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Upcoming Cyprus festival will see four tales retold for modern audiences says ELENI PHILIPPOU Four productions will be presented in this year’s International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama, raising ...

Paphos-based cultural centre Technopolis 20 rounds off its May agenda with one more evening of music. Local jazz duet Giorgos Bizios and Christos Yerolatsitis will be welcomed back to the stage ...

The iconic Nostalgia Parties – as of late organised with Misfit Union – tend to treat partygoers to the very best of 80s, 90s and 00s music. Hence the use of the ...

A new month-long exhibition at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation this June is the second showcase of the trilogy Museums Discuss Social Issues. Titled ReThinking CONFLICTS: Conflict in Progress, ...

Relationships between fathers and sons can be complicated things, but Jack Whitehall’s: Travels With My Father highlights the funny side in heart-warming trips around the world shared by the ...

Young musicians are getting ready to perform at Pallas Theatre. On Monday, students of the Academy, as well as the ensembles of the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra and the programme Σ...

The Romanian Society in Cyprus is organising the Festival of the Romanian Embroidered Blouse on Sunday, adding another multicultural note to the capital. From 4pm onwards, the Cultural Centre of ...

Kafeneio Prozak has a lot celebrate. In 2023, it marks 10 years since it opened in central Nicosia and has since hosted more than 450 music nights, book presentations, open mic nights, exhibitions ...

Early summer at CyHerbia Botanical Park & Labyrinth means one thing – it’s time for lavender to bloom into its purple glory. And so, the Avgorou-based park honours it with ...

The old town of Paphos continues being modernised at rapid speed. Blink, and a new shop or restaurant has opened. One such eatery recommended to me many times is Agora ...

A classical music festival in a stunning historical location is about to begin, featuring guest artists from the world music scene. Just a few days are left before the annual ...

Tina Turner, the American-born singer who left a hardscrabble farming community and abusive relationship to become one of the top recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at the ...

One of Cyprus’ most enduring bands, The smallest Creature, is gearing up for a series of releases this year, and joining them on stage this Friday is Greece’s Dzingovic ...

Painting Against Prejudice is the title of a new exhibition opening in Nicosia that aims to do exactly what it says on the tin. The Association for the Protection of ...

6×6 Centre for Photography in Limassol will welcome a new artist to its venue this week, presenting their first solo photography exhibition. Zarema Khalilova’s exhibition Do You Love The Color ...

“Larnaca has always been an intercultural hub between the West and the East,” say the organisers of an upcoming event that tours the town. “The existence of the port, the ...

Four back-to-back theatrical performances this May as part of the Nicosia International Festival, celebrate the playwright Costas Mannouris. Plays on May 28, 29 and 30 will take place at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre ...

Italy-based Russian artist Andrei Arkhipov, whose paintings are part of significant Russian collections, is holding an ongoing exhibition at the Aphrodite-Amathusia Cultural Centre in Limassol, hosted by the newly-established Insight ...

Reading is something we all learn in school, but it really can expand the world we live in. ELENI PHILIPPOU speaks to a woman about growing the island’s love ...

A series of art events starting this month with run all the way until December. Responding to Pylon Art & Culture’s invitation to think of ways to make contemporary ...

In the course of Shy, Max Porter’s fourth novel, the eponymous first-person narrator identifies the following languages: ‘night-end’, ‘badger’ and ‘heartsore’. It’s telling of a book about how ...

June is just around the corner, and Rialto Theatre is staying true to its mission to provide a platform for cultural productions in the first month of summer with a ...

Limassol-based pianist Tatiana Stupak is back this summer with another special concert, not only in terms of repertoire and performers but also in location. If you have never been to ...

As the heat of summer approaches CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES suggest six shows to stream and cool down with Just like Glenn Frey predicted back in 1984, the heat is on, and summer ...