From international piano trios to bold new theatre and a packed gallery scene, there is plenty to fill your diary this week across Cyprus.
Music
Nicosia, The Shoe Factory, 8.30pm. The internationally acclaimed Accio Piano Trio makes its Cyprus debut, presented by the Pharos Arts Foundation, with a programme of works by Mozart and Schubert alongside compositions by Cécile Chaminade and Alexandra Maria Zeitvogel. Tickets: 22663871, pharosartsfoundation.org
Dance
Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 7.30pm & 9.30pm (double bill). Haris Kousios’s new choreographic work “Love” brings a dance-theatre experience to the stage, moving between confession, violence, loss and the need for connection. Performers Haris Kousios and Amélie Ioannidou recount personal experiences of violence, loss and survival, seeking through different journeys to meet in a shared place: the need for freedom, contact and love. Duration: 70 mins. Tickets: rialto.interticket.com
Visual Arts
Nicosia, ARTSLab – Corridor (3 Konstantinou Skokou St, Apt 3). Opening: 7pm. The ARTSLab Centre for Contemporary Art and Design presents “Can’t Trap the Eyes” by graduating student Alia Vourvopoulou, a site-specific installation created for Corridor, the new experimental space of artist Efi Savvidi’s organisation. The work takes as its starting point the daily lives of cats in Old Nicosia, exploring conditions of abandonment, overpopulation and invisible urban violence. Until May 27.
Theatre
Nicosia, Skali Aglantzias, 8.30pm. “Malista Kyrie Zambeta” brings to the stage the life, humour and musical world of Giorgos Zambetas. Petros Zoulias wrote and directs a production that goes beyond tribute to seek the spirit, language and soul of the great popular composer. Featuring Vicky Stavropoulou, Kostas Koklas, Danae Barka, Lefteris Eleftheriou, Antonis Kromba, Christina Tsafou and Thodoris Atheridis. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Also: May 21 & 22, Limassol, Garden Theatre; May 23, Larnaca, Pattichion Amphitheatre.
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8.30pm. “Aggelika Nikli Solomou, I Diafani” by Periklis Moscholidakis, directed by Marina Vronti. Duration: 85 mins. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets.
Limassol, ETHAL Theatre, 8.30pm. ETHAL presents “Matomenatefana,” a bold adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s “Blood Wedding” in the Cypriot dialect, directed by Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, in collaboration with Point To Contemporary Theater and Anyhow Theatre Ensemble. Performances: May 20 & 21, 8.30pm (Sundays 6.30pm). Tickets: SoldOut Tickets, 25877827. Also: Nicosia, Municipal Theatre, Saturday May 23, 8.30pm. more.com
Limassol, Pattichion Theatre, 8.30pm. The comedy “Two and a Half Murders and a Bulldog!” by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou, directed by Marinos Xenofondos. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stefani stores. Information/reservations: 70007721.
Nicosia, Melina Mercouri Hall. “The Man Who Cracked the Code,” directed by Eleni Anastasiou. Hugh Whitemore’s play illuminates the figure of Alan Turing, the genius considered the father of modern computing and a founder of artificial intelligence. Regular performances: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 8.30pm. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy / 7777 7040 / ACS Courier.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Gloria Gallery (22762605). “Traces” by Dimitra Savva. Until June 5.
Diachroniki (22680145). Retrospective exhibition of folk painter Giannis Pelekanos. Until May 30.
ROES Arts and Literature Space (99651799 / 99079633). “Elevation of the Soul” by Ralitsa Vourkou. Until May 21.
Marginalia (99657080). “Circles – Everything Flows” by Rhea Bailey. Until May 30.
Isnotgallery. Group exhibition “Contemporary Art Under Pressure.” www.isnotgallery.com. Until May 20.
Hambis Printmaking Museum. The exhibition “Mediterranean” features works from the collection of Andreas Nikolas. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy
Gardens of the Future (99244852). “MATCH” by Christina Zampoulaki and Katerina Mirayes. Until May 28.
Art Seen – Contemporary Art Projects (22006624). “The Objects are Watching” by Claire Burnett. Until May 27.
Stelios Ioannou Information Centre, Philippos Tsimboглou Amphitheatre. Exhibition of historical documents marking 200 years since the Exodus of Messolonghi (1826–2026). Until May 21.
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 featuring 50 artists, titled “Agro-poetics: Soils/Bodies.” Until June 30.
NiMAC (2797400). “Fluid Persistence” brings together 19 artists exploring urgent questions of ecological catastrophe, the role of water in narrative and fiction. Until May 31.
Town Hall 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.
The Warehouse by IT Quarter. VIMA Art Fair brings together 150 artists and participants from more than 20 countries. May 15–17. Tickets: more.com
El Greco Gallery (25212079). “Mechanical Faith” by Konstantinos Kalisperas. Until May 24.
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 Fanos Kyriakou. Until June 27.
The Edit Gallery (25351710). “The Greatest Nation Ever” by Yeti. Until June 4.
Municipal Arts Centre – Papadakis Warehouses (25367700). Group exhibition “Rehearsals in Placemaking.” Until May 24.
PSI Foundation. “Bill Viola. Unspoken.” Until August 1.
125 Space (25733994). “Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body” by Alexandra Kou. Until May 30.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). “Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch.” Until May 6, 2027.
Municipal Gallery (24658848). “Testimonies of an Unseen Time.” Retrospective exhibition of Andreas Paraskevas. Until June 6.
Paphos
Blue Iris (99310893). “The Flower Series” by Nikolas Antoniou. Until May 23.
Cinema
New releases: Top Gun – 40th Anniversary (directed by Tony Scott, with Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer); In the Grey (directed by Guy Ritchie, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, Eiza Gonzalez); Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (documentary directed by Malcolm Venville, featuring Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain); The Last Whale Singer (animated film directed by Pavel Hrubos, Steven Majaury, Reza Memari); Dino Family (animated film directed by Maya Turkina, Maksim Volkov). RIO Cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel. 25871410.
