Here’s a short selection of what’s on across Cyprus this week, from a screening of short films in Nicosia to a new music festival, a five-day performance installation inside the walls and exhibitions in Nicosia, Kapedes, Limassol and Larnaca.
SCREENING
Nicosia, Fotodos, Thursday 12 November, 7.30pm. Three short films linked by screenwriter Marios Nikolaou are shown in an evening dedicated to short-form storytelling and the craft of screenwriting. ‘The Monster’ (2018), ‘The Profile’ (2019) and ‘Visit’ (2024) were selected for the Cyprus International Short Film Festival and have also travelled to festivals abroad. Nikolaou, a member of Fotodos, will attend and talk about making the films. Free admission. fotodos.org
MUSIC
Nicosia, ARTos House, 9–14 November, 8pm. The 13th New Music Festival of the Cyprus Composers Centre, ‘Sound Above War’. The ensemble Patsiaoura presents world premieres of new works by Cypriot composers. Performers: Dimitris Giasemidis (flute–trombone), Giorgos Georgiou (B-flat clarinet – bass clarinet), Marilia Andreou (viola), Natasa Hadjiandreou (percussion), Robertas Grod (cello), Rami Sarieddine (piano). Conductor: Antis Skordis. Free admission.
FESTIVAL
Nicosia, Weaving Mill, 6pm. The literary festival ‘Aspects of the Fantastic’ includes an exhibition of books from Symbantikes Diadromes publishers and book presentations.
WORKSHOPS
Nicosia, Rodax Art Gallery, Wednesday 11 and 18 November, 6.30pm–8.30pm. Oral history workshops organised by the Cyprus Oral History Association (EPIKY). Speakers are Georgios A. Kazamias, professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Cyprus; Iliana Koulafeti, PhD candidate in oral history; Ioanna Alexandrou, PhD candidate at the University of Cyprus’s Department of History and Archaeology; historian Maria Galanou; Andreas Christofi, PhD in modern and contemporary history; and postdoctoral researcher Christos Peristianis. Information: [email protected], 96571658, epiky.cy
VISUAL ARTS
Nicosia, 41 Ektoros Street (96 768651). Cypriot artist Kika Taliadorou Coles, known by her artistic name Foinika, opens her studio in the historic centre of Nicosia on [date]. The opening presents selected works from her earlier series and a new body of work titled ‘Dreams’. Opening 6pm. Until 15/11.
Nicosia, Tsaousis Building, within the walls, 11–15 November 2026. The interdisciplinary research project Space of Tapes presents ‘Tape #1 – Tools for Measuring Distances’, a five-day performance installation that brings the Tsaousis Building, at 46-48 Faneromenis Street in walled Nicosia, back to life. 12 November, 8.30pm: ‘post-truth is another water game I play against my mouth’, the installation’s central event, composed and built by Stella N. Christou, with Savina Yannatou as ‘the Mouth’. Tickets 12 euros standard, 5 euros concession. 13 November, 5pm–2am: ‘Gathering: Rec • Interactive Artists’ Tour’. 14 November, 10.30am–7pm: workshop ‘The Art of Circuit Bending’. 15 November, 5pm: ‘Revisiting Aboulomania’. Bookings for all events: Instagram @spaceoftapes and 96510696.
THEATRE
Limassol, Pattichio Theatre, 8pm. Marguerite Yourcenar’s ‘Phaedo, or Vertigo’, directed by Andreas Araouzos for Alpha Square. Performed by Andreas Araouzos and Stavros Dimopoulos. ticketmaster.cy
Nicosia, Theatro Dentro, 8.30pm. Vasilis Katsikonouris’s ‘Milk’, directed by Marina Vronti for Theatro Lexi, returns for a second season. 12 November. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets. rialto.interticket.com
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Cyprus Museum (22 865854). ‘With What Remains’ by Andreas Mallouris and Leontios Toumpouris. Until 31/1.
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Thamai’ by Dimitris Petrolekas. Until 28/11.
University of Cyprus, Evi Sofianou Hall, University Campus (22894347). A photographic exhibition on the life and path of EOKA 1955–1959 liberation struggle hero Kyriakos Matsis. Until 30/11.
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.
Sic. Contemporary Culture (97 867289). ‘Scores for Somatheque Orchestra’ by Loizos Olympios. Until 13/11.
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Coin exhibition ‘Messages in Metal: A Timeless Dialogue with Cyprus’. 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.
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until 24/7/2027.
Kapedes
Celadon Centre for Arts & Ecologies. Group exhibition ‘Wild Library: Artistic Publishing Practices and Ecological Imagination’. Until 20/12. celadon.org.cy
Limassol
Limassol Municipal Art Gallery – Papadakis Warehouses. Group exhibition ‘Humble Earths: Beyond the Western Frame: Transcultural 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.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until 5/3.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch’. Until 6/5/2027.
CINEMA
NEW RELEASES: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (directed by Francis Lawrence, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Mckenna Grace, Joseph Zada), Ebenezer (directed by Ti West, starring Johnny Depp, Ian McKellen, Sam Claflin), How to Rob a Bank (directed by David Leitch, starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravitz, Christian Slater), Motor City (directed by Potsy Ponciroli, starring Alan Ritchson, Ben Foster, Shailene Woodley). RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
