concerto for Two Pianos (23 mins) \nSergey Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances (35 mins) \n  \nKatia & Marielle Labèque pianos \nSemyon Bychkov conductor \nBBC Symphony Orchestra \n  \nImage: Katia and Marielle Labèque © Umberto Nicoletti
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/semyon-bychkov-labeque-sisters/
LOCATION:Royal Albert Hall\, Kensington Gore\, London\, SW7 2AP\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220805T183000
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SUMMARY:Julian Anderson - Prague Panoramas
DESCRIPTION:British composer Julian Anderson  will discuss Czech cultural influences in his new Second  Symphony “Prague Panoramas” inspired by famous panoramic photos of Prague by legendary photographer Josef Sudek. \nThe piece commissioned by the BBC  will have its first full performance at the BBC Proms on the same evening at 7.30pm (see separate listing). \nThe BBC Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by the Czech Philharmonic Music Director Semyon Bychkov. \nAdmission to the event is free. Please register by email to events.london@embassy.mzv.cz or by telephone +44 (0) 20 7243 7900.  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/julian-anderson-prague-panoramas/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220714T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
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SUMMARY:Farewell Comrade: Theresienstadt music
DESCRIPTION:Music written in the shadow of death\, Theresienstadt 1941-1945. \nWe all know that where words fail music can speak yet it is still remarkable to think that during times of unimaginable horror the musicians held in Theresienstadt were able to garner any creativity at all\, let alone enough to compose works as meaningful and moving as these. However\, they did so to promote survival and signify hope for a better world one that so many of them did not get to see\, and as such\, more so perhaps than with any other music\, it is our duty and privilege to give these works a voice now and long into the future\, so that generations current and future can enjoy them and reflect upon them. \nThis concert features two young artists hand-picked by Julius Drake; BBC New Generation Artist and Kathleen Ferrier Prize winning mezzo soprano Ema Niklovska and multi-award winning baritone Konstantin Krimmel. \nEma Nikolovska mezzo-soprano\nKonstantin Krimmel baritone\nJulius Drake piano \nTHERESIENSTADT COMPOSERS \nIlse Weber Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt | Ade\, Kamerad! | Wiegenlied\nViktor Ullmann Berjoskele from Three Jewish Songs | Five Love Songs of Richarda Huch | Three songs on poems by Friedrich Hölderlin | Three songs on poems by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer | Little Cakewalk\nGideon Klein Wiegenlied\nPavel Haas Four Songs on Chinese Poetry\nAdolf Strauss Ich weiss bestimmt\, ich werd dich wiedersehen!\nCarlo Taube Un niño judío \nsee booking link below \nTerezín memorial photo Richard Mortel
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/theresienstadt-music/
LOCATION:Temple Church\, Church Court\, London\, EC4Y 7BB\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220601T163039Z
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SUMMARY:Julian Nicholas\, Emil Viklický\, Petr Dvorský: One\, Two\, Three
DESCRIPTION:The ‘sizzling tenor sax‘ (Jazzwise) of Julian Nicholas joins pillar of the Czech jazz scene pianist Emil Viklický and leading Czech bassist Petr Dvorský for a concert featuring a selection of jazz classics and individual favourites celebrating their 30 year long musical partnership. \nRevelling in the joy of making music together\, Nicholas\, Viklický and Dvorský who have just come together to record Viklický’s arrangements of Moravian songs for a new CD by UK jazz singer and lyricist Imogen Ryall\, will play a tribute to their friend\, drummer David Wickins\, recreating their concert from 2012\, released as One Two Three Four in 2020 by BeBoss Records. \nRegister for this free event via the link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/julian-nicholas-emil-viklicky-petr-dvorsky-one-two-three/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220625T180000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Across Borders
DESCRIPTION:Two Czech poets\, Kateřina Rudčenková and Milan Děžinský\, will be reading from his collection A Secret Life (recently published by Blue Diode Press) whilst Kateřina Rudčenková will be reading for the first time in the UK from her Dream of a Journey: Selected Poems (Parthian\, 2021). \nKateřina Rudčenková (1976) is a poet\, prose writer and playwright. She has written four poetry collections Ludwig (1999)\, Není nutné\, abyste mě navštěvoval (There Is No Need for You to Visit Me\, 2001)\, Popel a slast (Ashes and Bliss\, 2004)\, Chůze po dunách (Walking on Dunes\, 2013)\, a collection of interlinked short stories called Noci\, noci (Nights\, Nights\, 2004). Her short novel Amáliina nehybnost (Amalia´s Inertia\, 2021) was nominated for The Magnesia Litera Award 2022. In 2003\, she received the German Hubert Burda Award for young Eastern European poets. Her theatre play Niekur was awarded the Alfred Radok Award in 2006 and was staged in Prague in 2008. In 2007\, she won a residency for international playwrights at the Royal Court Theatre in London. In 2014\, her poetry collection Chůze po dunách was awarded the Magnesia Litera Award\, her short novel Amáliina nehybnost got the Literary Award of a weekly Reflex in 2021 and was nominated for The Magnesia Litera Award 2022. Her plays have been translated and staged in various countries. Selections of her poetry have been published in Austria\, Serbia\, Greece\, and the United Kingdom. \nMilan Děžinský (1974) is a Czech poet and translator\, the author of seven collections of poetry. In 2018\, he won the Magnesia Litera Award for poetry\, the most prestigious annual literary award in the Czech Republic.  