Upcoming events
Our events are open to anyone interested in Greek and Cypriot culture. Most events are free and conducted in English.
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1821 Visions of Freedom: The Hand of Zographos, The Mind of Makriyannis, The Zeal of Gennadius
Exhibition Opening Hours: Late evening opening Monday 6 & Monday 13 December:6:30pm – 9pm, Saturdays: 10am – 5pm, Sundays: 11am – 4pm.
For other opening times please call the office on 020 7487 5060
Free entry
Christmas with Asterakia
Come and join us for an interactive festive session full of music, movement, and drama!
Organised by the Hellenic Centre
Adults £10, Children £5,
Family of 4 £20 (2 adults and 2 children)
Tickets for the 12-2pm performance
Tickets for the 3-5pm performance SOLD OUT!
In the Footsteps of Lord Byron: John Frederick Lewis in Greece and Albania
A talk by Briony Llewellyn and Charles Newton.
1821 Commemorative Lecture Series: The Greek War of Independence Revisited
Organised by the Hellenic Centre
Free entry, booking essential
Not able to attend in person? Register to watch the lecture live streamed from the Friends and Members room at the Hellenic Centre via Zoom webinar here
A Christmas Wonderland Enlightened Evenings
Enjoy a sumptuous Greek buffet of seafood, vegetarian and vegan canapé creations; live piano & jazz music; fine Mediterranean wines; flowing mulled wine; door prizes; and great company in a winter wonderland while wearing your nicest Christmas sweater!
Sponsored generously by The Hellenic Centre, Christos Lazari Foundation, Demetriou & English, and His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas
Tickets £33 from Eventbrite
Levantine Alternatives: Greeks in Constantinople, Smyrna and Alexandria after 1821
A lecture by Dr Philip Mansel.
Image: Argine Salvago, sister of Penelope Delta and wife of the President of the Greek community of Alexandria, at home.
1821 Commemorative Lecture Series: The Greek War of Independence Revisited
Organised by the Hellenic Centre
Free entry, booking essential
Faces of History. History has a face.
A presentation by historian Charicleia George Dimacopoulou on the new edition ‘History has a face’ which is now available also in an English translation.
Organised by The Hellenic Centre and Sylvia Ioannou Foundation
Free entry, booking essential
The Anglo-Hellenic League Vasilopitta
More information to follow
Organised by The Anglo-Hellenic League
The Hellenic Centre New Year Celebration – Piano & Cello Recital
A warm welcome to 2022 with a programme of classic music for Piano and Cello with Andrew Quartermain and Pavlos Carvalho followed by the cutting of vasilopita – the Greek traditional New Year Cake.
Organised by The Hellenic Centre
Tickets £14; HC Members and concessions £12; ticket price includes a glass of wine.
Booking Essential
Οι Τρεις Ιεράρχες στο σταυροδρόμι ελληνικής φιλοσοφίας και θεολογίας
A talk in Greek by Bishop Maximos of Melitene ( Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira)
Οι Τρεις Ιεράρχες στο σταυροδρόμι ελληνικής φιλοσοφίας και θεολογίας
Organised by Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Idolaters – Ειδωλολάτρες
A presentation in Greek of Natalie Katsou’s new poetry collection Ειδωλολάτρες – Idolaters by Kapa Publications/Κάπα Εκδοτική comprising of a discussion with Natalie Katsou and writer and academic Haris Psarras and readings by theatre director Anastasia Revi and actor Konstantinos Chatzikypraios.
Organised by The Hellenic Centre
Free entry – optional donation appreciated; booking essential
Tsiknopempti by Lykion ton Hellinidon
More information to follow
Organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon
HESGB 26th Anniversary Dinner Dance
Two years after our memorable event of February 2020 (London’s last mega-party before COVID restrictions), the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain is proud to announce that WE ARE BACK with the highly anticipated DINNER DANCE 2022 (AFTER THE LOCKDOWN !!!), undoubtedly the best event of the London-Hellenic shipping calendar.
Organised by the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain
Tickets include reception drinks, dinner, entertainment, dancing and many surprises until 2 am.
Children’s Carnival
More information to follow
Organised by The Hellenic Centre
Kathara Deftera
More information to follow
Organised by The Hellenic Centre
Songs from the Labyrinth: Is it Better to Remember or Forget?
Ruth Padel will give an illustrated talk on her novel Daughters of the Labyrinth, set in West Crete, which leads, like Ariadne’s thread, to the buried past of the Jews of Crete.
Cretan singer and musician Kalia Baklitzanaki will sing and play music mentioned in the book.
Organised by The Hellenic Centre
Free entry – optional donation appreciated; booking essential
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Theatre Workshop with Natalie Katsou
Six young people play a video-game online, they become the avatars of Miaoulis, Bouboulina and Androutsos, and the rest is history… What does it mean to be a hero today? Could the fighters for the Greek Revolution become super-heroes in a video game? Would you like to be one of them? Then join us!
This workshop will be in Greek
Organised by The Hellenic Centre
Tickets £12, booking essential
Papyrus Fragments: Lost Stories from Ancient Greece
A talk exploring the lost literature of ancient Greece that survives on fragments of papyrus. A papyrus specialist will detail the journey of these fragments and the challenges of deciphering and protecting them.
Dr Laura Swift from The Open University will be joined by practitioners from theatre company Potential Difference to discuss how they have taken inspiration from these fragments to create a new play inspired by fragmentation and Greek myth.
Organised by The Hellenic Centre