Entertainment

By Philippa Tracy Australian writer Richard Flanagan’s book won the Booker Prize in 2014 and was this summer screened as five-part series on the BBC. The title refers to a ...

With artworks installed, performances ready to unfold and a wave of creative energy sweeping through the region, Larnaca Biennale 2025 officially opens this week. Under the theme Along Lines and Traces, ...

Fast approaching in Nicosia is Lara Sophie Benjamin’s third solo exhibition at Apocalypse Gallery. Titled Trace Memories, the showcase will run at the gallery from October 22 to November 8, presenting ...

Years ago, when deciding on a macroeconomic growth strategy, Netflix execs took a bold step: instead of forcing US made content on the rest of the world, they chose to ...

Two one-act plays by Susan Glaspell will be presented in English for the first time in Cyprus and Greece, with Nicosia performances coming up at the end of October. Adapted ...

With less than a week until the fourth edition of Larnaca Biennale begins, there is a rich cultural programme across six-and-a-half weeks of exhibitions, installations, performances and workshops which will ...

A village festival this weekend celebrates one of Cyprus’ riches – olive trees. Seeking to celebrate this staple ingredient of the Cypriot diet and honour its religious heritage, the Ancient Olive ...

This week, the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus launches its 15th edition, bringing screenings, and parallel events to Limassol from Saturday to October 17. Alongside its international and national competition ...

For three days, the historic centre of Limassol will come alive with a vibrant programme of exhibitions, screenings, performances, open studios and site-specific projects as Limassol Art Walks makes its 2025 ...

An evening of vocal magic awaits Paphos audiences as the Spellbound A Cappella Chorus for Women takes to the stage for a concert celebrating the beauty of close harmony singing. ...

Netflix has launched one of its biggest K-dramas of the year just in time for the Chuseok holiday. Genie, Make a Wish stars Suzy and Kim Woo-bin in a fantasy ...

Just a few days remain until the 10th edition of the beloved Nicosia Book Festival at Acropolis Park and the organisers have shared a glimpse of the agenda. Two days ...

It is not very often that a city’s sounds become the foundation of an album yet for the newly-formed Cypriot trio Nābu Pēra that is exactly what ...

A site-specific installation by Socratis Socratous will open at NiMAC on Friday, presenting the artist’s decade-long research on Tivoli Luna Park, Cyprus’ first amusement park, and on the Nicosia ...

Book festivals, crafty, spooky workshops, performances by some of the world’s biggest artists, markets and medieval knights are in store this weekend. Get ready for another eventful end of ...

Starting this year, the Nicosia International Festival 2025 acquires a taste for Cyprus wine. Nicosia For Art, the organisation behind the festival, joins forces with WINECORE – the Cyprus Winemakers Consortium to ...

Bringing some pre-weekend fun is the 6th Cyprus Cocktail Festival, part of the Digital Agenda Cyprus Summit this Thursday in front of the Nicosia Municipal Theatre. Street food, DJs and, ...

As the summer draws to a close, it seems the perfect time to share a restaurant that I have been to more than any other over the last few months. ...

Opening this week, this Nicosia exhibition Intertwined Connectionsis presented simultaneously in two different venues — the Diatopos Art Centre and the ARTos Cultural and Research House — creating a bridge between them ...

A multicultural happening is stepping foot in the capital, presenting the endeavours of young migrant creators active in fashion, jewellery, hairstyling, crafts and design. On Saturday, the Nicosia Municipal Theatre ...

The favelas of Brazil, the alleyways of Paris, the vibrant walls of Buenos Aires and the hidden corners of Singapore all feature in the upcoming exhibition of photographer Christina Drakos. ...

Phoebe Greenwood is by no means the first novelist to write a war satire, nor the first to specifically lampoon the way in which journalists and those who publish and ...

Mushroom season is almost upon us, but what does that have to do with Cyprus’ events’ agenda? It signals the return of the Cyprus Mushroom Festival, which, after a year’...

A film about Cyprus’ enigmatic national poet is about to hit the big screen. The documentary Vasilis Michaelides – Hidden Winds, directed by Thomas Kallis, will premiere on Friday at Pantheon ...