HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 cc31-2W
79. Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cultural exchanges with the Soviet Union are expected to take place in the current year; in what areas of artistic activity; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Chalker

The following major events have taken or are planned to take place in the current year:

Event
British events in the Soviet Union
1988
May Tour by the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra (Leningrad, Moscow, Novosibirsk)
May–June Tour by the National Theatre Company
August–October Exchange of Exhibitions between the National Gallery and the Pushkin and Hermitage Museums
September–November Francis Bacon Exhibition
October British Film Week
Soviet events in the United Kingdom
1988
March–April Tour by the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra
March–April Tour by the Red Army Ensemble
May Maly Theatre of Leningrad (Riverside Studios)
May Concert by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Barbican)
Summer Season The Moscow State Circus
July–August Tour by the Moscow Classical Ballet
August The Kirov Ballet Company
August–October Exchange of Exhibitions between the National Gallery and the Pushkin and Hermitage Museums
October Soviet Week in Birmingham
November Tour by the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra