From an Irish drama competing for a major European film prize to a lecture on EOKA-era radio broadcasting, there is plenty to keep you busy across Cyprus today.
Film
Nicosia, Pantheon, 8.30pm. The dramatic film Christy, directed by Brendan Canty, continues the screenings of films shortlisted for the LUX Audience Award 2026. Seventeen-year-old Christy is forced to move in with his estranged older half-brother after being expelled from the foster family he has lived with in the suburbs. Though his brother sees the arrangement as temporary, Christy begins to feel at home in a working-class neighbourhood of northern Cork. Ireland/United Kingdom, 2025. 94 minutes.
Lecture
Episkopeio, Synodic Hall of the Holy Metropolis of Tamassos and Orini, 7pm. The Holy Metropolis of Tamassos and Orini and the University of Cyprus present a lecture on radio broadcasting in Cyprus during the EOKA struggle, as part of the Tamasian Free University series. Speaker: Doxa Komodromou, Doctor of History, University of Cyprus. The lecture will be streamed live on the RIK YouTube channel. Information: 22465465, 22894347/2058.
Theatre
Nicosia, Latsion Municipal Theatre, 8pm. Ta Proxenia by Anastasia Pitsiakkou, performed by Geri Gymnasium “Iona and Kolokasi” as part of the 37th Pan-Cypriot Schools Theatre Games.
Paphos, Markideio Theatre. Edo Leme SOS, a comedy by Giorgos Tsiakkas satirising contemporary Cypriot life, directed by Marina Vronti. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets.
Exhibitions
Nicosia Gloria (22762605). O Anthropos pou kouvala tries by Rhinos Stefani. Until 3 April. Sic Contemporary Culture. Group show Call To Action featuring four Frederick University students: Katerina Kountouri, Nikolai Borianov Minkov, Andreas Anthimou, Konstantinos Kontargyris. Until 21 March. Omikron (96648352). Animalia by Maria Perentou, spanning fifteen years of work. Until 28 March. Alpha C.K. Art Gallery (22751325). The Blurred Line of Horizons by Stefanos Karabampas. Until 28 March. Marginalia (99657080). The Sound of Water by Afroditi Sezenia. Until 28 March. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art / State Gallery of Contemporary Art – SPEL (22479600). Group exhibition Agropoiitiki: Soils/Bodies, featuring 50 artists. Until 30 June. NiMAC (2797400). Fluid Persistence, with 19 artists exploring ecological crisis and the role of water in narrative. Until 31 May. Town Hall Square. Water Movement Nicosia, site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until 30 June. Leventis Gallery Temporary Exhibition Hall. Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive. Until 28 June. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality. Until 30 June.
Limassol 125 Space (25733994). Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body by Alexandra Kow. Until 30 May. Lumiere (25344141). Group show CHROMA by Her, featuring ten women painters. Until 21 March. Eins (99522977). Keep the Music for Yourself by Marietta Mavrokordatou. Until 4 April.
Larnaca Cypriot Corner (24621109). Nature and Water by Dimitra Vanezi Liasos. Until 21 March.
Paphos Blue Iris (99310893). Exhibition by Paschallis Anastasi. Until 21 March.
Cinema
New releases this week: The Mortuary Assistant (dir. Jeremiah Kipp, with Willa Holland, Paul Sparks, John Adams); The Wizard of the Kremlin (dir. Olivier Assayas, with Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge); Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (dir. Gore Verbinski, with Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson); The Tasters (dir. Silvio Soldini, with Elisa Schlott, Max Riemelt, Alma Hasun); Bernard: Mission Mars (animation, dir. Chao Wang). Screening at RIO cinemas, Nicosia Mall and Limassol. Tel: 25871410.