His latest book\, A Secret Life was translated by Nathan Field and is\, according to Claire Pollard\, “full of surprises and traps\, mined with philosophy\, allusion\, and existential dread.” Milan translates poems from English and lives in Roudnice nad Labem\, where he is also engaged in politics. \nTickets £5 (see booking link below) in person or on Zoom \nPart of Kendal Poetry Festival and supported by the Czech Literary Centre.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/poetry-across-borders/
LOCATION:Brewery Arts Centre\, 122A Highgate\, Kendal\, LA9 4HE\, United Kingdom
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UID:6647-1656151200-1656545400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits
DESCRIPTION:A thrilling record of the legendary Czech rock climber’s career and his preparations for the debut of the climbing competition at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. \nAdam Ondra is one of the world’s best climbers. He has scaled some of the world’s most challenging heights. A shy introvert who has become an icon of his sport\, Ondra’s passion for climbing is now matched by an obligation to win – for his country. As he prepares for sport climbing’s debut at the Tokyo Olympics\, Jan Simanek and Petr Záruba document the impact of commercial pressure\, mass media attention and a clamouring audience that long for a spectacle\, on Ondra’s psyche\, as well as the effect on his relationship with fellow climber Iva Vejmolova\, and the sport itself. \nSaturday 25 June 2022\, 10 am\nThe Light – Screen 9\, The Moor\, Sheffield City Centre\, Sheffield S1 4PF \nMonday 27 June 2022\, 8.45 pm\nShowroom Cinema (Associated Press Screen 4)\, Paternoster Row\, Sheffield City Centre\, Sheffield S1 2BX \nAvailable online between Sun 26 June 0:00 – Wed 29 June 0:00\n\nsee booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/adam-ondra-pushing-the-limits/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220624T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220628T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220618T152411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220618T152411Z
UID:6650-1656102600-1656448200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Pongo Calling
DESCRIPTION:From his truck\, rising online star Štefan Pongo streams his political rants and creates social media movements that go viral\, in support of Romani people across Europe.   \nWhen the president of the Czech Republic makes a remark that Romani people are ‘socially unadaptable’ and refuse job opportunities\, truck driver Štefan Pongo initiates a social media campaign for the Romani in the country to post selfies from their workplaces. His activism through online posts and live broadcasts brings him huge audiences across Europe and eventually results in the establishment of the Czechoslovak Romani Union. But as the campaign evolves\, the crisis affects Pongo’s family life. Tomáš Kratochvíl’s film captures the spirit of one determined campaigner and the challenges faced by grassroots activism.   \nFriday 24 June 2022\, 8.30 pm\nShowroom Cinema (Screen 1)\, Paternoster Row\, Sheffield City Centre\, Sheffield S1 2BX\n\nSaturday 25 June 2022\, 10.30 am\nShowroom Cinema (Bertha DocHouse Screen 3)\, Paternoster Row\, Sheffield City Centre\, Sheffield S1 2BX \nTuesday 28 June 2022\, 4 pm\nOdeon\, Screen 1\, Arundel Gate\, Sheffield City Centre\, Sheffield S1 1DL\nSocially Distanced Screening. We also ask audiences to wear face masks in this screening.  \nsee booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/pongo-calling/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220618T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220508T183834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220508T183834Z
UID:6433-1655575200-1655668800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Extreme (the new norm)
