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UPCOMING PROJECTS
“My Grandson Benjamin”
At its heart this is a sharp and heartfelt comedy about a resilient matriarch navigating familial bonds and the ever-shifting landscape between tradition and modernity.
📍14 May, 19:30 - Southbank Centre
Language: Russian
Language: Russian
“PART OF THE LIFE”
A poetic and musical revelation where Anatoly Bely lends his voice to Brodsky, Pasternak, Mandelstam, and Mayakovsky, reawakening their timeless words under the haunting sound of Arnold Giskin’s saxophone.
📍22 May, 19:30 - St.Cuthbert’s, Earls Court, London
Language: Russian
Language: Russian
NADEZHDINY
Having been called the sensation of the year, "Nadezhdiny" is a compelling play starring internationally acclaimed actress Masha Mashkova.
📍27 March, 19:00 - Shaw Theatre
Event is in Russian language
Event is in Russian language
ANDREY MAKAREVICH IN LONDON
Андрей Макаревич представит новую программу в сопровождении виртуоза кельтской арфы Филиппа Барского.
📍19 March, 19:00 - Clapham Grand
Event is in Russian language
Event is in Russian language
PUBLIC TALK WITH OLEG RADZINSKY AND ARKADY OSTROVSKY
Presentation of new book "Days of Repentance".
📍13 March, 19:00 - Kensington United Reformed Church
Event is in Russian Language
Event is in Russian Language
MAHAMAYA ELECTRONIC DEVICES
'Mahamaya Electronic Devices' is a performance that tackles all the major issues of our time: society, psychology, spirituality, artificial intelligence, identity, life, death, and of course, love.
Director and author of the play: Ivan Vyrypaev
Director and author of the play: Ivan Vyrypaev
📍21, 22 February, 19:30 - Marylebone Theatre.
ILYA KOLMANOVSKY IN LONDON
THE HEART: THE ENGINE IN OUR BODY (10+).
📍9 February, 16:00 - Marylebone Theatre
Language: English
Language: English
FRAGILE: A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
Supporting artists who have been persecuted, displaced, politically exiled, and subjected to racial or gender injustice. The exhibition shines a light on the resilience and vulnerability of artists navigating perilous environments.
📍21 November - 8 December. The Bomb Factory Art Foundation
Free Entry
Free Entry
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PAST PROJECTS
A dance project, starring the Royal Ballet prima Natalia Osipova and the English National Ballet principal dancer Isaac Hernández, directed by world-renowned choreographer Didy Veldman.
An artist who fled Russia because of his anti-war stance has unveiled a sculpture of a suitcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to highlight the plight of refugees. It has been officially included in the City of Edinburgh's Fine Art Collection, the largest of its kind in Scotland.
Called the sensation of the year, "Nadezhdiny" is a play starring internationally acclaimed actress Masha Mashkova. It tells a powerful love story of Milania Sevruk and Evgeny Zelenskyi, an opponent of Vladimir Lenin known under the pseudonym Nadezhdin, who advocated for an alternative democratic revolution.
National Dance-Award winning dance production choreographed and directed by Arthur Pita. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersens dark tale, The Story of a Mother, it stars international dance superstar Natalia Osipova and multi-award-winning dancer Jonathan Goddard.
A solo show based on the poems of Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky, Brodsky / Baryshnikov is the tale of one man’s incredible emotional journey, conceived and directed by acclaimed Latvian director Alvis Hermanis, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov.
A monumental sculpture The Right Hand of God presented at in Holland Park's Napoleon Garden and at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The installation was the first major outcome of the Bird&Carrot artist residency.
Based on the 19th century play by Nikolai Gogol, this satirical comedy exposes collective delusion and the swindlers who would exploit it. A monumental play of its time, this classic masterpiece continues to resonate. Played at the Marleybone Theatre.
Marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, we invited audiences to stand in the dock as Russian feminist protest and performance group Pussy Riot and live the realities of imprisonment for the freedom of speech we take for granted. Inside Pussy Riot immersive show ran for six weeks in London’s Saatchi Gallery, coinciding with their Art Riot Exhibition.
A sell-out heartfelt and immersive music show follows the story of a young woman and war refugee as she fled home to find hope in a foreign land.
About Bird&Carrot
B&C specialises in producing theatre, music, and contemporary art events in the UK and internationally. B&C develops collaborative projects with world famous and emerging artists from the post-Soviet space and supports their freedom of artistic expression, creating a forum for debate and intelligent discussion. We invite the world’s sharpest minds and most exciting orators, from the performing arts to academia, to hold talks for the public. Our past events include such projects as Brodsky/Baryshnikov at Apollo Theatre, National Dance Awards-winning The Mother and Carmen with the Royal Ballet Prima Natalia Osipova at Southbank Centre, and Zemfira rock concert at the V&A Museum.
We believe in creating opportunities for artists to express themselves outside the censorship of the regime and work with most controversial creators. Our art productions include Inside Pussy Riot at Saatchi Gallery, which was a collaboration between Pussy Riot and an immersive theatre group Les Infants Terribles that we have put together. We are constantly working on creating new outstanding experiences for the UK's art industry and public.
We believe in creating opportunities for artists to express themselves outside the censorship of the regime and work with most controversial creators. Our art productions include Inside Pussy Riot at Saatchi Gallery, which was a collaboration between Pussy Riot and an immersive theatre group Les Infants Terribles that we have put together. We are constantly working on creating new outstanding experiences for the UK's art industry and public.
About Alexandrina Markvo
Alexandrina is a London- based producer and curator, who had a diverse arts-related career, formerly working as a TV presenter and currently acting as theatre, music and contemporary art producer. Among her past projects were the Sir Norman Foster retrospective exhibition at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow; the innovative video-art projects The Feast of Trimalchio and Inverso Mundus by AES+F art group launched by Alexandrina during the Venice Biennale 2009 and 2015 accordingly. Her recent UK productions include critically acclaimed dance-drama Carmen starring ROH principal Natalia Osipova and Isaac Hernández; The Mother, a National Dance Award-winning drama by Arthur Pita, starring Natalia Osipova; Brodsky/Baryshnikov, New Riga Theatre production led by Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Apollo Theatre; Art Riot: Post-Soviet Activism and Inside Pussy Riot at the Saatchi Gallery; Force of Nature Natalia — a documentary portrait of the Royal Ballet principal and superstar Natalia Osipova that offered an unparalleled glimpse into the career of a great dancer.
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