Theatre, exhibitions, a festival and cinema listings for Tuesday, 20 October.
Theatre
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8.30pm. ‘The Father’ by Florian Zeller, with Stavros Louras in the lead role, directed by Giannis Leontaris, who is also responsible for the music. 20, 26 and 27 October. Duration: 90 minutes. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores. Information: 99520835
Nicosia, Goethe-Institut (next to the Ledra Palace), 9pm. AntiLogos Theatre presents ‘Brandy Sour’, a stage adaptation of Constantia Sotiriou’s award-winning novel, directed by Neoklis Neokleous, with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot actors. Further performances: 30 and 31 October and 1 November; weekends 8pm, weekdays 9pm. 21 October: Deryneia, Famagusta Venue Garage, 8pm. 8 November: Pyla, UCLan Cyprus Amphitheatre, 8.30pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores. For Limassol, through the Rialto Theatre.
Nicosia, Aigaia Theatre, 8.30pm. ‘Vigil for Pentheus: Thoughts on the End of Civilisation’, conceived by Eirini Andronikou, returns for a second run. The piece is a stage exploration of the idea of the end of civilisation and the dark forces running through human history. It was part of the Empty Space Festival, under the artistic direction of Stathis Livathinos, and was performed twice at the Odos Kykladon – Lefteris Vogiatzis Theatre in Athens. With Eirini Andronikou and Antonia Charalambous. Every Tuesday: 13, 20 and 27 October. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets
Nicosia, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, 8pm. Australian comedy trio Sooshi Mango, whose characters went viral worldwide, perform in Cyprus for the first time with ‘The Home Made World Tour’, shortly before moving on to their first feature film. The trio are brothers Joe and Carlo Salanitri and their childhood friend Andrew Manfre. In English. Tickets via More.com
Nicosia, CyBC Theatrette, 8.30pm. A new run of Andrea Mavrou’s monologue ‘Anakoutrefko’, directed by Anna Giangiozi, with dates in Nicosia and Limassol. Concept and performance: Andrea Mavrou. Bookings: 99830202. Next: 9 and 10 November, Limassol, Xydadiko
Visual arts – openings
Nicosia, Strovolos Cultural Centre, 6pm. Opening of the photography exhibition ‘Seeking Safety: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Cyprus’, organised by the Universitas Foundation with the support of Strovolos Municipality and UNHCR. It presents work by internationally acclaimed photographer Sebastian Rich and is curated by Katerina Chatzistylli. Until 23 October
Festivals
Old Nicosia, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Old Municipal Market and other venues, Friday 16 to Sunday 25 October. Starts 6.30pm. The WIP (Work in Progress) Arts & Technology Festival returns for its sixth year with more than 50 art and technology works by more than 60 artists from 15 countries. Free entry. 2026wip.cyens.org.cy
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Thkio Ppalies. ‘Routine Maintenance: A Tale’, a sound sculpture installation by Lower Levant Company (Emidio Vasquez and Peter Eramian) in collaboration with visual artist Olga Micińska. Until 6 November. thkioppalies.org
Sic. Contemporary Culture (97 867289). ‘Scores for Somatheque Orchestra’ by Loizos Olympios. Until 13 November
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Coin exhibition ‘Messages in Metal: A Timeless Dialogue with Cyprus’. Until 10 January 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 April 2027
Isnotgallery contemporary (99569498). ‘The Alnwick Garden’ by Dimitris Neokleous. Until 31 October
Gloria (22762605). ‘In the Garden of a Universe’ by Marion Paschali. Until 23 October
Gallery K (22 341122). ‘Beyond Olympus’ by Kyprianos Dimosthenous. Until 24 October
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Wanderings’ by Minas Kampitakis. Until 31 October
Apokalypsi (22300150). ‘Alternative Reality’ by Marinos Kartikkis. Until 24 October
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 November. Information: PSI Foundation
Diachroniki (22680145). Diachroniki marks 36 years with the exhibition ‘Cyprus 1990 – 2026 through our Artists Eyes’. Until 21 October
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until 6 November. art-seen.org
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence: A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until 24 July 2027
Limassol
Pylon Art & Culture (95 950857). ‘Tracing Angel’s Men’ by Theopisti Stylianou Lambert. Until 19 December
eins (99522977). ‘On Second Thoughts’ by Alexandros Pissourios. Until 15 December
Velychko Gallery (96855580). ‘MURMUR kairos’ by Kyriaki Kosta. Until 15 December
NeMe. Group exhibition ‘Power Lines’. Until 6 November
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until 5 March
Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery. ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until 5 November
PSI Foundation. ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’. Until 24 October
Larnaca
Kypriaki Gonia Gallery (24621109). ‘unnamed’ by Spyros Agathou. Until 31 October
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until 6 May 2027
Paphos
Palia Ilektriki Cultural Centre (97843583). Group exhibition ‘Combined’. Until 25 October
Cinema
New films: The Suitcase (directed by Dimitris Papathanasis, with Natalia Tsaliki, Apostolis Totsikas and Vaso Kavalieratou), Whalefall (directed by Brian Duffield, with Austin Abrams, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin), The Fix (directed by Guy Moshe, with Zachary Levi, Liam Neeson and Quincy Isaiah), Street Fighter (directed by Kitao Sakurai, with Noah Centineo, David Dastmalchian and Jason Momoa) and Yugly (animated film directed by Yanis Belaid and Jeremie Degruson). Rio Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410
Also showing: Sacrifice (directed by Romain Gavras, with Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy and Vincent Cassel). Rio Limassol
Nicosia, Pantheon Cinema. ‘Fjord’, the new film by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, is a social drama about a clash of values, faith, family and the limits of tolerance. 23, 24 and 28 October at 5.30pm and 8.30pm; 20, 22, 25, 27 and 28 October at 8.30pm. Duration: 146 minutes. pantheon-theatre.com