DESCRIPTION:A satirical reflection on the pandemic by the Slovak Theatre in London. \n​One day you are enjoying your favourite ice cream on a family holiday\, the next day you find yourself in a national lockdown. Life is unpredictable and it shapes us to be flexible but over the past two years\, we lived through another level of extremes when we couldn’t rely on what would happen even in the next hour\, let alone a month. Pandemic rules brought contrasting experiences. Some of us were relieved to finally slow down\, the others became frustrated and bored. Some worked even more\, others lived in constant fear. Eventually\, we all became overwhelmed by it all. And with the most recent world events\, it seems that when one crisis passes\, another reveals in an endless circle of life.  \nWe find ourselves constantly living beyond norms and extremes become the new norm. \nSlovak Theatre in London reflects on the biggest event of the past decade\, which globally impacted the life of every individual.  In a colourful collage of scenes and characters\, the play depicts the contrasting situations born during the pandemic\, often based on true events. Through collaborative devising by using physical movements\, music and songs\, the artists explore the patterns of behaviour of the society and individuals in a time of crisis. Moreover\, the performance reaches out to the spectators by direct interaction with the actors\, with its desire to serve as a mirror challenging opinions and calling to new perspectives. Ultimately\, the show\, filled with both seriousness and humour\, offers a collective therapy through art. \nBoth shows are in the Slovak and Czech languages with English subtitles. \nTo book tickets use online link below or telephone box office \nBox Office: 020 7258 2925 \n(10.30am – 6pm\, Monday – Friday\,\n12 noon – 6pm\, Saturday)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/extreme-the-new-norm/
LOCATION:The Cockpit\, Gateforth Street\, London\, NW8 8EH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220618T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220618T173000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220601T104152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T104152Z
UID:6557-1655542800-1655573400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Robot at 100: Culture\, Society\, Politics\, and the Future
DESCRIPTION:The University of Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales\, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction hosts an international\, interdisciplinary conference marking the centenary of the first staging in English of Karel Čapek’s seminal play R.U.R. The play saw the first appearance of the term robot which comes from the Czech word robota meaning ‘forced labour’ that has its roots in the Slavic word for ‘slave’. \nThe conference will be opened by the University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Simeon Keates\, who is known widely for his research into artificial intelligence\, human-computer interaction\, and building robots\, which led to his competing in the hit BBC show Robot Wars. \nThe conference programme will also feature an innovate Czech project ‘AI: When a Robot Writes a Play’ created by a team of computer scientists and drama experts from THEaiTRE in collaboration with Prague’s Švanda Theatre. \nTickets are £30 on-campus\, £20 online see booking link below \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-robot-at-100-culture-society-politics-and-the-future/
LOCATION:University of Chichester\, Cloisters\, Bishop Otter Campus\, College Lane\, Chichester\, PO19 6PE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220617T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220617T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220520T101838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220520T101838Z
UID:6512-1655492400-1655499600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Atentát
DESCRIPTION:Screening of the Czechoslovak film Atentát (The Assassination) offers a unique period view of the course of Operation Anthropoid\, filmed in 1964 just 22 years after its execution. \nThis will be followed by a talk about the paratrooper training within the Special Operations Executive (SOE)  by Gillian Halcrow daughter of British Lt. Col. Ernst van Maurik\, who personally trained Czechoslovak paratroopers\, including Jan Kubiš and Josef Bublík\, within the SOE. \nThis  event takes place on the day before the anniversary of the heroic death of seven Czechoslovak paratroopers\, including Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš\, in the Church of St. Cyril in Prague following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. \nThe film will be screened in the original Czech version with English subtitles.  \nAdmission to the event is free\, registration at events.london@embassy.mzv.cz
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/atentat/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220609T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220609T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220518T091907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220518T091907Z
UID:6494-1654799400-1654804800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka
DESCRIPTION:An event celebrating the publication of The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka in English translated by Alex Zucker. \nIt will feature the co-editor of the book Erin Plunkett from The University of Hertfordshire and the originator of the translation project Graham Henderson\, CEO of the Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation. \nThe COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine have made the philosophical arguments of Patočka about Europe\, civil society\, and renewed forms of solidarity more important than ever. \nOur speakers will offer their thoughts on Patočka and his contemporary relevance\, followed by a discussion and Q&A. \nCopies of the book will be available for purchase at a special reduced price; the colourful jacket\, features a painting by the artist Hervé Constant. \nRegistration is free but space is limited. Please register for tickets via the link below to avoid disappointment. \nIn the meantime\, you can read the foreword and introduction of the book for free at collection Point (codemantra.com) \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-selected-writings-of-jan-patocka/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220606T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220606T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220512T171422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T171422Z
