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Music – Performance
Celebrating Theodorakis
At The Hellenic Centre on 10 Jun 2022A recital with Plastikes Karekles and Friends paying tribute to the memory of the great Greek composer.
Organised by The Hellenic Centre and Rebetiko Carnival
Refugee Crises in Greece, 1922-2022: Ancient Histories in Modern Contexts
At The Hellenic Centre on 27 May 2022An illustrated talk in which Dr David Wills will explore British representations of the refugee crises which took place in 1922 and from 2015 onwards. Contemporaneous accounts by British travellers, journalists and aid workers reveal the persistence of ancient history within the descriptions of modern ‘odysseys’.
The winner of the 2022 Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation completed in Modern Greek Studies in the UK will also be announced prior to the lecture.
Organised by the Society for Modern Greek Studies.
Music – Performance
George Kontrafouris trio feat. Jim Mullen & Billy Pod
At Hampstead Jazz Club at The Duke of Hamilton on 26 May 2022One of the leading jazz music figures in Greece and Assistant Professor at the Ionian University, George Kontrafouris will be in London on the 26th of May for a live performance at the Hampstead Jazz Club.
They will be presenting the release of the album ‘London 3’ featuring the legendary British guitar player Jim Mullen, George Kontrafouris on Hammond organ and Billy Pod on drums. It’s a collaborative endeavour between some of the most important musicians in Greece and UK.
Performance
Resolution Festival – Electra Untitled
At The Place, 17 Duke's Road London WC1H 9PY UK on 26 May 2022Mara Vivas, Lawrie Smail’s Imbeciles and Mayra Stergiou’s Vertebra Theatre, will be presenting an evening of contemporary dance and physical theatre in three bite-size performances. The artists have demonstrated award winning work in the UK, Europe and overseas.
Exhibition
The Hellenic Series
At The Hellenic Centre between 25 May 2022 – 30 Jun 2022An exhibition of cyanotypes of major and minor Hellenic archaeological sites by Benedict Luxmoore.
They are cyanotypes, a photographic printing process that involves applying a light sensitive emulsion on to paper, and exposure in sunlight. They gave rise to the architectural blueprint. Each of my photographs are unique because of the variations within the cyanotype method; imperfections and brushstrokes are an integral part.
Meet the Artist Thursday 26 May, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Supported by The Hellenic Centre
Performance
Girl on an Altar
At Kiln Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London, UK, NW6 7JR between 19 May 2022 – 25 Jun 2022A modern retelling of Oresteia. Clytemnestra’s world is torn apart when her husband, Agamemnon, sacrifices their daughter for the sake of war. Ten years on from this unthinkable tragedy, the couple are reunited. What follows is a dangerous battle of love, grief and power.
Organised by the Kiln Theatre in partnership with the Abbey Theatre
Stolen antiquities: Investigating known unknowns in the international market
At Online on 09 May 2022Since 1994, the discoveries and confiscations of photographic and documentary archives from notorious and convicted dealers of illicit antiquities have rocked the antiquities market and its clients, and laid the foundations for a new discipline within archaeology. Dr Christos Tsirogiannis (University of Aarhus, Denmark) a forensic archaeologist specialising in the research of international trafficking networks of antiquities will conduct this talk with an introduction by John Kittmer, the Chair of the League; there will be space for Q&A from members of the audience at the end of the talk.
Organised by The Anglo-Hellenic League
Music – Performance
Music in Greek Cinema
At The Hellenic Centre on 07 May 2022A collection of beloved Greek songs from the glorious years of Greek cinema, old and new, to be performed by their five piece band.
Organised by London Greek Music
Book launch
Τι Θυμάσαι απ’ τον Θάνατό σου; – What do you Recall from your Death?
At The Hellenic Centre on 07 May 2022How easy is it to be yourself in a world that demands you change? A world that constantly tries to point out you are different?
Pythagoras Eleftheriadis addresses these questions in his book Τι Θυμάσαι απ’ τον Θάνατό σου; – What do you Recall from your Death?
