A strong week for the performing arts, with two major productions passing through Limassol and a packed exhibitions calendar running across the island.
Theatre
A production of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, directed by Sofia Antoniou, comes to the Rialto Theatre in Limassol on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 May at 8.30pm for two nights only, following a successful run in Athens. The production centres on Haris Charalambous-Kazepis, who plays all the characters in the tragedy, creating a single, layered theatrical world. Cast as a wandering narrator and musician of the modern city, he transplants the story of Oedipus into a landscape where personal and collective trauma intertwine. Running time: 100 minutes. Tickets: rialto.interticket.com, tel. 77777745.
The Municipality of Paphos presents Brainstorm by the Gymnasium of Panagia Theoskepaстis at the Markideion Municipal Theatre (tel. 26822313) on Tuesday 13 May at 8pm, as part of the Theatre Days series. The school won first prize at the 37th All-Cyprus School Theatre Games for the Paphos district in the gymnasium category. The production, based on the work of Ned Glasier and Emily Lim, is a student adaptation exploring adolescence through the eyes of teenagers themselves. Adapted and directed by Eleni Polyviou. Free admission with entry ticket: forms.zohopublic.eu/pafosmunicipality
Open Arts presents Caryl Churchill’s Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp., directed by Athena Kasiou, at 11 Plutarchou Street in the Old Town of Nicosia. Upcoming performances: 12, 18, 19, 25, 30 and 31 May at 8pm. Tickets: more.com, tel. 9653522.
Aggelika Nikli Solomou, i Diafani by Periklis Moscholidakis, directed by Marina Vronti, is showing at the Larnaca Municipal Theatre. Running time: 85 minutes. Tickets: SoldOutTickets.
Ballet
Ballet Philippines brings Alice in Wonderland to the Pattihio Municipal Theatre in Limassol on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 May at 6.30pm, in its first visit to Cyprus. Choreographed by Mikhail Martinyuk, the production is based on Lewis Carroll’s classic and is aimed at the whole family. Running time: approximately 120 minutes with interval. Recommended age: four and above. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Marginalia (tel. 99657080): Cycles – Everything Flows by Rhea Bailey. Until 30 May.
Isnotgallery: Group exhibition Contemporary Art Under Pressure. Until 20 May. www.isnotgallery.com
Hambis Printmaking Museum: Mediterranean, featuring works from the collection of Andreas Nicholas. Until 25 July. www.hambismuseum.cy
Gardens of the Future (tel. 99244852): MATCH by Christina Zampoulaki and Katerina Mirajes. Until 28 May.
Gloria Gallery (tel. 22762605): The Charm of the Visible by Cilia Philippou. Until 15 May.
Art Seen – Contemporary Art Projects (tel. 22006624): The Objects are Watching by Clare Burnett. Until 27 May.
Stelios Ioannou Learning Resource Centre, Philippos Tsimpoglou Amphitheatre: Exhibition of historical documents marking the 200th anniversary of the Exodus of Messolonghi (1826–2026). Until 21 May.
Goethe Institut (tel. 22674606): Group exhibition Between Imagination and Hope. Until 5 June.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – State Gallery of Contemporary Art (SPEL, tel. 22479600): Group exhibition Agropoiitiki: Soils/Bodies, featuring 50 artists. Until 30 June.
NiMAC (tel. 2797400): Fluid Persistence — 19 artists explore ecological crisis, the role of water in narrative, and fiction. Until 31 May.
Municipal Square: Water Movement Nicosia, a site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until 30 June.
Leventis Gallery, Temporary Exhibitions 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
Pylon Art & Culture (tel. 95950857): Interior by Phanos Kyriacou. Until 27 June.
The Edit Gallery (tel. 25051710): The Greatest Nation Ever by Yeti. Until 4 June.
Rouan Gallery (tel. 25350845): Group exhibition featuring seven contemporary artists. Until 13 May.
Municipal Arts Centre – Papadakis Warehouses (tel. 25367700): Group exhibition Rehearsals in Placemaking. Until 24 May.
PSI Foundation: Bill Viola: Unspoken. Until 1 August.
125 Space (tel. 25733994): Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body by Alexandra Kow. Until 30 May.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (tel. 22128175): Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch. Until 6 May 2027.
Municipal Gallery (tel. 24658848): Testimonies of an Unseen Time — retrospective exhibition by Andreas Paraskevas. Until 6 June.
Paphos
Blue Iris (tel. 99310893): The Flower Series by Nikolas Antoniou. Until 23 May.
Film
Calle Málaga, the latest film by Maryam Touzani and starring Carmen Maura — known as a muse of Pedro Almodóvar — continues at the Pantheon Cinema in Nicosia on 12 and 13 May at 8.30pm. pantheon-theatre.com
New releases now showing at RIO (Nicosia Mall and Limassol, tel. 25871410) include Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft – The Tour, a documentary directed by James Cameron and Billie Eilish; animated family film The Sheep Detectives, directed by Kyle Balda and starring Hugh Jackman, Brett Goldstein and Patrick Stewart; horror film Hokum, directed by Damian McCarthy and starring Adam Scott; Mortal Kombat II, directed by Simon McQuoid and starring Karl Urban; and anime feature That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – The Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea, directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi.
