Theatre, music, films, festivals and exhibitions are on across Cyprus on Monday, September 21.
Theatre
Nicosia, Municipal Garden, 8pm: Constantia Sotiriou’s ‘Brandy Sour’, winner of the State Novel Prize, comes to the stage for one night only as a directed staged reading with live music. Christodoulos Andreou has the concept and direction. Andreas Tselepos, Panayiota Papageorgiou and Christos Grozos perform, with live music by Giannis Koutis. Sofia Mavromichali did the set and costumes. Running time: 50 minutes. Tickets: More.com.
Nicosia, ARTos House, 8.30pm: Thanasis Drakopoulos’s monologue ‘Between Two Suns’ returns for three performances after its first run in June. The play is about memory, loss, silence and the lasting presence of those who have gone. Drakopoulos wrote and performs it, with set design by Sose Eskitzian and movement by Ivi Hadjivasileiou. Running time: 40 minutes. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Next performances: September 22 and 23.
Nicosia, Satirical Theatre, Main Stage, 8pm: Nicosia audiences have three last chances to see ‘To Vouni’ by Louiza Papaloizou, adapted for the stage and directed by Maria Kyriakou. A cast of 12 brings to life the story of Xenis, the Girl and the Swede. Running time: 165 minutes with an interval. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Next performance: September 22.
Music
Nicosia, Municipal Garden, 6.30pm: At sunset, the vocal ensemble ‘En Fyi’ presents a musical happening designed specifically for the space, inspired by sacred and traditional vocal traditions. Sofia Fetokaki, Elena Xyda, Konstantina Xenofontos and Ioanna Vasileiou perform. Running time: 45 minutes. Entry: free.
Screenings
Nicosia, Pantheon: The Cinema Friends Club begins its screenings with ‘The Richest Woman in the World’, directed by Thierry Klifa. Marianne runs a large multinational cosmetics company and is the richest woman in the world. When she meets her much younger photographer, Pierre-Alain, she develops a special friendship with him and starts giving him millions freely, which turns everyone around her against her. In French with Greek subtitles.
Limassol, Rio, 8pm: The Limassol Film Society screens ‘Fiord’. The Gheorghiu family’s adjustment from Romania to Norway seems simple and smooth, until the teacher notices bruises on the teenage daughter’s body. Director Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with the film.
Festivals
Nicosia, Melina Mercouri Hall: The 21st International Cyprus Film Festival, Golden Aphrodite Awards, runs from September 21 to 25, with stories about roots, memory, identity, love and peace. The sixth International Festival of Women in Film and Television Cyprus (WIFT Cyprus) also takes place during the festival, with an emphasis on the visibility and meaningful participation of women in creative and artistic leadership. Website: cyprusfilmfestival.org.
Nicosia, NiMAC, Old Power Station: Queer Wave, the Cyprus LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, returns for a seventh consecutive year and runs from September 18 to 27, bringing queer cinema and queer expression once more to Nicosia’s historic centre. Website: queerwave.com.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
- IN TOTO Gallery Space (22262470): ‘Closely Observed’ by Milenko Stevanovic. Until October 15.
- Aegaia (22 445757): group exhibition ‘Opening Point’. Until September 30.
Limassol
- The Edit Gallery (25251710): ‘Carriers’ by Hannah Rowan. Until October 17.
- XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza: group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until March 5.
- Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery: ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until November 5.
- Limassol Municipal Arts Centre, Papadakis Warehouses: retrospective ‘Nikos Kourousis: labyrinths’, devoted to the artist’s practice. Until October 4.
Larnaca
- Pierides Museum (22128175): ‘Nina Iakovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until May 6, 2027.
New films
New releases are ‘Resident Evil’, directed by Zach Cregger and starring Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser and Zach Cherry; ‘Spa Weekend’, directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and starring Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher and Michelle Buteau; ‘Onslaught’, directed by Adam Wingard and starring Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens and Eric Wareheim; and the animated film ‘Rally from Raris to the Pyramids’, directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen. They show at RIO in Limassol and at Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
