Two festivals open on Wednesday, in west Limassol and Nicosia, alongside a talk on Raymond Carver, an exhibition marking 100 years since the birth of Kyriakos Matsis, new theatre productions and five new film releases.
FESTIVALS
West Limassol, Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 November. The MITOS Centre for Performing Arts festival returns with theatre, cinema, music, workshops and walks around the neighbourhood, on the theme of ‘journeys and routes’. The third edition of ‘The Neighbourhood of Cine Volos’ asks how people’s personal journeys, memories and movements shape a neighbourhood’s identity. The programme opens today with a staged reading of ‘A 116-Year-Old Woman’, written and directed by Adonis Floridis and performed by Elena Kallinikou. Its heroine claims to be 116 and to live in the Nicosia buffer zone. The same evening, the documentary ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ by Mohammadreza Eini and Sara Khaki will be screened at the Social Grocery. Events take place at Cine Volos Park, the Pattichio Adult Activity Centre, the Social Grocery, the Vavylas Association, Giapouna Cafe and other venues in the neighbourhood. Most events are free. Information: mitos.org.cy
Nicosia, Lemythou and Galata, Wednesday 4 to Saturday 7 November 2026. More than 40 writers from Cyprus and abroad are taking part in this year’s 7th International Literary-Poetry Festival ‘Es gin enalian Kypron’, organised by Lili Michaelidou and Nora Hadjisotiriou. The festival focuses on international collaboration, new poetic voices and the exchange of ideas. The programme opens today, 4 November, at 7pm at the Old Nicosia Town Hall in Eleftheria Square with ‘Free Speech’, an evening of readings, screenings and performances.
LITERATURE
Limassol, Xydadiko, Wednesday 4 November, 7.30pm. Nasia Dionysiou, Giannis Doukas and Antonis Balasopoulos discuss the work of Raymond Carver and Robert Altman’s film adaptation of his short stories. The talk, ‘Raymond Carver: The Poetics of Everyday Life’, is part of Vivliotropio’s series of events on the short story. It will include clips from Altman’s ‘Short Cuts’, which is based on Carver’s stories. Bookings: 99667599.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Nicosia, University of Cyprus, ‘Evi Sofianou’ Hall, University Campus. To mark 100 years since the birth of Kyriakos Matsis in 2026, the University of Cyprus is hosting a photographic exhibition on the life of the EOKA 1955-1959 fighter, also known as the ‘Eagle of Pentadaktylos’. Petros Papapolyviou, associate professor at the university’s Department of History and Archaeology, will give a talk titled ‘The Life and Death of Kyriakos Chr. Matsis (1926-1958)’. Opening: 5pm. Until 30/11. Information: 22894347
THEATRE
Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 8.30pm. Theatro Anemona presents ‘Babies Are Brought by the Stork’ (‘Ta Mora ta Ferni o Pelargos’), a comedy by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou, directed by Marinos Xenophontos. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Bookings: 70007721.
Nicosia, Flea Theatre, Wednesday 4 to Saturday 7 November, 8.30pm. Running time: 75 minutes. The group |w(in) the margins| and Garage theatre present an adaptation of Florian Zeller’s ‘The Mother’, which centres on the psychological fragility of a woman watching her family world change. Adapted and directed by Angela Konstantinidou. The production is part of the 39th Cyprus Theatre Organisation (THOC) Amateur Theatre Festival. Bookings: 97638710
Nicosia, Theatro Ena, 8.30pm. Ibsen’s classic ‘Hedda Gabler’, directed by Andreas Christodoulides. Performances every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 7pm until 13 December. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Apokalypsi (22300150). ‘The Guardian of the Grapes and Other Related Stories’ by Christos N. Christou. Until 14/11.
Gloria (22762605). ‘Belonging’ by Paschalis Anastasi. Until 17/11
Diatopos Art Centre (22766117). ‘A Planet in Common’ by Giannos Oikonomou. Until 13/11.
Thkio Ppalies. ‘Routine Maintenance: A Tale’, a sculptural sound installation by Lower Levant Company (Emidio Vasquez and Peter Eramian) with visual artist Olga Micińska. Until 6/11 thkioppalies.org
Sic. Contemporary Culture (97 867289). ‘Scores for Somatheque Orchestra’ by Loizos Olympios. Until 13/11.
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. ‘Messages in Metal: A Timeless Dialogue with Cyprus’, an exhibition of coins. Until 10/1/2027
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 9/4/2027.
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until 6/11. art-seen.org
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence: A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until 24/7/2027
Limassol
Limassol Municipal Art Gallery, Papadakis Warehouses. Group exhibition ‘Humble Lands: Beyond the Western Frame, Cross-Cultural Modernisms’. Until 12/12.
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Twelfth Night’ by Evelyn Anastasiou. Until 14/11
Rouan (25350845). ‘The Sanctuary of Small Things’ by Georgia Michaelidi Saad. Until 13/11
The Gallery 45 (97901106). Group exhibition ‘Land Written in Verse: Contemporary Landscapes’. Until 29/11
Pylon Art & Culture (95 950857). ‘Tracing Angel’s Men’ by Theopisti Stylianou Lambert. Until 19/12
eins (99522977). ‘On Second Thoughts’ by Alexandros Pissourios. Until 15/12
Velychko Gallery (96855580). ‘MURMUR kairos’ by Kyriaki Costa. Until 15/12
NeMe. Group exhibition ‘Power Lines’. Until 6/11
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until 5/3
Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery. ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until 5/11
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch’. Until 6/5/2027
CINEMA
NEW RELEASES: Motherwitch (directed by Minos Papas, starring Margarita Zachariou, Miltos Gerolemou and Danai Katsameni), Godzilla Minus Zero (directed by Takashi Yamazaki, starring Minami Hamabe, Jun Kunimura and Ryunosuke Kamiki), Beware Boiuna (directed by Mike P. Nelson, starring Jessica Rothe, Logan Marshall-Green and Kiana Madeira), Monster Mia (animation, directed by Verena Fels) and Coyote vs. Acme (animation, directed by Dave Green). RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
