Cyprus Film Days 2021: Back to the big screen
It’s been a good while since most of us have been to the cinema and even longer since a film festival took place but next month, world and local ...
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Classical music online
The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra has revived its live concerts with a series of performances around the island titled Music from the Theatre of Cyprus, for a small number of audiences. ...
A visual and sound installation in Nicosia
An installation is coming to Nicosia by visual artist Maria Leonidou, performance artist Lia Haraki and sound designer Yiannis Christofides as they come together to construct a visual and sound ...
Music returns to west coast with the Paphos Sessions
With bars and restaurants re-opening, the live music scene is returning.
The island’s west coast is brewing something exciting for music fans as the Paphos Music Lovers Association is ...
Teasing Creatures with The Sea Glass Factory
A new art exhibition is coming to Nicosia at the Lefteris Economou Cultural Foundation at Garage multi-space. Artist Giorgos Gerontides will showcase his work in an exhibition titled Teasing Creatures ...
Vinylio Wine Etc travels from Paris to Mexico
Margaritas, tequila shots and Mexican bites are coming up at Vinylio Wine Etc this week as the Limassol bar hosts an outdoor Mexican fiesta. It almost sounds too good to ...
Women’s Circle: The source of womanhood
Every month, Mindfulness and Soul Mentor Eleni Michail holds women circles. A space to shake off any social rules, embrace feminine energy and just be. Done well and with good ...
New platform to support emerging artists
Digital is the way forward. It has been for some time, and with the whole world going virtual this past year it has become even more crucial to show up ...
Three days of storytelling
The journey of a butterfly is mesmerising. Caterpillars in their cocoon, growing and transforming into butterflies with colourful wings in all shapes and patterns. There are all sorts of children’...
In conversation with the tough subjects
A lot is going on in the world right now. Sexual assault, hate crimes, police brutality, civil societies speaking out, all against the backdrop of a global health pandemic. What’...
The Onion: an artist’s tool kit
Not a literal onion, but just as the vegetable is multi-layered, so is an artist’s creative process and Lia Haraki’s new two-day workshop in English focuses on clarifying ...
Female experiences of belonging and identity
A constellation of women from across the eastern Mediterranean will share their poetry, music, art, films, thoughts and experiences of belonging and identity at an upcoming virtual event that knows ...
An homage to Bach
To say that it has been a quiet year for live music would be an understatement. Concerts, gigs and performances have been put on hold yet with the arrival of ...
Croatian short films to be screened at ARTos
It’s not often that independent Croatian films reach the island’s big screens yet that is what is coming up at ARTos Foundation in Nicosia later this month. On ...
A Picture Perfect performance
Strangely detached from themselves and others, three performers are putting on a different kind of show at Rialto Theatre next week. In a piece called Picture Perfect, the SRSLYyours Ensemble ...
Screening pays homage to leading Swiss film director
In the framework of Francophonie 2021 and in cooperation with the Alliance Française de Limassol, the Embassy of Switzerland pays homage to one of its leading film directors Francis Reusser, ...
I’ve made you a palm tree: an exhibition
Palm trees, though not originally Cypriot, are now a primary characteristic of the island’s scenery. Identifying the palm-tree as a staple feature of Cyprus’ urban landscape and an integral ...
Light and shadow at home
During the months spent at home, a wave of creative activities surfaced as people attempted to stay entertained. The rise of virtual classes and events throughout the past year has ...
Grief in art online performance latest in series of works on mourning
Currently part of the Cyprus Academy of Arts Residency Programme, artist Helen Kirwan presents her second online performance this Friday. Its theme? Grief and mourning. Grief-Work is a new development ...
Music from theatres, in person and in live stream
In its third concert of the series Music from the Theatres of Cyprus, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents an attractive programme on March 12 with works by Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. The ...
Online performance on humans and surveillance
For the most part, technology has brought ease and practicality to our lives but can you escape from the ‘system’ once you’re in it? Can it rise to such ...
Art inspired by music
Nicosia’s art scene welcomes a new exhibition this week as Cypriot artist Nikos Papaloukas showcases his latest pieces in a show called Harmony at Alpha C.K. Art Gallery. ...
A Covid confession in theatre
We are almost a year into the pandemic. Almost a year since the first lockdown and Covid-19 still has our hands somewhat tied behind our backs. This is not just ...
Nicosia Pop Fest plays question the way we live
How do we kiss? How much do we kiss? Who do we kiss? This is what an upcoming performance at the Nicosia Pop Up Festival asks. Titled What does the ...