From a landmark chamber music festival to open-air film screenings and a new exhibition opening, there’s plenty to keep you busy across the island this Friday.
Music
Kouklia, Medieval Manor, 8:30pm. The 25th Pharos International Chamber Music Festival welcomes more than 20 internationally sought-after soloists this year. Tonight’s programme: Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20 (1800) — Sharon Kam (clarinet), Ben Goldscheider (horn), Mavroudes Troullos (bassoon), Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Diemut Poppen (viola), Alexander Chaushian (cello), Niek de Groot (double bass). Rachmaninoff: 6 Morceaux, Op. 11 for Piano Four Hands (1894) — Enrico Pace & Pietro De Maria (piano). Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 (1842) — Pietro De Maria (piano), Anton Sorokow (violin), Elly Suh (violin), Yura Lee (viola), Alexander Chaushian (cello). Tickets: 22663871, pharosartsfoundation.org
Paphos, Tala Amphitheatre, 8pm. The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra continues its Orchestra 4All social concert series, conducted by Petros Stylianou.
Nicosia, ARTE Music Academy, 8pm. Tel: 99564405. Guitarist Sotiris Kasparidis and violinist Irini Leoni present “Echo of the Sea”, a programme of works for solo guitar, guitar and violin, and guitar and voice. Also at Paphos, Aspas Vasiliou Music Academy, Saturday June 6, 8pm; and Salamiou, LAGRIA Winery, Saturday June 13, 8pm.
Conference
Nicosia, University of Cyprus Ceremony Hall (Kallipoleos), May 29–31. A three-day international academic conference dedicated to Nobel laureate poet Odysseas Elytis, organised by the Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture, the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Cyprus, and the Literature and Criticism Club. The programme includes a concert of music set to the poet’s verse by composer Giorgos Koroupos and a recitation by Ioulita Iliopolou.
Visual arts
Nicosia, Leventis Municipal Museum, opens at noon (22668838). “Dialogue: Niki Marangou – Rodi Konstantoglou” is a tribute to the work of artist Niki Marangou. Until July 31 (Wednesday 10am–8pm, Thursday–Sunday 10am–5pm).
Limassol, Municipal Arts Centre – Papadaki Warehouse, opens 6–10pm (25367700). “CUTS 2026” presents selected graduation works by final-year students of the Fine Arts Department. Until June 4.
Performance
Nicosia, Nicosia Dance House, 8:30pm. Arianna Oikonomou and Echo Arts present “Heart’s Sacred Touch”, a work moving between ritual, music and experiential performance, exploring reconciliation with death, memory and the human soul. The performance features British composer and singer Helen Chadwick alongside singers Kristia Michael and Marios Nikolaidis. Free entry, reservations: 96862020.
Theatre
Nicosia, Theatre Ena, 8:30pm. Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr Ripley” takes to the stage, directed by Andreas Christodoulidis. Performances every Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm and Sunday at 7pm. Also at Archontiko Axiotheas: July 10, 11 and 12, 8:30pm. Tickets: Ticketmaster.cy, 22348203. Suitable for ages 18 and over.
Nicosia, Melina Mercouri Hall. “The Man Who Broke the Code”, directed by Eleni Anastasiou. Regular performances Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8:30pm. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy / 7777 7040 / ACS Courier.
Nicosia, Anemona Theatre (Latsia). The comedy “Two and a Half Murders and a Bulldog!” by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou, directed by Marinos Xenophontos. Performances every Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm, Sunday at 7pm, until May 31. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets, theatre door and Stefani stores. Information/reservations: 70007721.
Screening
Nicosia, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 8pm. The museum rooftop hosts three evenings of art film and video from the Middle East, North Africa, Greece and Cyprus, curated by Róisín Tapponi, founder of Shasha Movies. Tonight’s programme, “Only Terrestrial”, includes: Land Listening (2025), Philip Rizk; Morning Circle (2025, 21′), Basma al Sharif; No title (2025, 42′), Ghassan al Shalhab. All screenings have English subtitles; discussions are in English. Tel: 22 479600.
Lecture
Larnaca, Kontea House, 8pm. Dr Nasa Patapiu, poet and historian-researcher, lectures on “The Cypriot Michail Membre and what he recorded about Persia in the 16th century.” Tel: 24 400920.
Exhibitions
Nicosia: Is Not Gallery (99569498) — “Landscapes II / in vitro” by Maria Kofteros, until June 10. EAC headquarters — photography and poetry exhibition “Echoes of Trees – Between Image and Verse”, until June 1. Gloria Gallery (22762605) — “Traces” by Dimitra Savva, until June 5. Diachroniki (22680145) — retrospective of folk painter Giannis Pelekanos, until May 30. Marginalia (99657080) — “Cycles – Everything Flows” by Rhea Bailey, until May 30. Hambis Printmaking Museum — “Mediterranean”, works from the Andreas Nikolas collection, until July 25, www.hambismuseum.cy. Goethe Institut (22674606) — group exhibition “Between Imagination and Hope”, until June 5. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (22479600) — group exhibition “Agropoiitiki: soils/bodies” with 50 artists, until June 30. NiMAC (2797400) — “Fluid Persistence”: 19 artists explore ecological crisis and the role of water, until May 31. Municipal Hall Square — “Water Movement Nicosia”, site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli, until June 30. Leventis Municipal Museum Temporary Exhibition 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 — “The Holiday Trilogy” by Christodoulos Panayiotou, until August 30. XeniArtSpace-Trilogy West Tower (99980009) — photography exhibition “Women in Focus”, until September 19. eins gallery (99522977) — “A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging” by Leontios Toumbouris, until June 27. Pylon Art & Culture (95950857) — “INTERIOR” by Fanos Kyriakou, until June 27. The Edit Gallery (25 51710) — “The Greatest Nation Ever” by Yeti, until June 4. PSI Foundation — “Bill Viola. Unspoken”, until August 1. 125 Space (25733994) — “Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body” by Alexandra Kow, 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 of Andreas Paraskevas, until June 6.
Cinema
New releases: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (directed by Jon Favreau, with Pedro Pascal, Martin Scorsese, Sigourney Weaver); Passenger (directed by André Øvredal, with Melissa Leo, Lou Llobell, Jacob Scripio); The Pout-Pout Fish (animated film directed by Ricard Cusso and Rio Harrington) — RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel: 25871410.
Nicosia, Pantheon. “Between Three Lives”, directed by Sophie Hyde, May 23–June 3, 8:30pm.
