What’s on across Cyprus on Friday 16 October, from the opening of the WIP Arts & Technology Festival in old Nicosia and the ArtCargo Performing Arts Festival to the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra in Limassol, plus exhibitions, theatre and films running in the coming weeks.
VISUAL ARTS
Nicosia, Thkio Ppalies. Lower Levant Company and Olga Micińska present a sculptural sound installation exploring the history of military broadcasting in Cyprus, the British bases and the ecological impact of militarism. ‘Routine Maintenance: A Tale’ at Thkio Ppalies examines these questions through an installation by Lower Levant Company, Emidio Vasquez and Peter Eramian, in collaboration with visual artist Olga Micińska. Opening: 7pm. Until 6/11 (Wednesday to Friday 6-8pm or by appointment). thkioppalies.org
Nicosia, Sic. Contemporary Culture (97 867289). How can a sewing pattern become a musical score? And how can a personal family archive take on new life and open the way to different forms of collective creation? Loizos Olympios explores these questions in his solo exhibition ‘Scores for Somatheque Orchestra’. Opening: 7pm. Until 13/11. Guided tours and talks: Tuesday 27 October and Tuesday 3 November, 7pm.
Limassol, Limassol Coordinating Council of Cultural Organisations venue, 7.30pm. The Aristokyprio Cultural Association of Limassol honours painter and composer Andreas Efesopoulos with an event dedicated to the formative early years of his career, highlighting the two creative paths he pursued in parallel: painting and music. 99645255
Larnaca, Kypriaki Gonia Gallery (24621109). Spyros Agathou presents his new solo painting exhibition ‘unnamed’, curated by Chrysilia Filiastidi. Opening: 7.30pm. Until 31/10.
MUSIC
Limassol, Pattichio Municipal Theatre, Friday 16 October, 8.30pm. The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Starlight 1’ concert moves from the reflective work of Nestor Taylor to the virtuosity of Camille Saint-Saëns and the fiery temperament of Georges Bizet. The soloist is pianist and composer Giorgos-Emmanouil Lazaridis, with conductor Zoe Zeniodi, a regular with the orchestra. SoldOut Tickets
BOOKS
Nicosia, Archbishop Makarios III Foundation event hall, 7pm. Presentation of Angeliki Katsani’s book ‘Georgios Katsanis: The Commander of Agios Ilarionas and His Legacy’. Speakers: Ilias Leontaris, retired lieutenant general and honorary chief of the National Guard General Staff; Savvas Mentzis, president of PSEK; Petros Papapolyviou, associate professor at the University of Cyprus; and Eleni Sioufta, teacher and writer.
Nicosia, ‘Andreas Patasalides’ event hall, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (Faneromeni), 7pm. The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation and En Tipis Publications present ‘Rinos Stefani: Signs and Wonders’, a book tracing the career and work of Cypriot visual artist Rinos Stefani. Printmaker Hambis Tsangaris and Yiannis Toumazis, director of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation and former Deputy Minister of Culture, will speak about the book and the artist’s work. 22452185
Nicosia, Social Activities Centre (KOD 07), Room 010, University Campus, University of Cyprus, 6pm. Presentation of Elena Pericleous’s children’s story ‘How to Defeat a Dragon’. Speakers: Eleni Ftiaka, Elena Pericleous, Simoni Symeonidou, Katerina Mavrou, Machi Kyprianou, Maria Papandreou and Marina Vasileiadou.
FESTIVALS
Old Nicosia, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Old Municipal Market and other venues, Friday 16 to Sunday 25 October. Opening 6.30pm. The WIP (Work in Progress) Arts & Technology Festival returns for its sixth year, bringing more than 50 art and technology works to the city centre, with over 60 artists from 15 countries. Free entry. 2026wip.cyens.org.cy
Limassol, Synergeio and the EKA car park, Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October. Dance, performance, music, storytelling, visual installations and a rebetiko night make up the programme of ‘+AXI Vol.8 | Synaxi 2026’, which returns to Synergeio and the EKA car park in Limassol. It presents work by artists living and working in Cyprus across different fields of contemporary practice. synergeio.org
Nicosia, Municipal Theatre garden, 16, 17, 18, 22 and 23 October, 7pm. Dance, water, light and digital technology come together in ‘Parametric Deep’, the central installation of the ArtCargo Performing Arts Festival, co-produced with Cypriot choreographer Panos Malaktos. The installation turns dancer Chris Mills’s body into part of a live audiovisual system, where movement, water, light and algorithms shape an ever-changing experience. artcargofest.com
Nicosia, meeting point: Municipal Theatre garden. Friday 16 October, 3.30pm and 5pm. The ArtCargo Performing Arts Festival opens with a participatory performance about trust, uncertainty and the relationship between artist and audience. Can artists trust their safety to the audience? Starting from that question, French company L’Immédiat presents its participatory performance of the same name, created by French artist Camille Boitel. Also Saturday 17 October, 12pm and 4pm. Duration: 20 minutes. Free entry. artcargofest.com
Ayia Napa, ‘Giorgos Seferis’ Cultural Centre square and Medieval Monastery, 14-18 October. The queens of medieval Cyprus, the island’s legends and the cultures that shaped its identity are the focus of the 21st Ayia Napa Medieval Festival. Under the theme ‘Ayia Napa: The Crown of the Mediterranean’, the five-day event offers international shows, music, a parade, exhibitions and hands-on activities. Free entry. agianapa.org.cy
Nicosia, ARTos House, 13-24 October, 8pm. Time is the starting point for poetry, music, photography, video, contemporary dance and live performances at the fourth Poetry MOVES International Festival of Poetry and Co+Motion. Also in Limassol, Mikri Salamina (Fasoula), 30 October to 3 November.
Limassol, Rialto Theatre. The 16th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus continues at the Rialto Theatre until 16 October, with short films by filmmakers from Cyprus and around the world, special screenings and events beyond the big screen. 77 77 77 45 www.isffc.com.cy
SCREENINGS
Nicosia, Haratsi café, 16 October, 7pm. Filmmaker and photographer Eleonora Sotiriou, in collaboration with architecture practice Archlab10, presents a work about loss, memory and the persistence of life, starting from the deaths of four children in Gaza in 2014, as part of the Nicosia International Festival. Duration: 7 minutes.
Nicosia, Pantheon cinema. ‘Fjord’, the new film by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, which won the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, is showing at the Pantheon. Starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, it is a social drama about clashing values, faith, family and the limits of tolerance. 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28 October, 8.30pm. Duration: 146 minutes. pantheon-theatre.com
THEATRE
Nicosia, Satiriko Theatre Lower Stage (Basement), 8pm. Satiriko Theatre presents Lucy Prebble’s ‘The Effect’ for the first time in Cyprus, directed by Evita Ioannou. The play sets a love story inside a clinical trial and asks whether our feelings are truly our own or can be shaped by brain chemistry. Cast, in alphabetical order: Rafaela Kavazi, Elena Kallinikou, Andreas Koutsoumbas, Vasilis Michael. Performances: 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29*, 31 October and 1 November, 8pm (Sundays 6.30pm). Duration: 90 minutes. Tickets: ticket.satirikotheatro.com 22 312940
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 8.30pm, Sunday 7pm, until 1 November. Paphos, Markideio Theatre, Thursday 22 October, 8.30pm. Larnaca, G. Lykourgos Municipal Theatre, Tuesday 3 November, 8.30pm. Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Wednesday 4 November, 8.30pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Information and bookings: 70007721.
Nicosia, Goethe-Institut (next to the Ledra Palace), 9pm. Theatro AntiLogos presents ‘Brandy Sour’, a stage adaptation of Constantia Soteriou’s award-winning novel, directed by Neoklis Neokleous, with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot actors. Performances: 16, 17, 18, 20, 30, 31 October and 1 November. Weekends 8pm, weekdays 9pm. Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Monday 19 October, 8.30pm. Deryneia, Famagusta Venue Garage, Wednesday 21 October, 8pm. Pyla, UCLan Cyprus amphitheatre, Sunday 8 November, 8.30pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores; for Limassol, through the Rialto Theatre.
Limassol, Lanitio Theatre, Friday 16 October, 9pm. Greek-Canadian comedian Angelo Tsarouchas brings his new stand-up show ‘Diaspora’ to Cyprus. Nicosia, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Saturday 17 October, 9pm. Duration: 60-75 minutes. Age: 13+. Tickets: Ticketmaster
Limassol, ETHAL, 8pm. ‘Poios en o mouchtaris?’ (‘Who’s the Mukhtar?’) by Chrystalla Panteli, performed by the Neoi Fosithoi theatre group as part of the 39th Pancyprian Amateur Theatre Festival. Information: 700 88 040, 99775459
DANCE
Paphos, Ta Mpania, Friday 16 October, 5.30pm. What does it mean to be ‘on air’ in a world where everything already seems to be broadcast? Choreographer and performer Evi Dimitriou and Omada En Drasei return with a series of events that take the performance ‘ON AIR’ beyond the conventions of the theatre and into the city’s squares, seafronts and streets. The production is also part of the ArtCargo Festival programme. Created and performed by Rania Glymitsa, Katerina Tylliridou, Chris Mills, Diamanto Hadjizacharia and Evi Dimitriou. Larnaca, Finikoudes stand, Saturday 17 October, 5.30pm (in collaboration with Larnaca Municipality). Nicosia, Eleftheria Square, Sunday 18 October, 5.50pm (in collaboration with the ArtCargo festival, artcargofest.com). Pervolia, Saturday 7 November, 3.30pm (in collaboration with the Pathkia Pathkia festival and Larnaca 2030). Free entry. Duration: 25 minutes.
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Coin exhibition ‘Messages in Metal: A Timeless Dialogue with Cyprus’. Until 10/1/2027
ARTos House. Photography exhibition ‘PhOETRY IV’, part of the Poetry MOVES International Festival of Poetry and Co+Motion. Until 17/10
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
Isnotgallery contemporary (99569498). ‘The Alnwick Garden’ by Dimitris Neocleous. Until 31/10
Gloria (22762605). ‘In the Garden of a Universe’ by Marion Paschali. Until 23/10
Gallery K (22 341122). ‘Beyond Olympus’ by Kyprianos Dimosthenous. Until 24/10
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Journeys’ by Minas Kampitakis. Until 31/10
Apokalypsi (22300150). ‘Alternative Reality’ by Marinos Kartikkis. Until 24/10
Old Town. The video art exhibition ‘Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear’ unfolds in the streets of old Nicosia, as a parallel event to the exhibition ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’ at the PSI Foundation in Limassol. Until 2/11. Information: PSI Foundation
Diachroniki (22680145). Diachroniki celebrates 36 years with the exhibition ‘Cyprus 1990 – 2026 through our Artists Eyes’. Until 21/10
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until 6/11. art-seen.org
Hambis Municipal Printmaking Museum (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until 24/7
Limassol
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
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Carriers’ by Hannah Rowan. Until 17/10
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
PSI Foundation. ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’. Until 24/10
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until 6/5/2027
CINEMA
NEW RELEASES: The Suitcase (directed by Dimitris Papathanasis, starring Natalia Tsaliki, Apostolis Totsikas, Vaso Kavalieratou), Whalefall (directed by Brian Duffield, starring Austin Abrams, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin), The Fix (directed by Guy Moshe, starring Zachary Levi, Liam Neeson, Quincy Isaiah), Street Fighter (directed by Kitao Sakurai, starring Noah Centineo, David Dastmalchian, Jason Momoa), Yugly (animated film directed by Yanis Belaid, Jeremie Degruson) – RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
ALSO: Sacrifice (documentary directed by Romain Gavras, starring Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Vincent Cassel) – RIO Limassol.
