Saturday’s cultural programme includes theatre, music, dance and festivals across Cyprus, with the 18th International Symposium of Ancient Greek Drama, new exhibition openings and a range of concerts among the highlights.
Theatre
Nicosia, THOC New Stage, 8pm. Andreas Araouzos directs Peter Morgan’s political drama ‘Frost/Nixon’ for the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (THOC), recreating David Frost’s historic television interviews with Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal. Varnavas Kyriazis plays the former US president and Giorgos Anagiotos the British broadcaster. Performances every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 6pm. Touring: Sotira, Municipal Theatre, Wednesday 9 December, 8.30pm; Larnaca, G. Lykourgos Municipal Theatre, Friday 11 December, 8.30pm; Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Thursday 17 December, 8.30pm; Paphos, Markideio Theatre, Friday 18 December, 8.30pm. Information and tickets: 77772717, tickets.thoc.org.cy
Nicosia, Satirical Theatre, Main Stage, 8pm. Florian Zeller’s comedy ‘The Lie’, directed by Marianna Kafkaridou. A dinner between two couples, a secret and a string of suspicions, confessions and twists drive the comedy. Cast: Mara Constantinou, Andreas Tselepos, Simos Tsiakkas, Ioanna Lampropoulou. Every Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 6.30pm until 20 December. Running time 90 minutes with an interval. Tickets: ticket.satirikotheatro.com, 22312940.
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8pm. Theatro Lexi presents ‘39 Steps’, Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation, directed by Marina Vronti. Cast: Marios Demetriou, Andreas Papamichalopoulos, Maria Tsiakka, Vasilis Charalambous. Four actors play more than 100 characters in a noir stage adventure based on John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Performances on 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29 November, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 6.30pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis. Also in Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Tuesday 17 November, 8.30pm, rialto.interticket.com
Nicosia, Municipal Theatre, 8pm. Charis Romas’s new comedy ‘The Princess of Agioi Saranta!’ uses humour to explore love, lies and everyone’s need to feel important. Nicosia, 7 November; Limassol, Lanitio Theatre, 8, 9 and 10 November. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets.
Nicosia, Anemona Theatre, 8.30pm. Anemona Theatre presents the comedy ‘Babies Are Brought by the Stork’ by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou, directed by Marinos Xenofontos. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 7pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Bookings: 70007721.
Nicosia, Flea Theatre, 8.30pm. The group |w(in) the margins| and Garage theatre present ‘Forever Mine’, an adaptation of Florian Zeller’s ‘The Mother’, until 7 November. Adapted and directed by Angela Constantinidou. Part of THOC’s 39th Amateur Theatre Festival. Running time 75 minutes. Bookings: 97638710.
Nicosia, Theatro Ena, 8.30pm. Ibsen’s classic ‘Hedda Gabler’, directed by Antreas Christodoulides. Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 7pm until 13 December. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy
Nicosia, Latsia Municipal Theatre. Theatro Lexi presents ‘Let’s Go and Change the World’, an original children’s musical by Giorgos Tsiakkas, directed by Christina Pavlidou. Every Saturday at 3pm and Sunday at 11am and 3pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores across Cyprus. 99036021.
Symposium
Nicosia, Leventis Gallery, 10am to 1.15pm and 4.30pm to 7pm. Fifteen academics and theatre practitioners from nine countries meet for the 18th International Symposium of Ancient Greek Drama, on the theme ‘The Tragedy of Democracy: Ancient Myths, Contemporary Political Ruptures and Echoes of Ancient Drama in the 21st Century’. Organised by the Department of Contemporary Culture and the Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute. Free entry, with simultaneous interpretation between Greek and English. Information: 7000 2414.
Visual arts
Kapedes, Celadon Centre for Arts & Ecologies. The exhibition ‘Wild Library: Artistic Publishing Practices and Ecological Imagination’ explores the relationship between art, books and the natural environment, with artists from Cyprus and abroad. Curated by Gavriil Koureas and Loizos Olympios. Opening at 4pm. Until 20 December (Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 4pm, or by appointment). celadon.org.cy
Kiti, lobby of the Kiti municipal district offices. Painting exhibition by Eleftheria Georgiadou. Opening at 11am. Until 8 November.
Music
Limassol, Pattichio Municipal Theatre, 8.30pm. Christos Thiveos marks 30 years of recording with two anniversary concerts in Cyprus, titled ‘30 Years of Stray Days’. Also in Larnaca, G. Lykourgos Municipal Theatre, Monday 9 November, 8.30pm. Tickets: Ticketmaster, the Pattichio Municipal Theatre box office and ACS Couriers.
Nicosia, Pallas Theatre, 4pm and 5.30pm. The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra brings to life the adventures of Mowgli, the boy raised among the animals of the jungle, through the music of the 1942 film ‘Jungle Book’. The family concert is conducted by Cypriot conductor Kyriaki Kountouri, with Petros Yiorkadjis as narrator and mezzo-soprano Marilena Nisidi. Tickets: cyso.interticket.com
Limassol, Agios Athanasios Cultural Centre, 7.30pm. Musicians Michalis and Petros Kouloumis present their first joint album, ‘The Music of Cyprus: Dances’. It includes 38 instrumental tunes on two discs and is the first part of a trilogy aimed at recording, preserving and promoting Cypriot musical tradition. Also in Nicosia, Kosmikon Kentron Antonaki, Sunday 8 November, 7.30pm, free entry.
Voroklini, Verochino Spazio Aperto, 8pm. Traditional and rebetiko-Smyrneiko songs, with Angeliki Hadjivasiliou on vocals and Christos Petrou on vocals and guitar, joined by Pavlos Michaelides on violin and Charalambos Panteli on lute. Bookings: 99 682288.
Conference
Nicosia, Kykkos Monastery Cultural Foundation ‘Archangelos’, ceremony hall, 8.30am to 1.20pm. The one-day conference ‘Lapithos: History, Culture and People – From Antiquity to Refugeehood and Hope’, organised by the Lapithos municipality, looks at the town’s history, cultural heritage and human stories.
Dance
Nicosia, Dance House Lemesos… Nicosia Dance House, 8pm. ‘Blue Indigo’, presented by the dance company Asomates Dynameis, opens a window on the world of neurodiversity. Concept and choreographic direction by Andromachi Dimitriadou Lindahl. Performed and co-created by Zoe Anastasiadou, Anthi Kettirou, Georgia Constantinou Clark, Sotiris Sotiriou and Ifigeneia Christodoulou. Bookings: 99360503 (2pm to 10pm), asomates.com
Limassol, Underground Stage, Synergeio, 8.30pm. ‘Nada’, the new work by Stylish Junkies Collective, explores the return of desire and the possibility of change after trauma and deep disconnection. Dancers: Magda Argyridou, Katerina Tylliridou, Anna Nicolaou and Konstantinos Charalambous. Original music by Giorgos Koulas and Dafni Koulas. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets.
Festivals
West Limassol, 4 to 8 November. The third ‘Cine Volos Neighbourhood’ festival by the MITOS Performing Arts Centre, themed ‘movements and routes’, returns with theatre, cinema, music, workshops and walks around the neighbourhood. Events are held at Cine Volos Park, the Pattichio Adult Recreation Centre, the Social Grocery, the Vavylas association, Giapouna coffee shop and other local venues. Most events are free. Information: mitos.org.cy
Pervolia, 3.30pm to 10pm. The ‘Pathkia Pathkia’ festival returns with two days of events in Pervolia and Kiti, highlighting the area’s history and cultural heritage through performance, themed walks, storytelling, theatre, cinema, music, games and creative workshops. The programme starts at 3.30pm at Pervolia Municipal Theatre, where ON AIR presents performances in public spaces exploring presence as a form of resistance and conscious inhabiting of space and time.
Literature
Nicosia, Lemythou and Galata. More than 40 writers from Cyprus and abroad take part in the 7th International Literary and Poetry Festival ‘es gin enalian Kypron’, organised by Lili Michaelidou and Nora Hadjisotiriou, focusing on international collaboration, new poetic voices and the exchange of ideas.
Workshops
Peras Orinis, Ancient Monument 185, 7 to 8 and 14 to 15 November. The Cypriot Printmakers association holds a series of hands-on contemporary printmaking workshops on ecological and sustainable art practices. Led by Efklidis Papadopoulos, Kyriakos Theocharous and Eleni Kindyni. Saturday 7 November, 11am to 4pm; Sunday 8 November, 10am to 1pm.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Cyprus Museum. ‘With What Remains’ by Andreas Mallouris and Leontios Toumbouris. Until 31 January.
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Thamai’ by Dimitris Petrolekas. Until 28 November.
University of Cyprus, Evi Sofianou Hall, University Campus (22894347). Photographic exhibition on the life of Kyriakos Matsis, fighter of the EOKA 1955–1959 liberation struggle. Until 30 November.
Apokalypsis (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 Economou. Until 13 November.
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 exhibition ‘Faith and Identity: Relics from the History Museum of Armenia’. Until 9 April 2027.
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence: A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until 24 July 2027.
Limassol
Limassol Municipal Art Gallery, Papadakis Warehouses. Group exhibition ‘Humble Lands: Beyond the Western Frame – Cross-cultural 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 Michaelidou 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.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until 5 March.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch’. Until 6 May 2027.
Cinema
New releases: ‘The Mongoose’ (directed by Mark Vanselow, with Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei and Ving Rhames), ‘Wild Horse Nine’ (directed by Martin McDonagh, with John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell and Steve Buscemi), ‘Ramayana: Rise of a Legend’ (directed by Nitesh Tiwari, with Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi), ‘George Michael: The Faith Tour’ (documentary directed by David Austin and Andrew Morahan) and ‘The Cat in the Hat’ (animated film directed by Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja). At RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
