Theatre, art, film and music are all on the menu this week, with events running from Nicosia to Paphos. Here is your guide to what’s on.
Screenings
Nicosia, Pantheon, 8.30pm. The Film Friends Club screens Infinite Land by Vasilis Mazomenos. Set in a mountain village in Epirus, Lazaros is killed in a hunting accident shortly before his wife gives birth to their son, who is named after him. The boy grows up, falls in love and marries Chaido, but harsh living conditions force him to emigrate. Greek dialogue, English subtitles. (2025, 80 min)
Paralimni, Paralimni Lyceum, 7.30pm. The historical documentary The Band by Nikos Aslanidis screens in the Nikos Kapetanidis Hall, supported by School Inspector Dimitris Pittakis and educators Sergios Adamos (Lyceum Director) and Maria Moustaka. The event is organised by the Nikos Kapetanidis Action Association ahead of commemorations marking the Genocide of the Pontian Greeks.
Visual art
Nicosia, Diachroniki (22680145). Opening 7.30pm. Retrospective exhibition of folk painter Giannis Pelekanos. Until May 30.
Theatre
Nicosia, 11 Ploutarchou St (Old Nicosia). Open Arts presents Caryl Churchill’s Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp., directed by Athena Kasiou, transforming a building in the Old City into a multi-layered theatrical space. Tickets: more.com. Upcoming dates: May 19, 25, 30, 31, 8pm.
Music
Nicosia, Skali Aglantzia, 8.30pm. Malista Kyrie Zambeta brings to the stage the life, humour and music of Giorgos Zambetas. Text and direction by Petros Zoulias, with Vicky Stavropoulou, Kostas Koklas, Danae Barka, Lefteris Eleftheriou, Antonis Kromba, Christina Tsafou and Thodoris Atheridis, alongside a full ensemble of actors and musicians. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Until May 20 in Nicosia. Limassol, Municipal Garden Theatre “Marios Tokas”, Thursday May 21 and Friday May 22. Larnaca, Pattichion Amphitheatre, Saturday May 23, 8.30pm.
Nicosia, Museum of the Struggle, 12.00pm. The Mousikoi Synodorporoi ensemble presents Thelei Areti kai Tolmin, a programme combining music, spoken word and imagery. Students from the Pancyprian Gymnasium will open with an interactive 360° virtual tour of the museum’s spaces.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Polychoros Logou kai Technis ROES (99651799 / 99079633). Anátasi Psychis by Ralitsa Vourkos. Until May 21.
Marginalia (99657080). Kykloi – Ta Panta Rei by Rea Bailey. Until May 30.
Isnotgallery. Group exhibition: Contemporary Art Under Pressure. www.isnotgallery.com. Until May 20.
Hambis Municipal Museum of Engraving. Mediterranean features works from the collection of Andreas Nikolaou. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy
Gardens of the Future (99244852). MATCH by Christina Zampoulaki and Katerina Mirajes. Until May 28.
Art Seen – Contemporary Art Projects (22006624). The Objects are Watching by Clare Burnett. Until May 27.
Stelios Ioannou Information Centre, Filippos Tsimvoglu Amphitheatre. Exhibition of historical documents marking 200 years since the Fall of Missolonghi (1826–2026). Until May 21.
Goethe Institut (22674606). Group exhibition: Between Imagination and Hope. Until June 5.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art / State Gallery of Contemporary Art – SPEL (22479600). Group exhibition with 50 artists: Agropoiitiki: Chomata/Somata. Until June 30.
NiMAC (2797400). Fluid Persistence — 19 artists explore urgent questions around ecological collapse and the role of water in narrative and fiction. Until May 31.
Town Hall Square. Water Movement Nicosia, site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until June 30.
Leventis Gallery, Temporary Exhibitions Hall. Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive. Until June 28.
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Cyprus: Island, History, Memory, Reality. Until June 30.
Limassol
Platres, Hotel Minerva. The Holiday Trilogy by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30.
The Warehouse by IT Quarter. VIMA Art Fair brings together 150 artists and participants from more than 20 countries. May 15–17. Tickets: more.com.
El Greco Gallery (25212079). Michanikh Pistis by Konstantinos Kalisperas. Until May 24.
XeniArtSpace – Trilogy West Tower (99980009). Photography exhibition: Women in Focus. Until September 19.
eins gallery (99522977). A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging by Leontios Toumpouras. Until June 27.
Pylon Art & Culture (95950857). INTERIOR by Phanos Kyriakou. Until June 27.
The Edit Gallery (25517100). The Greatest Nation Ever by Yeti. Until June 4.
Municipal Arts Centre – Papadakis Warehouses (25367700). Group exhibition: Rehearsals in Placemaking. Until May 24.
PSI Foundation. Bill Viola: Unspoken. Until August 1.
125 Space (25733994). Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body by Alexandra Kou. Until May 30.
Larnaca
Pieridis Museum (22128175). Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch. Until May 6, 2027.
Municipal Gallery (24658848). Testimonies of an Unseen Time — retrospective exhibition by Andreas Paraskeva. Until June 6.
Paphos
Blue Iris (99310893). The Flower Series by Nikolas Antoniou. Until May 23.
Cinema
New releases: Top Gun – 40th Anniversary (dir. Tony Scott, with Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer); In the Grey (dir. Guy Ritchie, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, Eiza Gonzalez); Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (documentary, dir. Malcolm Venville, featuring Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and Nicko McBrain); The Last Whale Singer (animation, dir. Pavel Hrubos, Steven Majaury, Reza Memari); Dino Family (animation, dir. Maya Turkina, Maksim Volkov). — RIO (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel. 25871410.
