Tuesday’s cultural agenda runs from a new video installation on how we see animals, opening in Nicosia this evening, to a stage version of Constantia Soteriou’s ‘Brandy Sour’ performed by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot actors. It also takes in architecture talks, two festivals, exhibitions across the island and the week’s new films.
VISUAL ARTS
Nicosia, Diatopos Art Centre (22766117). Opening: 7pm. In the multi-channel video installation at the heart of the exhibition ‘A Planet in Common’, Yiannos Economou turns his camera on a relentless chase of birds and a cat’s awkwardness. An everyday incident becomes a prompt to question what we take for granted about animals’ behaviour, emotions and inner lives. Until November 13.
ARCHITECTURE
Nicosia, Frederick University Architecture Building, 6pm. Cyprus’s traditional and modern architecture, the craft of furniture-making and the threats to their preservation are the focus of an event held by Frederick University as part of European Heritage Days 2026. Titled ‘The heritage of everyday life. Traditional & Modern Architecture and Furniture-Making: risks, protection and prospects’, the event approaches cultural heritage not as a static relic of the past but as a living part of everyday life, collective memory and cultural identity. Speakers are Marios Pelekanos, associate professor in the Department of Architecture; Stella Evangelidou, a member of the Department of Architecture’s special teaching staff; Anna-Merry Oikonomou, assistant professor; and Konstantinos Oikonomides, visiting professor, in the Department of Arts and Communication.
SCREENING
Nicosia, Goethe-Institut, 7pm. The Goethe-Institut screens Sven Halfar’s documentary ‘Heaven Can Wait – Wir leben jetzt’ as part of its GoetheKino programme. The film follows a Hamburg choir whose members are all at least 70 years old and who experience the sense of freedom that singing brings.
THEATRE
Deryneia, Famagusta Venue Garage, Wednesday October 21, 8pm. AntiLogos Theatre serves up ‘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. Nicosia, Goethe-Institut (next to the Ledra Palace), 9pm. Performances: October 30, 31 and November 1. Weekends 8pm, weekdays 9pm. Pyla, UCLan Cyprus Amphitheatre, Sunday November 8, 8.30pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores. For Limassol, through the Rialto Theatre.
Limassol, Rialto Theatre, Wednesday October 21, 8.30pm. Vasilis Katsikonouris’s ‘The Milk’, directed by Marina Vronti for Lexi Theatre, returns for a second season. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets. rialto.interticket.com
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. Performances: October 21, 8pm. Information: 70001384. Tickets: more.com. Suitable for ages 16 and over.
FESTIVALS
Nicosia, ARTos House, October 13 to 24, 8pm. Time is the starting point for poetry, music, photography, video, contemporary dance and live performances at the fourth International Festival of Poetry and Co+Motion, Poetry MOVES. ‘Memory of Famagusta’ opens today at 6pm, with photographs of fenced-off Famagusta as it is today by Erato Kantouna and Katia Christodoulou, who visited after part of it was opened in October 2020. The exhibition runs until October 24. Limassol, Mikri Salamina (Fasoula), October 30 to November 3.
Old Nicosia, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Old Municipal Market and other venues, Friday October 16 to Sunday October 25. The WIP (Work in Progress) Arts & Technology Festival returns for a sixth year, bringing more than 50 art and technology works by over 60 artists from 15 countries to the city centre. Free entry. 2026wip.cyens.org.cy
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Thkio Ppalies. ‘Routine Maintenance: A Tale’ is a sculptural sound installation by the Lower Levant Company, Emidio Vasquez and Peter Eramian, in collaboration with visual artist Olga Micińska. Until November 6. thkioppalies.org
Sic. Contemporary Culture (97 867289). ‘Scores for Somatheque Orchestra’ by Loizos Olympios. Until November 13.
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. Coin exhibition ‘Messages in Metal. A Timeless Dialogue with Cyprus’. Until January 10, 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 April 9, 2027.
Isnotgallery contemporary (99569498). ‘The Alnwick Garden’ by Dimitris Neokleous. 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 Dimosthenous. 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. 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 November 2. Information: PSI Foundation
Diachroniki (22680145). Diachroniki marks 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, 2027.
Limassol
Pylon Art & Culture (95 950857). ‘Tracing Angel’s Men’ by Theopisti Stylianou Lambert. Until December 19.
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 ‘Power Lines’. Until November 6.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until March 5.
Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery. ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until November 5.
PSI Foundation. ‘Bill Viola. Unspoken’. Until October 24.
Larnaca
Kypriaki Gonia Gallery (24621109). ‘unnamed’ by Spyros Agathou. Until October 31.
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until May 6, 2027.
Paphos
‘Palia Ilektriki’ Cultural Centre (97843583). Group exhibition ‘Combined’. Until October 25.
CINEMA
NEW RELEASES: ‘The Suitcase’ (directed by Dimitris Papathanasis, starring Natalia Tsaliki, Apostolis Totsikas and Vaso Kavalieratou), ‘Whalefall’ (directed by Brian Duffield, starring Austin Abrams, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin), ‘The Fix’ (directed by Guy Moshe, starring Zachary Levi, Liam Neeson and Quincy Isaiah), ‘Street Fighter’ (directed by Kitao Sakurai, starring Noah Centineo, David Dastmalchian and Jason Momoa) and ‘Yugly’ (animated film directed by Yanis Belaid and Jeremie Degruson). At RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
ALSO SHOWING: ‘Sacrifice’ (documentary directed by Romain Gavras, starring Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy and Vincent Cassel). At 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. October 23, 24 and 28 at 5.30pm and 8.30pm. October 20, 22, 25, 27 and 28 at 8.30pm. Running time: 146 minutes. pantheon-theatre.com