UID:6451-1654542000-1654547400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Beginner’s Guide to Urbanism
DESCRIPTION:A crash course in urban planning discussing many pressing issues facing current cities from suburbanisation and neglect of public space. \n Increasing problems of space in urban environments have forced us to realise that solving small-scale building problems does little to improve the quality of life in a city. Czech / Japanese architect Osamu Okamura and Manijeh Verghese\, Co-curator of the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021\, provide a crash course in urban planning discussing many pressing issues facing current cities from suburbanisation and neglect of public space to the shrinking cities phenomenon\, environmental degradation and the absence of political direction. \nInspired by Okamura’s book City for Everyone\, and using their respective experiences from Prague and London\, Okamura and Verghese share examples of good practice to help us understand what complicated\, tightly packed and fragile organisms cities are and how to make them equitable and liveable. \nOsamu Okamura is an architect\, a Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the Technical University of Liberec\, and a member of the Prague City Council Committee for Art in Public Spaces. His book City for Everyone: A Manual of Urbanism for Beginners published by Labyrint was awarded the Bologna Ragazzi Award: New Horizons 2021 for the most innovative children’s illustrated book of the year.  \nManijeh Verghese is the Head of Public Engagement at the Architectural Association\, where she is also a Unit Master of Diploma 12\, a seminar leader for the AA Professional Practice for Fifth Year course\, and a member of the Senior Management Team. \nFREE EVENT BUT REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY (see link below) \nOrganised by the Czech Centre London in collaboration with the London Festival of Architecture. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/beginners-guide-to-urbanism/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220601T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220610T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220331T175536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T101716Z
UID:6281-1654077600-1654880400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Míla Fürstová: All the Rivers That Flow Through Me
DESCRIPTION:Míla Fürstová’s mid-career retrospective exhibition at the Czech Centre’s Vitrínka Gallery charts the course from Míla’s graduation from the Royal Collage of Art\, to her becoming the youngest ever elected Academician at the Royal West of Academy in Bristol\, being collected by the V&A and Her Majesty the Queen\, to her commission by Coldplay and finally the creation of “All the Rivers That Flow Through Me”\, selected from ten thousand artworks to represent the Summer Exhibition online by the Royal Academy of Arts. \nMíla’s works are an intimate portrayal of the human soul explored through the medium of etching\, expressed in a distinctly female voice. The content is inspired by universal and personal mythologies; poetic and often narrative in its nature\, it reads as both contemporary and timeless. \nExhibition opening hours : Tuesday – Friday 10.00- 17.00 \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/mila-furstova-all-the-rivers-that-flow-through-me/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220527T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220520T100322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220520T100322Z
UID:6509-1653678000-1653685200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Anthropoid
DESCRIPTION:A screening of the film by Sean Ellis followed by a talk by George Bearfield\, author of Foursquare: the Last Parachutist to commemorate 80 years of Operation Anthropoid. \nBritish director Sean Ellis’ Anthropoid is the latest film adaptation of the operation’s story\, starring Irish film stars Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan. \nGeorge Bearfield is the son of the Czechoslovak parachutist Jaroslav Bublík and the nephew of Josef Bublík\, who\, together with Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík\, died in the Church of St. Cyril and Methodius in Prague after the assassination of  Reinhard Heydrich. \nThe film will be screened in English without subtitles.  \nAdmission to the event is free\, registration at events.london@embassy.mzv.cz
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/anthropoid/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220527T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220504T093011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220504T093011Z
