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8 Dec 2006
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Launch of a book by Ukrainian/British composer and
writer Alla Sirenko inspired by her opera for children
The Golden
Penguin.
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Association of Ukrainians, London
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23 Nov 2006
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Screening of
Harvest of Despair - The Forgotten Holocaust, a documentary film
about the 1932-33 terror famine in Ukraine.
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St Antony's College, Oxford
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16 Nov 2006
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The Cossacks - Screening of a series of short
cartoon films, created by Volodymyr Dakhno, about the Ukrainian Cossacks
and their adventures.
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King's College, Cambridge
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25 Oct 2006
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Paperworld - a show by the
Mimirichi troupe from Ukraine, combining mime, clowning and
slapstick.
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The Corn Exchange, Newbury
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24 Oct 2006
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The Undefeated - a film by Oles Yanchuk based on
the true story of Roman Shukhevych, commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent
Army which fought the Nazis and the Soviets during and in the aftermath
of the Second World War.
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St Antony's College, Oxford
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22 Oct 2006
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Plastic Life - a show by the
Mimirichi troupe from Ukraine, combining clowning, music and
philosophy including physical comedy, pantomime and improvisation.
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Ukrainian Community Centre, Coventry
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21 Oct 2006
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Paperworld - a show by the
Mimirichi troupe from Ukraine, combining mime, clowning and
slapstick.
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Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury
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30 Sep 2006
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One of the films at the 2006 Hull International Short
Film Festival - Zlydni, a Ukrainian fairy tale of evil forces
bringing misery on some helpless homeowners, made by Ukrainian director
Stepan Koval.
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Queen Victoria Square, Hull
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4 - 28 Aug 2006
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Antipigmalion and others - action painting
performed by Gennady Gutgarts of Ukraine - part of the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe.
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C Central, Edinburgh
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17 - 28 Aug 2006
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When We Were Gods - a captivating Ukrainian
legend about gods who mysteriously gave up their super powers and became
ordinary people. A fusion of live musical improvisation and visual
extravaganza with challenging physical artistry performed by the
Kyiv-based NovaRasa experimental theatre company. Part of the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe.
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Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh
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9 Jun 2006
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An evening of poetry readings and reminiscences by Vera
Rich to mark her golden jubilee as a translator of Ukrainian and other
literature.
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St Antony's College, Oxford
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30 May 2006
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Radiophobia - An award-winning film by Julio
Soto (Spain) examining the 1996 Chornobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine
and its consequences 20 years on, from the perspective of a group of
survivors and people who were on duty at the plant at the time of the
accident.
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St Antony's College, Oxford
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23 May 2006
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Marina Lewycka, author of best-selling novel A Short History of
Tractors in Ukrainian, with writers Jane Smiley and Gautam Malkani
in a discussion on getting published and their
inspirations as readers and writers.
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Purcell Room, London
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21 May 2006
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The Manifold Voices live poetry team in their new
multimedia presentation The Wormwood Star, in commemoration of
the 20th anniversary of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster.
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Association of Ukrainians, London
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9 Apr 2006
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My Nikifor. A film by Krzystof Krauze (Poland,
2004). The true story of
Nikifor, one of the world's greatest naïve painters who was
eventually feted by some of the top galleries in the world.
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Coronet Cinema, London
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8 Apr 2006
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Borderland - Ukraine and the Rebirth of Democracy.
A 90-minute documentary film by Paul Tremblay (USA) of
Alaya Productions, in which the historical background to the 2004
Orange Revolution in Ukraine is combined with a detailed analysis of the
events by their participants and observers.
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Ukrainian Community Centre, Coventry
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2 Apr 2006
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Dwarves go to Ukraine - A film by Miroslaw
Dembiński (Poland, 2005). Part of the
4th
Polish Film Festival in London.
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Riverside Studios, London
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14 Mar 2006
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Launch of An Orange Revolution, a book by
British-Ukrainian journalist Askold Krushelnycky.
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Frontline Club, London
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13 Mar 2006
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Natalka Bilotserkivets reading her own poetry (in Ukrainian and
English).
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Christ's College, Cambridge
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28 Jan 2006
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Ukraine - From Mazepa to the Maidan: Three
hundred years of struggle for freedom and democracy in poetry, music and
visuals, presented by the 'Manifold Voices' live poetry team, led by
translator and author Vera Rich.
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King's College, Cambridge
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