Eleni Philippou

When the world is upside down, creativity can be a great salvation. Seeking inspiration though can be a challenge. Twenty nine artists came together during lockdown, each working on their ...

The Cyprus High Commission is taking experimental Cypriot theatre to the UK for the first time. Cutting-edge performances produced during lockdown as a response to the pandemic by independent Cypriot ...

February 15 is International Childhood Cancer Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and expressing support for children and adolescents with cancer, survivors and their families. Exactly that is what an ...

It’s almost time for Valentine’s Day. This year though, with restaurants and bars closed, there will be no romantic dinners or love-themed events. To celebrate this day of ...

Wherever you live in the world, there is always a community considered ‘the other’. For centuries people have found reasons to unify and separate themselves, to form groups. Perhaps it’...

An upcoming online event this weekend celebrates Valentine’s Day by inviting couples for downward dogs, child poses and stretches. Yoga instructors Skevi Chrysou Tofaridou and Vicky Christou are putting ...

You’re in your late twenties. You thought your life would have reached a certain point by now but relationships are complicated, creativity isn’t linear and money is tight. ...

Youth organisation the Bicommunal Network of Cypriot Youth is hosting an online talk on Saturday with foreign policy expert at the Australian federal government Dr Stephanie Jacobs, discussing ‘Cypriots down ...

In the uncertain conditions that have prevailed Rialto Theatre’s cultural agenda will see performances either online via live stream or in the physical presence of audiences at theatre or ...

From Cyprus to Singapore, Vienna to California, over 35 creatives have joined together from seven different time zones to rehearse and record an opera for the lockdown generation. With theatres shut, ...

If you grew up in Cyprus, one particular figure comes to mind when thinking about shadow theatre: Karagiozis. His antics have been entertaining us for decades with songs and tales ...

Theatres and museums are able to open as of Monday as details of what will be staged remain unclear the idea of being in a theatre chair seems slightly closer ...

You’ve heard of yoga, meditation and chakras but have you heard of QiGong? It is an ancient, traditional exercise originating from China to maintain health and fitness, working from ...

The words ‘risk’ and ‘crisis’ sound all too familiar now, even to non-business or finance people. An upcoming online event by Hellenic Bank in association with Global Training and the ...

Do you even remember the last time you went to the theatre or an exhibition? It has probably been a while as cultural institutions have been shut for most of ...

The annual event that celebrates short films will return as the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC) is getting ready for its 11th edition in October. Organisers, the ministry ...

It’s what the A.G. Leventis Gallery always aims to do, engage people with art, and they have continued on the journey since even during lockdown. On February 8 museums ...

A new call for applications has been launched for artists and creatives that looks at the struggles and opportunities industry professionals face. Voices of Culture is the structured dialogue between ...

Beyond its blue waters, clear skies and coffee shops, the island many of us call home can be interpreted in myriad ways depending on which lens you look at it ...

Rhythm, tempo, emotion, passion, all wonderful things produced by music and even more so when you are involved in it somehow. Wanting to bring the delightful world of music closer ...

Aiming to bridge the gap between separating audience and artists and staging cultural events, the Rialto Theatre will operate a series of live streams in February. In these times of ...

It is often said that life’s hardships can be a great inspiration for artistic work that expresses and documents difficult situations. Many of the great painters, writers and creatives ...

While diaries can be intensely private, one shared project aims to bring people together by reflecting on what we are all going through Ah the diary, a teenager’s most ...

The past year has been hard for the cultural world and the artists, with cancelled or postponed events and artists left jobless for months. In many ways, the arts scene ...