| Thursday 8 to Tuesday 20 May Monday to Friday at 5 pm and 7.45 pm (except Tuesday 20 May at 5 pm only) Saturdays at 3 pm and 7.45 pm Sundays 3 pm and 6 pm at 8 pm Preston Park, Brighton
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Moscow State Circus 35 of Russia's greatest circus performers in a new Moscow State Circus show, which includes unique springboard troupe The Puzanovs, Andrey Voronin's gaucho act, illusionists Khil and Spira, the solo trapeze artiste Olesya and the award-winning clowns Valik and Valerik. Modern
circus was started in London in 1768 by Philip Astley and rapidly became the chief form of
performance entertainment throughout much of the world during the 19th century. In
Russia, Catherine the Great invited the English trick rider and impresario Charles Hughes
(Astley's rival) to set up a riding school in St Petersburg, and circus quickly spread,
eventually producing its own dynastic families - the Durovs, Zapashnys, Kios, Kantemirovs
and others - who passed on their skills from one generation to the next. |
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| Sunday 11 May at 10.05 pm BBC-2 |
Breaking the Ice In summer 2006 Jonathan Dimbleby explored ten thousand miles of one of the world's most awe-inspiring countries. He made his first stop in the city of Murmansk, which stands as a reminder to the years when England and Russia were close allies in a war of survival against the Nazis. Then he went on to the strange and remote world of Karelia and savoured the sophisticated elegance of St Petersburg. |
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| Sunday 18 May at 10 pm BBC-2 |
Country Matters If the action in today's Russia is in the cities, the eternal spirit of Russia is in the countryside. Jonathan Dimbleby first goes to a reception for a Madonna concert, attended by anyone who's anyone in Moscow, including top restaurateur, Arkady Novikov. But the next day he takes the train to a different world: the family estate of Leo Tolstoy, arguably the greatest of all Russian writers. |
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| Saturday 17 May at 8
pm Dome Concert Hall, Brighton tickets: 01273 709709 The same day at 2 pm Fanfare Ciocarlia take over New Road, Brighton, in gypsy style – a free Brighton Festival event |
Fanfare Ciocarlia from
Romania and Tcha Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Band Fanfare Ciocarlia won BBC Radio 3's World Music Award for Europe in 2006. Tcha Limberger studied the roots of Hungarian music in Budapest, and mixes that city's café culture with the jazz legacy of Django Reinhardt. |
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| Thursday 29 May at 7.30 pm Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton tickets: 08700 606650 |
The Russian
State Opera of Siberia Puccini Madam
Butterfly |
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| Friday 30 May at 7.30 pm Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton tickets: 08700 606650 |
The Russian
State Opera of Siberia Verdi La
Traviata |
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| Saturday 31 May at 2.30 pm and
7.30 pm Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton tickets: 08700 606650 |
The Russian
State Opera of Siberia Puccini La
Bohème |
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