Belfast Photo Festival Exhibition: Our Streets Are Full of White Bears

Why are people in Poland so keen to take photos with a white bear? - Two Artists explore the mythology of the white bear and its signficance in popular culture through photographs spanning from 100 years ago to the present day.
10 06.2024 30 06.2024 Events, Visual arts

Mayor of Warsaw at Hay Festival

Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski will take part in the Hay Festival's 'The Future of Europe Debate' co-organised by the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna)
25 05.2024 Events, Literature

Franiciszka Themerson: Walking Backwards @ Tate Britain

A major new display of works by Franciszka Themerson at Tate Britain, opening 3 June 2024, which will bring together films, drawings and paintings made by the artist between the 1930s and 1950s. With mingled tragedy and humour, they explore the turbulent years before and after the Second World War.
03 06.2024 30 05.2025 News, Visual arts

Polish Folk Dance Spectacular – 75th Anniversary of the Mazury Dance Company

A special anniversary dance extravaganza from one of the largest and longest-established Polish folk song and dance groups in the UK.
15 06.2024 Events, Music, Theatre, Visual arts

Phoenix Cinema presents Ryszard Bugajski’s INTERROGATION (Przesłuchanie, 1982)

From June to September 2024, London's Phoenix Cinema will host a series of monthly film screenings, presenting rare gems from Central and Eastern European cinema.
01 06.2024 01 09.2024 Film

Lecture Series – Polish Japonisme

A series of three lectures (29th May, 12th June & 19th June) on Polish Japonisme exploring this fascinating movement and its influences on art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
29 05.2024 19 06.2024 Events, History

Applications Open – The “Ambassador of Polish History” award for individuals & organizations outside of Poland

The Polish Institute of National Rememberance (IPN) invites nominations for individuals and institutions active outside of Poland and involved in cultivating Polish history. Deadline 30th April 2024.
30 04.2024 Events, History

Book Talk – Agent Zo: The Life of Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka @ Clapham Library

Join award-winning author Clare Mulley to discuss the incredible story of Elżbieta Zawacka, the WW2 resistance fighter known as Agent Zo, who is the subject of her latest book.
21 05.2024 Events, History, Literature

MARIE CURIE – English language premiere of a major new musical

A major new musical about the life of the pioneering Nobel-winning scientist. After premiering in South Korea in 2020, ‘Marie Curie’ has already captivated audiences in Korea and Japan with its sweeping score - the story and is now brought to London audiences for the first time in a stirring production directed by Sarah Meadows
01 06.2024 28 07.2024 Events, Theatre