Giorgos Dalaras brings ‘Rebetiko’ to Nicosia, the Korean duo Dal:um plays the University of Cyprus Cultural Festival, and Nova Melancholia’s ‘Sebastian’ comes to the Nicosia International Festival. Here is what’s on across Cyprus today.
Music
Nicosia, Axiothea Mansion, 8.30pm. The South Korean duo Dal:um performs music that moves between Korean tradition and contemporary experimental music, reworking the sound of two traditional string instruments into a new, personal musical language. In a concert that is part of the 29th University of Cyprus Cultural Festival, Hyeyoung Hwang on the geomungo and Suhyun Ha on the gayageum draw on the different expressive range of each instrument, creating a soundscape where Korean musical tradition meets minimalism, improvisation and contemporary experimentation. 22894531
Nicosia, School for the Blind Amphitheatre, 8.30pm. Giorgos Dalaras brings ‘Rebetiko’, a concert dedicated to the Greek rebetiko tradition, to Cyprus. He is joined by a hand-picked group of musicians and the singers Aspasia Stratigou, Mariana Katsimicha and Vasilis Korakakis, in a programme that sets out to bring out the style and distinctive sound of rebetiko. Tickets: Ticketmaster. Further dates: October 8 and 9, Limassol, Pattichion Municipal Theatre.
Theatre
Nicosia, Municipal Theatre Studio, 8pm. Nova Melancholia’s award-winning performance ‘Sebastian’, directed by Vasilis Noulas, comes to the Nicosia International Festival. It approaches Saint Sebastian not as a fixed religious image but as an ever-changing symbol of Western art and imagination. Performers: Charis Doumouras, Christina Karagianni, Nikos Ntasis, Christina Reinhardt, Telis Tellakis. Running time: 90 minutes. 16+. Tickets: more.com. Further date: October 7.
Nicosia, Aigaia Theatre, 8.30pm. ‘Vigil for Pentheus: Thoughts on the End of Civilisation’, conceived by Eirini Andronikou, returns for a second run. The piece is a stage exploration of the idea of the end of civilisation and the dark forces running through human history. It was part of the Empty Space Festival, under the artistic direction of Stathis Livathinos, and was staged twice in a row at the Kykladon Street Theatre – Lefteris Vogiatzis in Athens. Performers: Eirini Andronikou, Antonia Charalambous. Every Tuesday: October 6, 13, 20 and 27. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets.
Limassol, Pattichion Municipal Theatre, 8.30pm. Eleni Rantou returns to Cyprus with ‘The Party of My Life’, now in its fifth year. With humour and candour, Rantou unpicks 50 years of personal and collective trauma against the backdrop of modern Greece, in search of the reasons life is worth living. The show is inspired by ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe but is not an adaptation of it. Further date: October 7, 7pm. Tickets: Ticketmaster.
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8.30pm. Florian Zeller’s multi-award-winning play ‘The Father’, directed by Giannis Leontaris with Stavros Louras in the lead role, returns to Dentro Theatre. Cast: Stavros Louras, Alexandros Parisis, Vasiliki Kypraiou, Katerina Loura, Onisiforos Onisiforou, Christi Charalambous. Further dates: October 12, 19, 20, 26 and 27. Running time: 90 minutes. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets, 99520835 and STEPHANIS stores.
Festivals
Protaras, Agia Triada beach, October 1 to 6. The Cyprus Rocks Festival returns to Protaras in the first week of October with tribute acts from the UK and Europe, playing the music of AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Queen, Def Leppard, Foo Fighters, Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith, The Who, Status Quo and other rock names. cyprusrocks.co.uk. Tickets: TicketBox Cyprus.
Music
Larnaca, G. Lykourgos Municipal Theatre, 8.30pm. Kostas Hatzis and Daniela in concert. Tickets: www.ticketmaster.cy and ACS Courier. Information: 99430654.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Old Town. The video art exhibition ‘Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear’ unfolds in the streets of old Nicosia as a parallel event to ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’ at the PSI Foundation in Limassol. Until November 2. Information: PSI Foundation.
Diachroniki (22680145). Diachroniki marks 36 years with the exhibition ‘Cyprus 1990 – 2026 through our Artists Eyes’. Until October 21.
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until November 6. art-seen.org
Kastelliotissa Hall. ‘Serbian Medieval Monuments in Danger’ features medieval heritage monuments in Kosovo. Until October 12.
Chambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Chambis’. Until July 24.
IN TOTO Gallery Space (22262470). ‘Closely Observed’ by Milenko Stevanovic. Until October 15.
Limassol
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Carriers’ by Hannah Rowan. Until October 17.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until March 5.
Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery. ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until November 5.
Municipal Arts Centre – Papadakis Warehouses. ‘Nikos Kourousiis: Labyrinths’, a retrospective of the artist’s wide-ranging practice. Until October 4.
PSI Foundation. ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’. Until October 24.
Larnaca
Kypriaki Gonia Gallery (24621109). ‘Worlds Elusive’ by Anna Vasileiou. Until October 10.
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch’. Until May 6, 2027.
Cinema
New releases: Verity (directed by Michael Showalter, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett), Digger (directed by Alejandro Inarritu, starring Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed and John Goodman) and Tad and the Magic Lamp (animation, directed by Enrique Gato). RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
Also showing: Hold Onto Me (directed by Myrsini Aristidou, starring Christos Passalis, Maria Petrova and Jenny Sallo). RIO Nicosia Mall.
Nicosia, Pantheon. Thomas Mann’s relationship with his daughter Erika is at the centre of ‘Fatherland’, the new film by the award-winning Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski. Screenings: October 5 to 10 at 8.30pm, with extra screenings at 6pm on October 1, 3 and 10. Running time: 82 minutes. pantheon-theatre.com