This event will be in Greek
Organised by The Hellenic Centre
Music – Performance
Live: An Evening of Ancient Greek Music
At Science Museum, IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, level 0 on 06 May 2022To bring the Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom event series to a spectacular close, the Science Museum presents an evening of live performance of long-lost sounds from the ancient Greek world brought to life by some of the world’s best performers of ancient instruments.
Organised by the Science Museum
Music – Performance
Empowering women’s voices in Opera
At The Hellenic Centre on 06 May 2022Matina Tsaroucha and Sophia Sakellaridis Mangoura accompanied by Riho Akagi will share with you the power of the female voice, its transcendence, its magic.
Organised by the Hellenic Centre
The Leventis Foundation Lecture Series
At The Hellenic Centre on 04 May 2022The Leventis Lectures event 2022 will showcase the research currently being undertaken at the University of Exeter into the impact of Greek culture upon our modern world. You are invited to attend this free evening of research, culture, drinks and networking.
Organised by Exeter University. Supported by The Hellenic Centre
Exhibition
It’s Time!
At The Hellenic Centre between 03 May 2022 – 23 May 2022An exhibition of paintings mixed with oil, acrylic and light sculpture on canvas by Sokratis Evgenidis. The artist is inspired by classical sculptors to produce his contemporary innovative paintings.
Meet the artist: Thursday 12 May, 6.30-8.30pm
Supported by The Hellenic Centre
Book launch
Greek Eyes on Europe
At The Hellenic Centre on 28 Apr 2022Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Hellenic Centre present the launch of Professor Emeritus John Muir’s Greek Eyes on Europe: The Travels of Nikandros Noukios of Corfu (published March 2022). Professor Emeritus Peter Jones will lead the discussion and invite questions from the audience. Professor Gonda Van Steen will introduce the speaker and moderate the Q&A session.
Organised by The Hellenic Centre and the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College London
Ορεινού Κήπου Σπορεύς – Sower of a Highland Garden
At The Hellenic Centre on 27 Apr 2022A memorial event in Greek paying tribute to the literary and critical work of Dimitris Th. Gotsis (1945-2021).
Organised by Cyprus High Commission-Cultural Section. Supported by the Hellenic Centre.
20th Levantine Heritage Foundation Zoom lecture
At Online on 20 Apr 2022With guest speakers Tom Rees, Noël Woolrych, George York – The English Consul – Chief of British Intelligence in the Aegean
Organised by the Levantine Heritage Foundation
Olivier Awards 2022
At Royal Albert Hall on 10 Apr 2022Greek performance designer takis has been nominated for an Olivier award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for set and costume design of HMS Pinafore by English National Opera!
Lela’s story
At The Hellenic Centre on 05 Apr 2022Lela Black, née Amiel, was born in 1918 in Salonica, the second largest city in Greece with a thriving Jewish population. Before the war, she lived happily alongside other Jews, Christians and Muslims and had never experienced antisemitism of any kind. In 1940, she left Salonica with her husband Joseph and young daughter Marcelle to move to Athens.
Lela’s story is told by her granddaughter, Jacqueline Luck, who includes video footage of Lela’s testimonies in her presentation, as well as a selection of treasured family photos.
Photo shows Lela with her daughter Marcelle
Organised by the Hellenic Centre
Music – Performance
Σινεμά, αγάπη μου / Cinema, my love
At The Hellenic Centre on 02 Apr 2022A magical evening with your favourite songs from the Golden Era of Greek Cinema (1950s-1960s) by London based duo “Connie and Ronnie”. Come join the artists Riana Athanasiou (Soprano), Constantine Andronikou (Tenor and Pianist) and award winning special guest pianist Olivios Karaolides in sharing their passion for the era and the timeless classics.
Organised by the Hellenic Centre
Book launch
ελαττωματικό ΑΓΟΡΙ – faulty BOY
At The Hellenic Centre on 31 Mar 2022An event in English about the recent publication of ελαττωματικό ΑΓΟΡΙ (published by Hestia) by Sam Albatros, with Patricia Felisa Barbeito and Elsa Amanatidou.
Organised by the Hellenic Centre