From world music in Limassol to summer cinema in Nicosia, here’s your guide to festivals, exhibitions, performances and screenings taking place across the island this week.
FESTIVAL
Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 9pm. The 21st Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival begins today with Martha Frintzila and The Kubara Project + Kalogeraki Bros, running until July 21. The opening night brings a multi-layered musical encounter to the stage, where theatricality, poetry and two centuries of repertoire meet the performers’ own material in a live, expressive performance. Tickets at www.rialto.com.cy or 77777745
Nicosia, Famagusta Gate. The 38th EDON Pancyprian Youth and Student Festival begins today with a concert by PYX LAX, running until July 10. Their summer concert carries their familiar signature: rock energy, electricity, authenticity. The Laiki Stage hosts folk singer Giorgos Margaritis. Gates open at 7pm. Tickets available at EDON offices in each district, online at www.festivalcy.com and at Zorpas bakeries countrywide.
VISUAL ARTS
Limassol, Pylon Art & Culture (95950857). Opening: 8pm. The group exhibition “THREE”, featuring works by Anthoula Polyviou, Elli Xeippa and Niki Stylianou, explores the relationship between handmade creation and material, memory and human experience. Runs until July 12.
Nicosia, EKATE House (22 466426). The exhibition “Take your broken heart and make it into art” uses the power of creativity, visual and digital art to present the world of social and cultural barriers preventing women from a young age from achieving their goals. Contributors: Rebirth Artists Maria Christoforou, Nikoletta Christoforou, Kalliopi Kosmatopoulou and Andrei Krupa. Until July 11.
PERFORMANCE
Nicosia, Ethnomartyr Kyprianos Museum, Strovolos, 6.30pm. A journey into the magical world of Cypriot oral tradition, where speech meets music, is offered by the musical storytelling performance “Paramythkion Ihoi – I Karkia tis Riyenas”, presented by Strovolos Municipality. At its centre is the narration of Stavros Louras, with original music by Andreas Papapetrou in constant dialogue with the spoken word. 22470470. Free entry.
SCREENINGS
Nicosia, Goethe-Institut Cyprus, July 6–10, 8pm. The Sommerkino summer film festival continues with “Beyond the Blue Border (Jenseits der blauen Grenze)” by Sarah Neumann, based on the book by Dorit Linke. The film follows three teenagers in East Germany shortly before the fall of the Wall, in a moving story of friendship and the search for freedom. 22674606. Free entry.
THEATRE
Nicosia, Skali Aglantzias Amphitheatre, 9pm. Fotis Georgides presents his new play “Antikristo”, a social satire targeting familiar pathologies of Cypriot reality. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Upcoming: Tala Amphitheatre, Thursday 9 & Friday 10 July; Limassol, Heritage Amphitheatre, Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 & Friday 17 July; Nicosia, Lakatamia Amphitheatre, Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 July; Deryneia Amphitheatre, Monday 27 & Tuesday 28 July; Larnaca, Pattichio Amphitheatre, Sunday 2 & Monday 3 August.
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
New Fotodou exhibition space (25B Stasinou Avenue). Group photography exhibition by Fotodou members. Until July 14.
NiMAC (22797400). Group exhibition titled “A slight indisposition”. Until July 26.
Art Seen (22006624). Group exhibition titled “Summer Constellations”. Until July 10.
Apokalypsi (22300150). Group exhibition titled “Code Reconstruction”. Until September 12.
Leventis Gallery (22668838). “Dialogue: Niki Marangou – Rodi Konstantoglou”. Until July 31.
Hambis Printmaking Museum. The exhibition “Mediterranean” features works from the collection of Andreas Nicolas. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy
Limassol
Limassol Municipal Arts Centre – Papadakis Warehouses (25367700). Group exhibition of member artists of the Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts (EKATE), titled “Dysfunctions in contemporary art / in times of conflict”. Until July 26.
The Edit Gallery (25251710). “Unfolding Landscapes” by Alejandra Atares. Until July 18.
125 Space (25733994). Group exhibition titled “New Forms, New Voices”. Until July 18.
Platres, Minerva Hotel. “The Trilogy of Summer Holidays” by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30.
XeniArtSpace – Trilogy West Tower (99980009). Photography exhibition “Women in Focus”. Until September 19.
PSI Foundation. Exhibition titled “Bill Viola: Unspoken”. Until August 1.
Larnaca
St-art Cafe (7A N. Lanitis). Group exhibition where all works are priced the same, at two hundred and fifty euros. Until August 31.
Municipal Gallery (24658848). Pancyprian Visual Arts Exhibition “Reflections of Clay”. Until August 22.
Pierides Museum (22128175). “Nina Iakovou: eyes to see and hands to touch”. Until May 6, 2027.
Paphos
Phsifida Art Gallery (26442111). “Echoes of HER” by Hera Herakleous. Until August 2.
Blue Iris Gallery (26822446). Exhibition titled “Symbolic Presence: The Human Figure in the Art of Glyn Hughes”. Until July 31.
CINEMA
NEW FILMS: O Erotas Grafetai… (directed by Vasilis Mirianthopoulos, starring Pavlos Orkopoulos, Eleni Tringou, Giannis Poimenidis), The Death of Robin Hood (directed by Michael Sarnoski, starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgard), The Invite (directed by Olivia Wilde, starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz), Leviticus (directed by Adrian Chiarella, starring Tyallah Bullock, Stacey Clausen, Joe Bird) – RIO (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel. 25871410.
ALSO SHOWING: The Birthday Party (directed by Lea Mysius, starring Hafsia Herzi, Benoit Magimel, Bastien Bouillon) – RIO Limassol.
SCREENING
Nicosia, Pantheon Cinema. A screening of Albert Camus’s “The Stranger”, directed by François Ozon. Benjamin Voisin stars as Meursault, alongside Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant and Swann Arlaud. Running time: 122 minutes. Screenings: July 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15, 8.30pm (weekends 6pm & 8.30pm). 22675787. pantheon-theatre.com
Photo credit: Andrianos Panos
