Theatre, film, a book awards ceremony and an archaeology lecture are among the cultural events in Cyprus on Monday. They include a stage adaptation of ‘Brandy Sour’ in Nicosia and a talk on two of the island’s 19th-century antiquities looters.
THEATRE
Nicosia, Mascarini Theatre, 8pm. AntiLogos Theatre presents ‘Brandy Sour’, the stage adaptation of Constantia Soteriou’s award-winning novel, directed by Neoklis Neokleous with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot actors. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores. Further performances: Mascarini, 7, 11 and 14 November (weekdays 8pm, Saturday 8.30pm); 8 November, Pyla, UCLan Cyprus Amphitheatre; 19 November, Paphos, Markideio Theatre.
Nicosia, WhereHaus 612, 8.30pm. Point To Contemporary Theater and Anyhow Theatre Ensemble present Thanasis Triaridis’s ‘The Washing Machine’ for the first time in Cyprus, directed by Evangelia Onoufriou. With Nagia Anastasiadou and Eva Miltiadou. Tickets: more.com
SCREENING
Nicosia, Pantheon. The Friends of Cinema Club screens ‘Primavera’, directed by Damiano Michieletto. In 18th-century Venice, Cecilia lives in the city’s largest orphanage, where the most talented girls are trained in music. A gifted violinist, she knows she is destined for a wealthy marriage, until a new music teacher arrives: the famous Antonio Vivaldi. (2025, 110 min) In Italian with Greek subtitles.
Limassol, Rio, 8pm. The Limassol Film Club, with the Palestinian Independent Film Festival (PIFF), screens ‘With Hasan in Gaza’, directed by Kamal Aljafari, as part of Palestine Cinema Days Around the World 2026. In 2001, the Palestinian director travelled to Gaza to find Abdel Rahim, a man he had met in 1989 in a juvenile prison when he was a teenager. With no address, and nothing to go on beyond what he remembered from that time, he crossed the city from north to south with his driver, Hasan Elbubu. The footage was shot over two days in November and stayed on three MiniDV tapes for 20 years. When Aljafari found the tapes again, he decided to make the film from them alone.
AWARDS
Nicosia, Discovery Hall, University of Nicosia, 7pm. The Cypriot studies journal The Cyprus Review holds the ceremony for its Annual Book Awards (CRABA 2026), for books published in 2025.
BOOK
Aradippou, Museum of Christian Art, Christoforou Collection, 7pm. Marios Pitsillis presents his first poetry collection, ‘Cyprus: In Newness of Life’, with 90 poems on Cyprus, love, death and the Resurrection. Elena Matsangou will speak about the book, with music and song by Louiza Mappoura, Marios Orthodoxou and Loukas Michaelas. Free admission.
LECTURE
Nicosia, University of Cyprus, Central Academy Area, Kallipoleos Avenue, Wing E, 7.30pm. The University of Cyprus Archaeological Research Unit hosts a lecture by archaeologist and art historian Anna Marangou, titled ‘Cesnola, Richter and Magda: two antiquities looters and an amazing woman’.
The lecture looks at the life and work of Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904), an Italian sent to the island as consul for the United States and Russia. During his 11 years in Cyprus he dug at countless archaeological sites, and his collection grew to 35,573 objects. He later became director of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where much of the collection went on display.
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1850-1917) came to Cyprus from Germany as a journalist to cover the British conquest of the island. He stayed for 12 years, dug everywhere and sold what he took from Cypriot soil to Europe’s biggest museums.
Magda Ohnefalsch-Richter (1873-1922), his wife, was a professional photographer who spoke Greek and Turkish. She was interested in the island and its Greek character, its customs and traditions, its politics, relations with Turkish Cypriots, religious ceremonies and the behaviour of Cypriots in general.
All Monday lectures are open to the public. Online attendance requires prior registration.
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Apokalypsi (22300150). ‘The Keeper of the Grapes and Other Related Stories’ by Christos N. Christou. Until 14 November.
Gloria (22762605). ‘Belonging’ by Paschalis Anastasi. Until 17 November.
Diatopos Art Centre (22766117). ‘A Planet in Common’ by Giannos Oikonomou. Until 13 November.
Thkio Ppalies. ‘Routine Maintenance: A Tale’, a sculptural sound installation by the Lower Levant Company (Emidio Vasquez and Peter Eramian), in collaboration with artist Olga Micińska. Until 6 November. thkioppalies.org
Sic. Contemporary Culture (97 867289). ‘Scores for Somatheque Orchestra’ by Loizos Olympios. Until 13 November.
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Coin exhibition ‘Messages in Metal: A Timeless Dialogue with Cyprus’. Until 10 January 2027.
Museum (22430008). Four important relics from the History Museum of Armenia in Yerevan come to Nicosia for the temporary exhibition ‘Faith and Identity: Relics from the History Museum of Armenia’. Until 9 April 2027.
Old Town. The video art exhibition ‘Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear’ runs through the streets of old Nicosia, alongside the exhibition ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’ at the PSI Foundation in Limassol. Until 2 November. Information: PSI Foundation
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until 6 November. art-seen.org
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until 24 July 2027.
Limassol
Limassol Municipal Art Gallery, Papadakis Warehouses. Group exhibition ‘Humble Earths: Beyond the Western Frame, Transcultural Modernisms’. Until 12 December.
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Twelfth Night’ by Evelyn Anastasiou. Until 14 November.
Rouan (25350845). ‘The Sanctuary of Small Things’ by Georgia Michaelides Saad. Until 13 November.
The Gallery 45 (97901106). Group exhibition ‘Land Written in Verse: Contemporary Landscapes’. Until 29 November.
Pylon Art & Culture (95 950857). ‘Tracing Angel’s Men’ by Theopisti Stylianou Lambert. Until 19 December.
eins (99522977). ‘On Second Thoughts’ by Alexandros Pissourios. Until 15 December.
Velychko Gallery (96855580). ‘MURMUR kairos’ by Kyriaki Costa. Until 15 December.
NeMe. Group exhibition ‘Power Lines’. Until 6 November.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until 5 March.
Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery. ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until 5 November.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until 6 May 2027.
CINEMA
NEW RELEASES: ‘Motherwitch’ (directed by Minos Papas, with Margarita Zachariou, Miltos Yerolemou, Danae Katsameni), ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ (directed by Takashi Yamazaki, with Minami Hamabe, Jun Kunimura, Ryunosuke Kamiki), ‘Beware Boiuna’ (directed by Mike P. Nelson, with Jessica Rothe, Logan Marshall-Green, Kiana Madeira), ‘Monster Mia’ (animation, directed by Verena Fels), ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ (animation, directed by Dave Green). Rio Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
