The week opens with the 13th New Music Festival in Nicosia, an anniversary concert by Christos Thiveos and jazz with The Nonets in Limassol. Monday’s options also include theatre, film screenings, a lecture and art exhibitions.
MUSIC
Nicosia, ARTos House, 9-14 November, 8pm. Under the banner ‘Antipolemia: Contemporary Music for Peace’, the 13th New Music Festival of the Cyprus Composers Centre returns to ARTos House from 9 to 14 November, presenting musical creation as a response to violence and war. It opens today with the Electroacoustic Composers Ensemble of the Cyprus Composers Centre and ‘Improvisations for Peace’, a concert combining electronic and acoustic sounds in works based on improvisation. Free entry.
Larnaca, Larnaca Municipal Theatre ‘G. Lykourgos’, 8.30pm. Christos Thiveos marks 30 years of recording with anniversary concerts in Cyprus, titled ‘30 Years of Stray Days’. Tickets: Ticketmaster.
Limassol, Pattichio Municipal Theatre, 8pm. The Nonets featuring Eleonora Roussou take to the stage in a production created in Cyprus by pianist and arranger Giorgos Morfitis. With Roussou’s voice and flute at its centre, the group combines three saxophones, two violins, viola, piano, double bass and drums, an unusual line-up for a jazz ensemble. Free entry.
SCREENINGS
Limassol, Rio 3 Cinema, 8pm. From the rooftops of night-time Tel Aviv to cinemas in Cyprus, ‘NAZA’, the much-discussed documentary by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, arrives in November. The film seeks to reveal how military operations in Gaza are organised and how the deaths of civilians form part of their planning. Further screenings: Nicosia, Pantheon Cinema, 13, 14, 20 and 21 November at 6pm and 8.30pm; 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24 and 25 November at 8.30pm. Tickets: pantheon-theatre.com. The film is screened with English and Greek subtitles. Duration: 80′.
Nicosia, Pantheon. The Friends of Cinema Society screens ‘The Specials’, directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano. Bruno and Malik train disadvantaged young people to care for children and teenagers with autism, but without official certification, their future suddenly becomes uncertain. Dialogue: French. Subtitles: Greek. (2019, 114′)
Paralimni, Xenion Amphitheatre, 7pm. The Press and Information Office and Deryneia Municipality present a screening of the documentary ‘Echoes of Cyprus’, based on research by ethnomusicologist Nikoletta Demetriou and directed by Danae Stylianou. Tel. 23819431.
LECTURE
Nicosia, Leventis Municipal Museum, 7.30pm. The lecture ‘From Hand to Hand: The Story of an Invention that Changed the World’ is part of the temporary exhibition ‘Messages in Metal: A Timeless Dialogue with Cyprus’. It will be given by Dimitra I. Tsangari, Head of Cultural Collections and Archives and Curator of the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection, and by Eleni Zapiti and Lefki Michaelidou, curators of the Gold Collection of the Leventis Gallery. Reservations: 22661475.
THEATRE
Nicosia, Frederick University ‘Stathmos’ venue (Pallouriotissa), 7pm. The staged reading ‘Love the Students, Mother’, directed by Aimilios Charalambides, presents personal testimonies from people connected with Frederick at different times and in different roles. The performance marks the annual Founder’s Day, dedicated to the memory of Michalis Frederikou. On stage are actors Andreas Papamichalopoulos, Iliana Kakkoura and Nektarios Theodorou, with associate professor Sotiris Theocharides. Free entry. Registration is required as seats are limited.
Limassol, Lanitio Theatre, 8pm. 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 everyone’s need to feel important. SoldOut Tickets.
Limassol, Theatro Ena (2nd Limassol Municipal Market), 8pm. ‘Plutus’ by Aristophanes, directed by Yiolanda Christodoulou. Monday’s performance has Russian surtitles. Part of the 39th THOC Pancyprian Amateur Theatre Festival. 99566295.
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Cyprus Museum. ‘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 Sofianou’ Hall, University Campus (22894347). Photographic exhibition on the life and career of Kyriakos Matsis, hero of the EOKA liberation struggle of 1955-1959. Until 30/11.
Apokalypsi (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 Yiannos Economou. Until 13/11.
Thkio Ppalies. ‘Routine Maintenance: A Tale’ is a sculptural sound installation by the Lower Levant Company, Emidio Vasquez and Peter Eramian, in collaboration with visual artist Olga Micinska. Until 6/11. thkioppalies.org
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 Printmaking Museum (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos and 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 Michailidi 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 FILMS: The Mongoose (directed by Mark Vanselow, with Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames), Wild Horse Nine (directed by Martin McDonagh, with John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi), Ramayana: Rise of a Legend (directed by Nitesh Tiwari, with Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi), George Michael: The Faith Tour (documentary directed by David Austin, Andrew Morahan), The Cat in the Hat (animation directed by Alessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja). RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
