DIARY of EVENTS for the UK GREEK COMMUNITY

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Tuesday 2 February to Thursday 25 February - Friends Room,
Secrets An exhibition of graphic art by John Pakapoukas, exploring the many forms in which secrets hide. Private view Thursday 4 February, 6-9pm. Please contact 020 7487 5060 for opening hours.

Medea
In a new version by Tom Paulin
Directed by Barrie Rutter

Oxford Playhouse
Tue 2 – Sat 6 February 2010
Evenings: Tue – Thu & Sat, 7.30pm, Fri 8pm
Matinees: Thu & Sat 2.30pm
Post show talk, Tue 2nd
Tickets: £11 – 24
Box Office: 01865 305305
www.oxfordplayhouse.com
www.northern-broadsides.co.uk
 

Thursday 4 February, 6pm
Byzantine Architecture Reconfigured in Early Islamic Syria Nineteenth Annual Runciman Lecture delivered by Professor Robert Hillenbrand (Edinburgh). Organised by the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College London. Further information on 020 7848 1840.

Thursday 4 February, 7.30pm
Tsiknopempti A celebration of Greek Carnival with food, music and Greek dancing organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon. Further information and bookings on 020 8441 6332 or 020 8201 8332.

Saturday 6 February, 7pm
Carnival Ball organised by the Peloponnesian Association of Great Britain. Tickets £55. Further information and bookings on 020 8992 4391, 07973 563820, 07910 216082 or evitayianni6_greece@yahoo.gr

Venue: London Marriott Hotel, 111 King Henry’s Road, London NW3 

Sunday 7 February, 1 to 5pm
Getting back to Wellness - The Joyful Flow of the Body A workshop with Depi Mavropoulou (body psychotherapist and theatre trainer). Learn how to achieve health, well-being, energy, beauty, happiness and optimism through simple exercises. Organised by Energy Theatre; supported by the Hellenic Centre. Further information on 07807 739453 or energeiakotheatro@hotmail.com Fee £15, £12 concessions; bookings on 020 7487 5060 by Monday 1 February. Maximum number of participants 22.

Sunday 7 February, 3 to 5pm
Children’s Fancy Dress Party organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon and the Hellenic Centre. Tickets £12, £10 (members of Lykion ton Hellinidon and the Hellenic Centre, Westminster ResCard Holders) for adults; £5 children up to 10 years old. Price includes refreshments and snacks for all and entertainment for children up to 10 years old. Adults admitted only if accompanying children. Further information and bookings on 020 7487 5060.

Sunday 14 February, 6.30pm
Piano Recital by distinguished pianist and composer Costas Fotopoulos. The programme includes Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 by Beethoven, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42 by Rachmaninov, Impromptu No. 3 in B flat major, D935 by Schubert, 2 Ghost Rags by Bolcom, Toccata by Fotopoulos, Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel. Organised by the Hellenic Centre. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or press@helleniccentre.org

Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre

Monday 15 February, 12.30pm
Kathara Deftera Lunch A traditional vegetarian lunch, organised by the Hellenic Centre, to celebrate the beginning of Lent. Tickets £20, concessions £18. Proceeds in aid of the Hellenic Centre. Further information and bookings on 020 7487 5060.

Tuesday 16 February, 6.30pm
Book Club Meeting Book to be discussed Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (2008 edition). New members welcome. Further information on 020 7487 5060.

Wednesday 17 February, 7pm
The Wall-Paintings of Akrotiri, Thera: Private, Public and Ritual Images of a Cycladic Settlement Lecture in English by Andreas G Vlachopoulos, University of Ioannina. Organised by the Greek Archaeological Committee. Free entry. Further information on 020 7935 2020 or anne@faroship.com

Venue: Hellenic Centre

Thursday 18 February, 7.15pm
Η Ορθ?δοξη Εκκλησ?α στο Ηνωμ?νο Βασ?λειο Χθ?ς και Σ?μερα A lecture in Greek by His Eminence the Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, Gregorios on the Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom. Organised by the Hellenic Community Trust. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or director@helleniccentre.org

Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre

Tuesday 23 February, 7pm
Welcome to Arcadia: Travels in Good Company A journey through Greece of the Sixties and Seventies, illustrated by photographs taken at the time and inspired by the words of Lawrence Durrell, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Osbert Lancaster, Peter Levi and other British writers of the 20th century. Commentary and photos by Paul Watkins. Organised by the Anglo-Hellenic League. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7267 3877.

Venue:  Friends Room, Hellenic Centre

Venue: Hilton London Metropole