Here’s what’s on across Cyprus on Wednesday, September 30, from theatre and live music to a riverside festival in Lakatamia, plus exhibitions and films running through the coming weeks.
THEATRE
Nicosia, Municipal Theatre, Wednesday, September 30, 9pm. Eleni Rantou returns to Cyprus with ‘The Party of My Life’, now in its fifth year. With humour and disarming honesty, Rantou unpicks 50 years of personal and collective trauma set against modern Greece, searching for the reasons life is worth living. The show is inspired by ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, but is not an adaptation of it. Also on Thursday, October 1, 7pm, and Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3, 8.30pm. Limassol, Pattichion Municipal Theatre, Monday, October 5 and Tuesday, October 6, 8.30pm, and Wednesday, October 7, 7pm. Tickets: Ticketmaster
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 her final parting. Further performances: October 5, 7, 12, 14, 19 and 21, 8pm. Information: 70001384. Tickets: more.com. Suitable for ages 16 and over.
Nicosia, Theatro Dentro, 8pm. Vassilis Katsikonouris’s ‘Milk’, directed by Marina Vronti for Theatro Lexi, returns for a second season. September 30 and October 1. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets
Agros, village square, Wednesday, September 30, 8.30pm. Aristophanes’ ‘Clouds’ returns with a modern twist in a music-theatre production that moves the play’s language to a setting familiar from everyday Cypriot life. The production by the Kokones group is part of the Cultural Decentralisation Programme, under the artistic direction of Eva Kalomiri, Andreas Mavrou and Kristi Charalambous.
AWARD
Nicosia, RIK Theatraki, 7.30pm. The Cyprus Writers’ Union presents the 2025 ‘G. Ph. Pierides’ Award to Kostas Lymbouris. Speakers include Giorgos G. Papageorgiou, Director General of the Deputy Ministry of Culture, and the union’s president, Konstantia Sotiriou. Andreas Hadjithomas, publisher of the magazine ‘Diorama’, will speak about Lymbouris’s literary work, and historian and diplomat Giorgos Georgis about his contribution to culture. Composer Savvas Savva will perform.
BOOK
Nicosia, Erma bookshop and reading café, 7pm. Athens-based author Thanos Stathopoulos presents his new book, ‘Food Intake’ (Technodromio). The author revisits moments from his adolescence and adulthood, looks back at works that shaped him as a writer and pays tribute to people who were key figures in his life. The book also includes a farewell to Limassol artist Koula Savvidou, to whom it is dedicated. Stathopoulos will be in conversation with the book’s editor, Kyriakos Margaritis. 99526772 (SMS, Viber, WhatsApp).
MUSIC
Larnaca, Pattichion Municipal Amphitheatre, 8.30pm. Stelios Rokkos takes the stage for a charity concert with Elena Panayiotidou. Net proceeds go to the Pancyprian Association of Parents and Friends of the Paediatric Oncology Unit. Tickets: Ticketmaster
Limassol, Kyklos Music Stage. The Rainbow Mermaids come to Cyprus for the first time with True Colors, a show combining a live podcast and drag performance, across two shows. Wednesday, September 30: live podcast with Maria Papageorgiou and drag show with the Rainbow Mermaids. Nicosia, Downtown Live, Friday, October 2: live podcast with Ioulia Karapataki and drag show with the Rainbow Mermaids. Tickets: more.com
SCREENING
Nicosia, University campus, SEKKI B115 Amphitheatre, Siakolas Educational Centre for Clinical Medicine, 7pm. ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’ (2025), narrated by David Attenborough, is screened at a special event devoted to the world’s oceans and the challenges facing marine ecosystems. Free entry
FESTIVAL
Lakatamia, Pediaios Linear Park, Wednesday, September 30, from 7pm. The Lakatamia River Walk returns, turning Pediaios Linear Park into one long music trail. Lakatamia Municipality and the Lakatamia Municipal Youth Council invite the public to an evening of live music from 19 bands playing along the route. The walk starts at 8pm at the 3rd Primary School – Agios Georgios Lakatamia and ends at the Cycle Track, where there will be food and drink. A live link with a radio station runs from 7pm to 9pm, followed at 9.30pm by a DJ party until 11.30pm. Free entry.
SHADOW THEATRE
Moniatis, open-air theatre, Wednesday, September 30, 7.30pm. The shadow theatre show ‘A Suitcase of Cyprus’, conceived by Eleni Papachristoforou, is a cultural journey through the island’s memories, traditions and beauty. It is followed by the hands-on workshop ‘The Figure That Remembers’. Papachristoforou is responsible for the concept, script, performance and workshop, with Iakovos Kousiappas (live music, musical direction, composition, sound and lighting) and Pavlos Kousiappas (assistant puppeteer, figure-making and technical support).
VISUAL ARTS
Nicosia, Diachroniki (22680145). Diachroniki marks 36 years with the exhibition ‘Cyprus 1990 – 2026 through our Artists Eyes’. Opening 7pm. Until October 21.
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until November 6. art-seen.org
Kastelliotissa Hall. ‘Serbian Medieval Monuments in Danger’ presents medieval heritage monuments in Kosovo. Until October 12
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.
Aigaia (22 445757). Group exhibition ‘Opening Point’. Until September 30
Limassol
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Carriers’ by Hannah Rowan. Until October 17.
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
Municipal Arts Centre – Papadakis Warehouses. Retrospective ‘Nikos Kouroussis: labyrinths’, devoted to the artist’s wide-ranging practice. Until October 4.
Larnaca
Kypriaki Gonia Gallery (24621109). ‘Worlds Elusive’ by Anna Vasiliou. Until October 10.
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until May 6, 2027
CINEMA
NEW RELEASES: Heart of the Beast (directed by David Ayer, starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Anna Lambe), Sense and Sensibility (directed by Georgia Oakley, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe), The Weight (directed by Padraic McKinley, starring Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones), Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy (animation, directed by Steve Cox, Matthew Walker) – RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
ALSO SHOWING: Avengers: Endgame (directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo) – RIO Nicosia Mall.
Nicosia, Pantheon. Thomas Mann’s relationship with his daughter Erika is at the heart of ‘Fatherland’, the new film by award-winning Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski. Screenings: September 30 and October 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 at 8.30pm. Extra screenings at 6pm on October 1, 3 and 10. Running time: 82 minutes. pantheon-theatre.com
