A poetry and movement festival, a Lithuanian dance-theatre show for children and the stage adaptation of ‘Brandy Sour’ are among the cultural events in Cyprus on Tuesday, October 13.
Festivals
Nicosia, ARTos House, October 13 to 24, 8pm. Time is the starting point for poetry, music, photography, video, contemporary dance and live performances at the fourth Poetry MOVES International Festival of Poetry and Co+Motion. The festival opens today with the photography exhibition ‘PhOETRY IV’, which runs until October 17. The project ‘Cello Stories & a Poem’ will also be presented: four stories for cello, one for each of its strings, following different paths through time.
Larnaca, Zouhouri Square, 5pm. What happens when the desire to win meets defeat, competition and the need to cooperate? Lithuanian company No Shoes Theatre explores these questions in the dance-theatre piece ‘Kuris kurį’, staged outdoors as part of the Mitsikouri International Festival of Performing Arts for Children and Young People. Free entry. Duration: 45 minutes. Language: non-verbal. Ages: 6 and over. Next performance: October 14, Nicosia, Old GSP Square, 5pm.
Limassol, Rialto Theatre. The 16th Cyprus International Short Film Festival returns to the Rialto Theatre. For seven days, from October 10 to 16, the festival hosts filmmakers from Cyprus and around the world, with short films, special screenings and events beyond the big screen. 77 77 77 45, isffc.com.cy
Literature
Frenaros Municipal Amphitheatre, 6.30pm. The event ‘The Poet as a River’ is dedicated to folk poet Pieris Pierettis. The programme includes an exhibition and an artistic programme.
Nicosia, ETKA-PEO events hall, 7pm. The AKEL Central Committee and the PEO General Council present Antis Kanakis’s new poetry collection, ‘With a Lit Candle’. The main speaker is poet Leonidas Galazis, who holds a doctorate in Modern Greek Philology. AKEL general secretary Stefanos Stefanou, PEO general secretary Sotiroulla Charalambous and Agkastina community leader Anastasia Gerolemou will give addresses.
Theatre
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8pm. ‘The Milk’ by Vasilis Katsikonouris, directed by Marina Vronti for Theatro Lexi, returns for a second season. October 13, 14, 15 and 17. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets. Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Wednesday, October 21, 8.30pm. rialto.interticket.com
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. With Eirini Andronikou and Antonia Charalambous. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Every Tuesday: October 13, 20 and 27.
Larnaca, G. Lykourgos Municipal Theatre, 8.30pm. Theatro AntiLogos presents ‘Brandy Sour’, the stage adaptation of Constantia Soteriou’s award-winning novel, directed by Neoklis Neokleous, with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot actors on stage. Nicosia, Goethe-Institut (next to the Ledra Palace). Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores. Next performances: October 14, Paphos; October 19, Limassol; October 21, Deryneia. Nicosia performances: October 16, 17, 18, 20, 30 and 31, and November 1. Weekends 8pm, weekdays 9pm.
Nicosia, Maskarini Theatre, 8pm. Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’, staged by the ‘Ekfrasi’ Theatre Workshop Giorgos and Dimitris Anagiotos as part of the 39th Pancyprian Amateur Theatre Festival. 99827799
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Kafeneio Prozak, Common Room (9965962). Group exhibition ‘Deconstruct the Division’. Until October 13.
Museum (22430008). Four important artefacts from the History Museum of Armenia in Yerevan come to Nicosia for the temporary exhibition ‘Faith and Identity – Treasures from the History Museum of Armenia’. Until April 9, 2027.
Isnotgallery contemporary (99569498). ‘The Alnwick Garden’ by Dimitris Neokleous. Until October 31.
Gloria (22762605). ‘In the Garden of a Universe’ by Marion Paschali. Until October 23.
Gallery K (22 341122). ‘Beyond Olympus’ by Kyprianos Dimosthenous. Until October 24.
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Wanderings’ by Minas Kampitakis. Until October 31.
Apokalypsi (22300150). ‘Alternative Reality’ by Marinos Kartikkis. Until October 24.
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 the exhibition ‘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
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until July 24.
IN TOTO Gallery Space (22262470). ‘Closely Observed’ by Milenko Stevanovic. Until October 15.
Limassol
Pylon Art & Culture (95 950857). ‘Tracing Angel’s Men’ by Theopisti Stylianou Lambert. Until December 19.
Morfi (25378733). ‘Whispers of Heritage – The Art of John Corbidge’. Until October 15. morfi.org
eins (99522977). ‘On Second Thoughts’ by Alexandros Pissourios. Until December 15.
Velychko Gallery (96855580). ‘MURMUR kairos’ by Kyriaki Costa. Until December 15.
NeMe. Group exhibition ‘Power Lines’. Until November 6.
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.
PSI Foundation. ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’. Until October 24.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until May 6, 2027.
Cinema
New releases: ‘Primetime’ (directed by Lance Oppenheim, starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever and Skyler Gisondo), ‘The Social Reckoning’ (directed by Aaron Sorkin, starring Mikey Madison, Betty Gilpin and Jeremy Allen White), ‘Other Mommy’ (directed by Rob Savage, starring Jessica Chastain, Dichen Lachman and Karen Allen) and ‘Forgotten Island’ (animation, directed by Joel Crawford and Januel P. Mercado). RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
