Wednesday’s highlights include the Cyprus debut of Serbian pianist Pavle Krstic and the music and dance show ‘Kyra Domna’s’. Also on the programme are a documentary premiere, theatre performances, workshops and exhibitions.
Music
Nicosia, The Shoe Factory, 8.30pm. Serbian pianist Pavle Krstic makes his Cyprus debut in a recital organised by the Pharos Arts Foundation, continuing its collaboration with London’s Keyboard Charitable Trust. The programme spans a wide range of musical worlds, with works by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Ginastera, de Severac and Stravinsky. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets, 22663871, pharosartsfoundation.org
Limassol, Pattichio Municipal Theatre, 8pm. The music and dance show ‘Kyra Domna’s’, presented by the Limassol Folklore Group, celebrates the life and work of Domna Samiou, a leading figure in Greek folk music. More than 120 performers take part, including dancers from the Limassol Folklore Group and singers and musicians from Greece and Cyprus. Tickets via Ticketmaster and at the theatre box office, 7777 7040.
Screenings
Limassol, Synergeio, 7.30pm. Alfonso de Muno’s documentary ‘Hip Hop Mediterraneo’, which traces 25 years of Social Waste, a politically engaged collective from the Greek hip hop scene, has its first official screening in Cyprus. Booking via Pretix is required. Information: 99566295.
Nicosia, Pantheon, 8.30pm. Simon Verhoeven’s comedy ‘Oh this unspeakable void’ is screened as part of the German Language Weeks festival. It tells the story of Joachim, who at 20 is unexpectedly accepted into one of Munich’s most prestigious drama schools and moves into the imposing villa of his eccentric grandparents, Inge and Hermann. In German with English subtitles.
Workshops
Nicosia, Rodax Art Gallery, Wednesday 11 and 18 November, 6.30pm to 8.30pm. The Cyprus Oral History Association (EPIKY) holds oral history workshops. Speakers are Georgios A. Kazamias, professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Cyprus; Iliana Koulafeti, PhD candidate in oral history; Ioanna Alexandrou, PhD candidate in the University of Cyprus Department of History and Archaeology; historian Maria Galanou; Andreas Christofi, who holds a PhD in modern and contemporary history; and postdoctoral researcher Christos Peristianis. Information and registration: [email protected], 96571658, epiky.cy
Visual arts
Nicosia, Tsaousis Building, old Nicosia, 11 to 15 November. The interdisciplinary research project Space of Tapes presents the five-day performative installation ‘Tape #1 – Distance Measuring Tools’, which brings the Tsaousis Building at 46-48 Faneromenis Street back to life. The installation’s central piece, ‘post-truth is another water game I play against my mouth’, is composed and built by Stella N. Christou, with Savina Yannatou as ‘the Mouth’. Information and bookings: Instagram @spaceoftapes and 96510696. Online booking is available for the performative lament and the circuit bending workshop.
Theatre
Nicosia, Maskarini Theatre, 8pm. Theatro AntiLogos presents ‘Brandy Sour’, the stage adaptation of Constantia Soteriou’s award-winning novel, directed by Neoklis Neokleous, with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot actors on stage. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores.
Nicosia, THOC New Stage, 8pm. Andreas Araouzos directs Peter Morgan’s political drama ‘Frost/Nixon’ for the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (THOC), recreating David Frost’s historic television interviews with Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal. Varnavas Kyriazis plays the former US president and Giorgos Anagiotos the British presenter. Performances: Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 6pm. 77772717, tickets.thoc.org.cy
Nicosia, Satirical Theatre, 8pm. Giorgos Neofytou’s ‘Bam’, directed by Marios Kakoullis, is staged by the Paravasi Lymbion Theatre Group. After a landmine explodes in the buffer zone, two men, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, are trapped in a minefield. The blast has temporarily deafened them and they cannot communicate. Without knowing who the other is, they try to understand each other and survive.
Nicosia, Theatro Ena, 8.30pm. Ibsen’s classic ‘Hedda Gabler’, directed by Andreas Christodoulides. Performances: Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 7pm until 13 December. Tickets: ticketmaster.cy
Larnaca, G. Lykourgos Municipal Theatre, 8.30pm. THOC’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’, based on Agatha Christie’s classic detective novel and directed by Takis Tzamargias, tours outside Nicosia. Tickets: thoc.org.cy
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8.30pm. Theatro Lexi’s production of Vasilis Katsikonouris’s ‘The Milk’, directed by Marina Vronti, returns for a second season. 11 and 12 November. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets, rialto.interticket.com
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Cyprus Museum. ‘With What Remains’ by Andreas Mallouris and Leontios Toumbouris. Until 31 January.
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Thamai’ by Dimitris Petrolekas. Until 28 November.
University of Cyprus, ‘Evi Sofianou’ Hall, campus (22894347). Photographic exhibition on the life of Kyriakos Matsis, hero of the 1955–1959 EOKA liberation struggle. Until 30 November.
Apokalypsi (22300150). ‘The Keeper of the Grapes and Other Related Stories’ by Christos N. Christou. Until 14 November.
Gloria (22762605). ‘Belonging’ by Paschalis Anastasi. Until 17 November.
Diatopos Art Centre (22766117). ‘A Planet in Common’ by Yiannos Economou. Until 13 November.
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 artefacts 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.
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until 24 July 2027.
Kapedes
Celadon Centre for Arts & Ecologies. Group exhibition ‘Wild Library: Artistic Publishing Practices and Ecological Imagination’. Until 20 December. celadon.org.cy
Limassol
Limassol Municipal Art Gallery, Papadakis Warehouses. Group exhibition ‘Humble Earths: Beyond the Western Frame, Cross-cultural Modernisms’. Until 12 December.
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Twelfth Night’ by Evelyn Anastasiou. Until 14 November.
Rouan (25350845). ‘The Sanctuary of Small Things’ by Georgia Michaelidi Saad. Until 13 November.
The Gallery 45 (97901106). Group exhibition ‘Land Written in Verse: Contemporary Landscapes’. Until 29 November.
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 Costa. Until 15 December.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until 5 March.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch’. Until 6 May 2027.
Cinema
New releases: ‘The Mongoose’ (directed by Mark Vanselow, with Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames), ‘Wild Horse Nine’ (directed by Martin McDonagh, with John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi), ‘Ramayana: Rise of a Legend’ (directed by Nitesh Tiwari, with Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi), ‘George Michael: The Faith Tour’ (documentary directed by David Austin and Andrew Morahan), ‘The Cat in the Hat’ (animated film directed by Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja). Rio Limassol and Nicosia Mall, 25871410.