UID:6411-1653676200-1653685200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Life is a dog/Život je pes (1933)
DESCRIPTION:A chance to see a rarely screened film  directed by Martin Fric and starring Hugo Haas and Adina Mandlova. \nA light hearted romp mainly set in and around a Prague music publishing shop. A young composer falls for the publisher’s daughter but the road to love is complicated when he gains employment at the shop disguised as his uncle. \nHugo Haas was a top star of both theatre and film in his native Czechoslovakia and would later find character roles in Hollywood before becoming a director himself. Adina Mandlova proves delightfully flirty as the love interest and the hi-jinks are kept bubbling along by the experienced Martin Fric who directed more than 100 films between 1929 and 1968. \nDoors open at 18.30\, for a 19.30 start. Refreshments will be available in the licensed café/bar. \nTickets £8 in advance (see link below) or on the door.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/life-is-a-dog-zivot-je-pes-1933/
LOCATION:The Cinema Museum\, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road)\, London\, SE11 4TH UK\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220524T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220524T193000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220515T111159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220515T111159Z
UID:6472-1653415200-1653420600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:NHS versus Czech healthcare and why people emigrate
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom event. If you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk. Login details will be shared only with those who confirm their attendance.\n\nCzech-born British GP\, Dr Eva Hnízdo will introduce her book Diagnosis London\, published in Czech in Prague in 2020\, and her novel Why didn’t they leave?\, which was published in London in English in 2021.\n\nDr Hnízdo was born in Prague in 1953. After studying medicine at Charles University she worked at a Czech hospital and then as a general practitioner in Prague before escaping to the West in 1986. In Britain she worked for 23 years in a Watford practice.\n\nShe wrote ‘Diagnóza Londýn aneb příběhy české doktorky’ (Diagnosis London or the stories of a Czech doctor) in collaboration with Lucie Weissová which compares the Czech and British healthcare systems. Her novel ‘Why didn’t they leave’ is only available in English. A family saga\, it focuses not only on historical circumstances but also on family dynamics\, in particular a mother-daughter relationship\, and the effect the Holocaust had on the next generation.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/nhs-versus-czech-healthcare-and-why-people-emigrate/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220519T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220519T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220504T092045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220504T092045Z
UID:6409-1652986800-1652992200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Lake
DESCRIPTION:Bianca Bellová in conversation with Glen James Brown to celebrate the launch of The Lake. Followed by a drink reception and book signing. \nWinner of the 2017 EU Prize for Literature\, writer Bianca Bellová discusses her highly topical book The Lake with Glen James Brown to celebrate the book’s English-language publication by Parthian Books. \nSet in a fictitious country with references to a past Soviet occupation and presenting a post-apocalyptic future of complete climate collapse\, The Lake is a powerful and touching story of a young boy who fights his way out of a harsh environment as he searches for his mother. In discussing her inspirations\, her experiences growing up in the Eastern Bloc states pre-1989\, her tendency to place her characters into extreme situations and the book’s terrifyingly real parallels with the possible aftermath of war in Ukraine\, Bellová explores her universal story\, which has been translated into twenty languages. \nFree event but registration via Eventbrite (see link below) is necessary
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-lake/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220517T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220517T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T122330
CREATED:20220422T143753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220422T143753Z
UID:6363-1652815800-1652819400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lost Lamentations
DESCRIPTION:Sacred baroque music for four solo voices and continuo by forgotten Czech-born masters\, Jan Dismas Zelenka and František Tůma. \nProgramme\nMiserere Mei Deus – Tůma\nSettings of 10 sub tuum praesidium\, ZWV 157 – Zelenka \nStabat Mater – Tůma \nApollo of the Arts\nLucinda Cox\, soprano\nTristram Cooke\, countertenor\nJames Robinson\, tenor\nEdmund Saddington\, bass\nWilliam Whitehead\, organ\nRosie Moon\, violone\nEligio Luis Quinteiro\, theorbo
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/lost-lamentations/
LOCATION:Winchester College Chapel\, College Street\, Winchester\, SO23 9NA\, United Kingdom
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