From a solo marimba concert in Nicosia to a new dance-theatre work exploring love and violence in Limassol, there is plenty to fill your Monday evening.
Dance
Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 8.30pm. Haris Kousios presents his new choreographic work Love, a dance-theatre piece moving between confession, violence, loss and the need for connection. Performers Haris Kousios and Amélie Ioannidis share personal stories of violence, loss and survival on stage, seeking through different paths a common ground of freedom, contact and love. Duration: 70 mins. Tickets: rialto.interticket.com
Literature
Limassol, Xydadiko, 7.30pm. Vivliotropic event: The Charm of the Short Story: Techniques and Secrets. Greek short-story writer Giorgos Skabardonis and author and editor of literary magazine O Anagnostis Giannis Baskozos will be in conversation. Reservations: 99667599
Theatre
Nicosia, Ploutarchou 11 (Old Nicosia). Open Arts presents Caryl Churchill’s Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp., directed by Athina Kasiou, transforming a building in Old Nicosia into a multi-layered theatrical space. Performances: May 19, 25, 30, 31 at 8pm. Tickets: more.com, 9653522
Nicosia, Skali Aglantzia, 8.30pm. Malista Kyrie Zambeta brings to the stage the life, humour and music of Giorgos Zambetas, written and directed by Petros Zoulias. Cast includes Viky Stavropoulou, Kostas Koklas, Danai Barka, Lefteris Eleftheriou, Antonis Krompa, Christina Tsafou and Thodoris Atheridis. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Upcoming: May 20 Nicosia, May 21 and 22 Limassol (Garden Theatre), May 23 Larnaca (Pattihio Amphitheatre).
Music
Nicosia, Artos House, 8.30pm. Marimbist Zina Christodoulou performs a solo marimba concert — a rare event in Cyprus, where solo recitals dedicated exclusively to the instrument remain uncommon. Tel: 99363989
Visual arts — opening
Nicosia, Gloria Gallery (22762605). Opening: 7.30pm. Dimitra Savva presents her solo exhibition Traces, a series of works dedicated to violence as a human and social experience. Until June 5.
Workshop
Nicosia, CYENS Centre of Excellence. The University of Cyprus hosts the international hybrid workshop Lives After Wars (1950s–1970s): Displacements and Materialities in the Eastern Mediterranean on May 19 and 20, bringing together academics and researchers from Cyprus and abroad to explore post-war displacement, memory and materiality. Online participation via Zoom is available on registration.
Lecture
Larnaca, House of Letters and Arts, 7.30pm. The Zenonian Free University of Larnaca closes its lecture series with two talks on the EOKA struggle. Anastasia Hamatsou will speak on the role of women in the liberation struggle of 1955–1959, while Doxa Komodromou will present the treatment of EOKA fighters in colonial detention centres and prisons. The lecture will be streamed live on RIK’s YouTube channel. Info: 24657745, 22894347
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Diachroniki (22680145). Retrospective exhibition of folk painter Giannis Pelekanos. Until May 30.
Roés Arts Centre (99651799/99079633). Elevation of the Soul by Ralitsa Vourkos. Until May 21.
Marginalia (99657080). Circles — Everything Flows by Rhea Bailey. Until May 30.
Isnotgallery. Group exhibition Contemporary Art Under Pressure. www.isnotgallery.com Until May 20.
Hambis Printmaking Museum. Mediterranean features works from the collection of Andreas Nikolas. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy
Gardens of the Future (99244852). MATCH by Christina Zamboulaki and Katerina Mirayes. Until May 28.
Art Seen – Contemporary Art Projects (22006624). The Objects are Watching by Claire Burnett. Until May 27.
Stelios Ioannou Information Centre, Philippos Tsimboглou Amphitheatre. Exhibition of historical documents marking 200 years since the Exodus of Missolonghi (1826–2026). Until May 21.
Goethe Institut (22674606). Group exhibition Between Imagination and Hope. Until June 5.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (SPEL — 22479600). Group exhibition Agropoiitiki: Soils/Bodies featuring 50 artists. Until June 30.
NiMAC (2797400). Fluid Persistence — 19 artists explore ecological crisis, water and narrative. Until May 31.
Municipal Square. Water Movement Nicosia, site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until June 30.
Leventis Gallery, Temporary Exhibitions Hall. Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive. Until June 28.
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality. Until June 30.
Limassol
Platres, Minerva Hotel. Trilogy of the Summer Holiday by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30.
The Warehouse by IT Quarter. VIMA Art Fair brings together 150 artists and participants from more than 20 countries. May 15–17. Tickets: more.com
El Greco Gallery (25212079). Mechanical Faith by Konstantinos Kalisperas. Until May 24.
XeniArtSpace – Trilogy West Tower (99980009). Photography exhibition Women in Focus. Until September 19.
eins gallery (99522977). A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging by Leontios Toubouris. Until June 27.
Pylon Art & Culture (95950857). INTERIOR by Phanos Kyriakou. Until June 27.
The Edit Gallery (25 51710). The Greatest Nation Ever by Yeti. Until June 4.
Municipal Arts Centre — Papadakis Warehouses (25 367700). Group exhibition Rehearsals in Placemaking. Until May 24.
PSI Foundation. Bill Viola: Unspoken. Until August 1.
125 Space (25733994). Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body by Alexandra Coe. Until May 30.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch. Until May 6, 2027.
Municipal Gallery (24658848). Testimonies of an Unseen Time. Retrospective exhibition by Andreas Paraskevas. Until June 6.
Paphos
Blue Iris (99310893). The Flower Series by Nikolas Antoniou. Until May 23.
Cinema
New releases at RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol, tel: 25871410): Top Gun – 40th Anniversary (dir. Tony Scott, with Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer); In the Grey (dir. Guy Ritchie, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, Eiza González); Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (documentary, dir. Malcolm Venville, with Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain); The Last Whale Singer (animation, dir. Pavel Hrubos, Steven Majaury, Reza Memari); Dino Family (animation, dir. Maya Turkina, Maksim Volkov).
