Eleni Philippou

Come July and the island’s favourite jazz festival will return. As with every other year, the old square of Aglanjia in Nicosia will flood with musicians, bands from Cyprus ...

As the summer rolls in, live music nights pop up left, right and centre. Bars, cafés and music venues around the island are welcoming musicians and as the weekend ...

Bloomsday festivals are held around the world to mark Joyce’s great work and this year Cyprus is included too. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more Ireland’s culture and celebratory ...

Calling all directors and screenwriters. TSFM Word-Frame is an intensive international training workshop aimed at short film directors and screenwriters, developed by Massimiliano Nardulli, Massimo D’orzi and Enrico Vannucci ...

The temperatures are high, the sun’s in the sky and summer is here to stay. What better way to enjoy it than at the beach? Beyond simply sunbathing, there ...

“Before everyone runs off to the beaches and even outside Cyprus, we want to offer you two last chances to spend a lovely evening in the beautiful Gardens of Nicosia,” ...

Well-known and beloved folklore character Karagiozis is upgrading his shadow theatre home to be part of a family concert series with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Across three dates this month ...

The internationally celebrated Antonio Serrano Quartet makes its debut in Cyprus this June, in a concert organised by the Pharos Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain. Mark ...

Summer is officially here! June arrives with a variety of festivals celebrating music, dance, films, cherries and lavender! Kicking off the summer fun is the fourth Cyprus Accordion Festival that ...

Alpha C.K. Art Gallery presents the latest solo exhibition by Cypriot sculptor Varvara Georgiou this month with a new series of ceramic sculptures titled Nature’s Rhythm. This exhibition ...

The Gallery 45 in Limassol, which has recently celebrated its first anniversary, is once again inviting art lovers and enthusiasts to its space in the old town to explore a new ...

A Sunday dedicated to fascinating prickly and colourful plants is coming up o0n Sunday as the 13th Annual Exhibition of Cacti and other Succulents arrives. Held at the same ...

“Dance is a mating ritual,” say organisers of an upcoming performance part of the Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival. “Even today in an age of online dating apps, dance continues to ...

More live music evenings are coming to Technopolis 20 in June, starting with the Yogev Shetrit Jazz Trio on June 10, with two of the members travelling straight from Israel to perform ...

International independent cinema is to take over the amphitheatre of Eleftheria Square this June as the European Film Festival takes place. Opening on June 7 and lasting until July 1, the festival ...

“Time to get encapsulated by the sounds of the big band,” says Sarah’s Jazz Club as it gets ready to welcome the Mendonis Big Band, a jazz ensemble of 15 ...

A glimpse into contemporary Japanese printmaking is currently being given at a temporary exhibition ongoing at the Hambis Municipal Printmaking Museum in Nicosia. Part of celebrations to mark 60 years of ...

Cypriot landscapes and villages have a particular charm, turning the seemingly ordinary into beautiful scenes of life. Artist Tess Turner, born in the seaside town of Limassol, has always felt ...

Prozak is a favourite local spot just outside the capital’s Venetian walls, serving cool drinks and friendly vibes. There are lots to like about Prozak Kafeneio, its delicious brandy ...

A piano festival featuring four virtuoso Cypriot pianists, Christos Yiallouros, Andreas Ioannides, George Mannouris and Nicolas Costantinou, will begin on Monday, organised by the Ledras Music Soloists. Four evenings of ...

The brand new Nammos World destination at Parklane is set to welcome the summer with a three-day event that aims to place the Limassol venue on the map of entertainment ...

Five productions make up this year’s programme of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama as another summer of international productions brings exquisite Greek drama to the island’s ...

A musical summer evening at Kolossi Castle is being put on by NGO KYFA (Kentron Ypostirixis Foreon Aids) to support families, and especially women with children, who have been affected ...

An exciting opportunity for women who write short monologues or plays has arisen with the Women’s Empowerment Theatre seeking three to five-minute-long scripts written by females for a series ...