A Hand for the Poet – Romanian Poetry in Performance - A Celebration of Romania's National Culture Day
A Celebration of Romania's National Culture DayAcclaimed actors Emilia Popescu and András Demeter, together with pianist and composer Cătălin Răducanu, bring to London a finely curated poetry recital that places Romanian literature in a vibrant contemporary frame.
RCI London's Theatre Season Continues with Andreea Tănase's "All's Well That Ends"
Join us for an evening of theatrical brilliance!We are excited to continue our 2024 Theatrical Season on World Theatre Day with Andreea Tănase's captivating play, All’s Well That Ends. A show created by the British theatre company Kibo Productions under the direction
Unpack by Cătălina Florescu: Key Moments of Romania’s History in a One-woman Show
RCI London will broadcast for its online audiences, on 30 March, the performance entitled Unpackby Cătălina Florescu, a one-act autobiographical play that weaves the personal history of people, of objects and our affective memory that we carry everywhere, with essential
The Flavours of Poetry: Flamboyant Mircea Dinescu at RCI London
Renowned poet, star chef and TV personality Mircea Dinescu is our guest at 1 Belgrave Square for the launch of his most recent poetry collection in English, 'The Barbarians’ Return', published by the prestigious Bloodaxe Books. The famous author, admired for
Vlad the Impaler Gets Opera Treatment at the Victoria & Albert Museum
We are thrilled to be joining forces with the team behind V&A’s illuminating 'Opera: Passion, Power & Politics' exhibition for a taste of a new opera, written by Romanian enfant terriblemusician Vlad Maistorovici. The fragments of this original new work,
Marin Sorescu’s 'Jonah', the Elegiac Parable of Human Condition, at the RCI
Arguably the most celebrated monologue of Romanian theatre gets a brilliant makeover in a new production staged specially for our increasingly popular theatrical space. Directed by American Sharon Willems and starring Romanian actor Alin Balaşcan, the performance preserves
A 'Poem' for the Romanian Verse
We are pleased to be hosting the launch of the latest issue of Poem magazine, whose September-December double edition published by Routledge is entirely focused on Romanian verse. Featuring names that make up centuries of Romanian poetry, this true anthology, developed by
A Myth Revisited: 'Vlad the Impaler' in Glasgow and Brighton
A fresh, imaginative take on Marin Sorescu's revisionist examination of one of Middle Age's most enigmatic heroes,'Vlad the Impaler', staged by intrepid theatre veterans Faynia Williams and Richard Crane, opens in Glasgow at the famous A Play, A Pie
An Easter Rejoice: Adela Liculescu at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Piano rising star Adela Liculescu joins our popular series at St Martin-in-the-Fields with a recital bursting with youthful vigour and panache. The programme opens with George Enescu's hypnotic 'Pavane' from the Piano Suite, Op. 10, and also features Franz
International Conference: 'Shakespeare - Adaptation, Reception, Translation'
We are delighted to co-organize and host the second edition of the Shakespeare Conference, which brings together leading scholars and researchers from the best English departments in Romania with counterparts from Ireland, France, Italy, Turkey, Poland,
Eminescu. The Eventual Crossing
Although he travelled extensively since very young, the towering bard of Romanian poetry, Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), never crossed the Channel. Belgravia will however be filled by his presence through an event celebrating the enduring work of the immortal poet in an original
Neagu between Beyus and Kantor
Richard Demarco is the first British curator who, in 1968, invited Romanian artists and writers to participate in the Edinburgh International Festival. Over the years he has worked with Paul Neagu, Ion Bitzan, Horia Bernea, Ovidiu Maitec, Ilie Pavel, Peter