Here is what’s on in Cyprus today, Thursday May 28.
Limassol offers a musical tribute to Loukianos Kilaidonis this evening, while Nicosia’s cultural calendar spans theatre, performance art, film and a literary event. Exhibitions continue across the island through the coming weeks.
Music
Limassol, Pattichion Municipal Theatre, 8:30pm. “Diástasi” presents “Ah! My Sweet Homeland,” a musical journey dedicated to Loukianos Kilaidonis, with Maria Kilaidoni and Doros Dimosthenis. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy / ACS Courier
Episkopi Kourion, Christofis Antoniou Municipal Amphitheatre, 8pm. The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra continues its Orchestra 4All community concert series, conducted by Petros Stylianou. Next: Tala Amphitheatre, Friday May 29, 8pm.
Performance
Nicosia, Nicosia Dance House, 8:30pm. Arianna Oikonomou and Echo Arts present “Heart’s Sacred Touch,” a work moving between ritual, music and experiential performance, exploring reconciliation with death, memory and the human soul. British composer and singer Helen Chadwick performs alongside singers Kristia Michail and Marios Nikolaidis. Free entry, reservations: 96862020. Also Friday May 29 and Saturday May 30.
Theatre
Nicosia, Melina Mercouri Hall. “The Man Who Broke the Code,” directed by Eleni Anastasiou. Hugh Whitemore’s play explores the life of Alan Turing, widely regarded as the father of modern computing and a founding figure of artificial intelligence. Regular performances: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 8:30pm. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy / 7777 7040 / ACS Courier
Screening
Nicosia, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 8pm. The museum’s rooftop becomes a film club for three evenings, hosting artistic film and video from the Middle East, North Africa, Greece and Cyprus, curated by Róisín Tapponi, founder of Shasha Movies. The programme, titled “Only Terrestrial,” opens tonight with: Same Water (2024, 14′), Stelios Kallinikos; The Angel of Recording (2025, 17′), Danae Ho; Sunlight Vandalism (2018, 8′), Marina Xenofontos. A short discussion follows. Tel: 22 479600
Events
Nicosia, Stelios Ioannou Library, University of Cyprus, 6pm. The University of Cyprus Library hosts an event titled “Artificial Intelligence and Reading: Challenges and Opportunities for Contemporary Writing,” examining the relationship between AI, books and reading culture. Free entry, reservation required via the library website. Information: 22895175
Nicosia, Roes Arts and Letters Centre (Strovolos), 7pm. The Literary and Critical Studies Club and the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Cyprus host a commemorative event marking 130 years since the death of prose writer and poet Georgios M. Vizyinos. Free entry.
Book
Nicosia, En Typis Publications (12 Nikokleους Street, Old Nicosia), 7:30pm. Presentation of “A Minimal Moment of Eternity” by Ioanna Kaplani. Speakers include poet and historian Nasa Patapiu and MEP Kostas Mavridis.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Is Not Gallery (99569498). “Landscapes II / in vitro” by Maria Koftero. Until June 10.
EAC Central Offices. Photography and poetry exhibition “Echoes of Trees — Between Image and Verse.” Until June 1.
Gloria Gallery (22762605). “Traces” by Dimitra Savva. Until June 5.
Diachroniki (22680145). Retrospective exhibition of folk painter Giannis Pelekanos. Until May 30.
Marginalia (99657080). “Circles — Everything Flows” by Rhea Bailey. Until May 30.
Hambis Printmaking Museum. “Mediterranean” features works from the collection of Andreas Nicolas. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy
Gardens of the Future (99244852). “MATCH” by Christina Zamboulaki and Katerina Mirayes. Until May 28.
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: soils/bodies.” Until June 30.
NiMAC (2797400). “Fluid Persistence” — 19 artists explore urgent questions around ecological destruction and the role of water in narrative and fiction. Until May 31.
Municipal 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, Minerva Hotel. “The Holiday Trilogy” by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30.
XeniArtSpace — Trilogy West Tower (99980009). Photography exhibition “Women in Focus.” Until September 19.
eins gallery (99522977). “A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging” by Leontios Toumbouris. Until June 27.
Pylon Art & Culture (95950857). “Interior” by Phanos Kyriakou. Until June 27.
The Edit Gallery (25 51710). “The Greatest Nation Ever” by Yeti. Until June 4.
PSI Foundation. “Bill Viola. Unspoken.” Until August 1.
125 Space (25733994). “Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body” by Alexandra Coe. Until May 30.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). “Nina Iakovos: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch.” Until May 6, 2027.
Municipal Gallery (24658848). “Testimonies of an Unseen Time.” Retrospective exhibition of Andreas Paraskeva. Until June 6.
Cinema
New releases: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (dir. Jon Favreau, with Pedro Pascal, Martin Scorsese, Sigourney Weaver); Passenger (dir. André Øvredal, with Melissa Leo, Lou Llobell, Jacob Scripio); The Pout-Pout Fish (animation, dir. Ricard Cussó and Rio Harrington) — RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel. 25871410.
Nicosia, Pantheon Cinema. “Between Three Lives,” directed by Sofia Haid. May 23 to June 3, 8:30pm.
