Exhibitions, concerts, theatre, screenings and new films: here is what’s on across Cyprus.
VISUAL ARTS
Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 7pm. The life and work of Valentinos Charalambous move into a new digital space, through an initiative to document and preserve his personal archive. The project will be presented at the event ‘Imprint in Clay: Valentinos Charalambous and the Digitisation of a Living Archive’, co-organised by the Cyprus Institute and Pylon Art & Culture. In a series of presentations, Marina Schiza, Andriana Nikolaidou and Nikolas Bakirtzis will discuss Charalambous’s artistic legacy. Free entry. Booking through the Rialto Theatre website. rialto.interticket
Nicosia, Acropolis Park. The After:noon / Project team is holding the visual arts event Awareness 2026: ReHeritAge for the sixth year running. The exhibition approaches cultural heritage as a dynamic, constantly evolving process rather than a static legacy. It explores how cultural memory is continually reshaped by technological innovation, artistic experimentation and changing social conditions. Friday 13 November, 5pm–11pm. Saturday 14 November, 10am–midnight. afternoonproject.net
Larnaca, start café. Thirty-seven artists from Cyprus and abroad come together in the group exhibition ‘Chroma Green’. Through realist, abstract and contemporary works, each artist shapes their own version of green. Opening: 7.30pm. Until 31/12
Nicosia, Tsaousis Building, old Nicosia, 11–15 November 2026. The interdisciplinary research project Space of Tapes presents the five-day performative installation ‘Tape #1 – Tools for Measuring Distance’, bringing new life to the Tsaousis Building at 46-48 Faneromenis Street, within the walls of old Nicosia. 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 the events: Instagram @spaceoftapes and 96510696.
SCREENING
Nicosia, Pantheon. A screening of NAZA, the much-discussed documentary by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, which sets out to reveal how military operations in Gaza are organised and how the deaths of civilians are built into their planning. 13/14/20/21 November: 6pm + 8.30pm. 15/17/18/19/22/24/25 November: 8.30pm. The film is screened with English and Greek subtitles.
MUSIC
Limassol, Pattichio Municipal Theatre, Friday 13 November, 8.30pm. Nine musical journeys through the work of the composers who shaped Greek éntekhno song make up ‘9 Musical Images’, a show by the cultural group ‘Diastasi’. Musical direction, arrangements, orchestrations and harmonisations are by Neoklis Neophytides. Joining the ‘Diastasi’ Vocal Ensemble are Margarita Zorbala, Iro Saia, Giannis Dionysiou, Giorgos Ioannou and Andrea Sophocleous, with an orchestra of professional musicians. The piano soloist is Matea Leko. Nicosia, Municipal Theatre, Saturday 14 November, 8.30pm. Larnaca, ‘G. Lykourgos’ Municipal Theatre, Monday 16 November, 8.30pm. Tickets through Ticketmaster and ACS Couriers. Information: 7777 7040
Nicosia, ARTos House, 9–14 November, 8pm. The 13th New Music Festival of the Cyprus Composers Centre: ‘Sound Above War’. Rami Sarieddine gives a piano recital titled ‘The point, after all, is to be outside’, borrowed from the final line of a poem by Eftychia Panayiotou. The programme moves between contrasting worlds: inner and outer, structure and freedom, stillness and explosion, private contemplation and public expression. Free entry
WORKSHOPS
Nicosia, Rodax Art Gallery, Wednesday 11 and 18 November, 6.30pm–8.30pm. The Cyprus Oral History Association (EPIKY) is holding oral history workshops. 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 in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus; historian Maria Galanou; Andreas Christofi, who holds a PhD in Modern and Contemporary History; and postdoctoral researcher Christos Peristianis. Information: [email protected], 96571658 epiky.cy
THEATRE
Nicosia, THOC New Stage, 8pm. Andreas Araouzos directs Peter Morgan’s political drama ‘Frost/Nixon’, which recreates David Frost’s historic television interviews with Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal. Performances: every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 6pm. 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, THOC, ‘Evis Gavrielides’ Main Stage, 7pm. THOC’s ‘Marathon of Theatre Readings’ brings to the public for the first time the plays written in the playwriting workshop led by the late Alexia Papalazarou. The readings are curated by Neoklis Neokleous. Today’s plays: ‘Opzelura’ by Evangelia K. Kyprianou, 50 minutes. ‘How Hedgehogs Fuck’ by Valentina Phedonos, 60 minutes. ‘The Tropic of Scorpio’ by Georgia Vladimirou, 40 minutes. Free entry; booking essential on 77 77 27 17
UCLan Cyprus, 8pm, 13 and 14 November. Haris Romas’s new comedy ‘The Princess of Agioi Saranta!’ holds a mirror up to today’s society, using humour to shed light on the truth about love, lies and every person’s need to feel important. SoldOut Tickets
Nicosia, KTIRION 53, 8pm. Maria Ioli Karolidou directs ‘All of It’ by British playwright Alistair McDowall. Performances on 13 and 16 November. Tickets: more.com 70001384
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8pm. Lexi Theatre presents ‘The 39 Steps’, Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation, directed by Marina Vronti. Performances: 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 November, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 6.30pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores. Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Tuesday 17 November, 8.30pm. rialto.interticket.com
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 Xenophontos. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm, Sunday at 7pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Bookings: 70007721.
Nicosia, Theatro Ena, 8.30pm. Ibsen’s classic ‘Hedda Gabler’ is staged at Theatro Ena, 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
Ektoros 41 (96 768651). ‘Dreams’ by Kika Taliadorou Coles. Until 15/11.
Cyprus Museum (22 865854). ‘With What Remains’ by Andreas Mallouris and Leontios Toumbouris. Until 31/1.
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Thamai’ by Dimitris Petrolekas. Until 28/11.
University of Cyprus, ‘Evi Sophianou’ Hall, campus (22894347). A photographic exhibition dedicated to the life and path of Kyriakos Matsis, hero of the 1955–1959 EOKA liberation struggle. Until 30/11.
Apokalypsis (22300150). ‘The Keeper 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 name] (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 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 Michaelides Saad. Until 13/11
The Gallery 45 (97901106). Group exhibition titled ‘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 titled ‘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 FILMS: The Hunger Games: Sunrise of 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.
