Here is what’s on across Cyprus, from a concert closing the 17th Pharos International Contemporary Music Festival in Nicosia to the Ayia Napa Medieval Festival, theatre premieres and exhibitions in Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca.
MUSIC
Nicosia, The Shoe Factory, 8.30pm. The 17th Pharos International Contemporary Music Festival closes with a concert that moves between classical music, cabaret, opera and Broadway. ‘Silence is Golden’ brings three acclaimed musicians to the stage of The Shoe Factory: soprano Sarah Maria Sun, clarinettist Julian Bliss and pianist Jan Philipp Schulze. The programme includes works by Franz Schubert, George Gershwin, Benjamin Britten, Gustav Mahler, Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein. 22663871 SoldOut Tickets
LECTURE
Nicosia, Leventis Gallery, 7.30pm. Syrago Tsiara, director general of the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum, will examine the history, transformations and current challenges of art in public space in her lecture ‘Art in Public Space: History, Challenges and Transformations’. 22668838 [email protected]
FESTIVALS
Ayia Napa, ‘Giorgos Seferis’ Cultural Centre Square & Medieval Monastery, October 14-18. The queens of medieval Cyprus, the island’s legends and the civilisations that shaped its historical identity are at the centre of the 21st Ayia Napa Medieval Festival. Under the theme ‘Ayia Napa: The Crown of the Mediterranean’, the five-day event takes audiences into a setting of international shows, music, a parade, exhibitions and hands-on activities. Free entry agianapa.org.cy
Nicosia, ARTos House, October 13-24, 8pm. Time is the starting point for poetry, music, photography, video, contemporary dance and live performances at the fourth Poetry MOVES International Festival of Poetry and Co+Motion.
MITSIKOURI FESTIVAL
Nicosia, Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, 11am & 5pm. Norwegian company Spektra offers a different way to experience the performing arts, beyond words and the conventions of a theatre auditorium, with ‘Helix – The Hanging Garden’. The inclusive performance-installation is part of Mitsikouri, the International Festival of Performing Arts for Children and Young People. For children aged three and over, neurodivergent people and those accompanying them. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets Duration: 60 minutes. Next: Thursday, October 15, 11am & 5pm.
Old GSP Square, 5pm. What happens when the desire to win meets defeat, competition and the need to cooperate? Lithuanian company No Shoes Theatre explores these questions in the dance-theatre performance ‘Kuris kurį’, staged outdoors as part of the Mitsikouri International Festival of Performing Arts for Children and Young People. Nicosia. Free entry. Duration: 45 minutes. Language: non-verbal. Ages: six and over.
SCREENINGS
Limassol, Rialto Theatre. The 16th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus returns to the Rialto Theatre. For seven days, from October 10 to 16, the festival hosts filmmakers from Cyprus and around the world, with short films, special screenings and activities beyond the big screen. 77 77 77 45 www.isffc.com.cy
AUCTION
Limassol, Ajax Hotel: 25590000. Kapopoulos Fine Arts marks 20 years in Cyprus with an anniversary auction of contemporary art, featuring carefully selected works by leading Greek and international artists. Information: Tel. +30 2108974441, +30 2103637652, +306988716630 (Greece). +35799407012 (Cyprus) kapopoulosfinearts.com
INSTALLATION
Nicosia, Haratsi Kafeneio, October 14, 15 & 16, 7pm. Filmmaker and photographer Eleonora Sotiriou, working with architecture practice Archlab10, presents the audiovisual installation ‘Chasing Life’ as part of the Nicosia International Festival. The work deals with loss, memory and the persistence of life, taking as its starting point the deaths of four children in Gaza in 2014. Duration: seven minutes.
THEATRE
Nicosia, Ktirion 53, 8pm. KTIRION 53 presents the Cyprus premiere of British playwright Alistair McDowall’s ‘All of It’, directed by Maria Ioli Karolidou. The monologue, performed by Antonia Charalambous, follows an unnamed woman from birth to the final parting. Information: 70001384 Tickets: more.com Suitable for ages 16 and over. Next: October 19 and 21, 8pm.
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8pm. Vasilis Katsikonouris’s ‘The Milk’, directed by Marina Vronti for Lexi Theatre, returns for a second season. October 14, 15 and 17. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets. Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Wednesday, October 21, 8.30pm. rialto.interticket.com
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
ARTos House. Photography exhibition ‘PhOETRY IV’, part of the Poetry MOVES Festival of Poetry and Co+Motion. Until October 17.
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 April 9, 2027.
Isnotgallery contemporary (99569498). ‘The Alnwick Garden’ by Dimitris Neocleous. Until October 31.
Gloria (22762605). ‘In the Garden of a Universe’ by Marion Paschali. Until October 23.
Gallery K (22 341122). ‘Beyond Olympus’ by Kyprianos Demosthenous. Until October 24.
Marginalia Gallery (99657080). ‘Wanderings’ by Minas Kampitakis. Until October 31.
Apokalypsi (22300150). ‘Alternative Reality’ by Marinos Kartikkis. Until October 24.
Old Town. A video art exhibition titled ‘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 November 2. Information: PSI Foundation
Diachroniki (22680145). Diachroniki celebrates 36 years with the exhibition ‘Cyprus 1990 – 2026 through our Artists Eyes’. Until October 21.
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until November 6. art-seen.org
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until July 24.
IN TOTO Gallery Space (22262470). ‘Closely Observed’ by Milenko Stevanovic. Until October 15.
Limassol
Pylon Art & Culture (95 950857). ‘Tracing Angel’s Men’ by Theopisti Stylianou Lambert. Until December 19.
Morfi (25378733). ‘Whispers of Heritage: The Art of John Corbidge’. Until October 15. morfi.org
eins (99522977). ‘On Second Thoughts’ by Alexandros Pissourios. Until December 15.
Velychko Gallery (96855580). ‘MURMUR kairos’ by Kyriaki Costa. Until December 15.
NeMe. Group exhibition titled ‘Power Lines’. Until November 6.
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Carriers’ by Hannah Rowan. Until October 17.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition titled ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until March 5.
Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery. Exhibition ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until November 5.
PSI Foundation. Exhibition titled ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’. Until October 24.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until May 6, 2027.
CINEMA
NEW FILMS: Primetime (directed by Lance Oppenheim, starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo), The Social Reckoning (directed by Aaron Sorkin, starring Mikey Madison, Betty Gilpin, Jeremy Allen White), Other Mommy (directed by Rob Savage, starring Jessica Chastain, Dichen Lachman, Karen Allen), Forgotten Island (animated film directed by Joel Crawford, Januel P. Mercado), RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
