Eleni Philippou

The summer may be ending, taking with it a buzzing cultural agenda and vibrant events yet this does not mark the end of festivals. Hopefully, we have a packed autumn ...

Savel’s Red Dress is a story about refugee children who have been forced to leave their homes and the people they love to find themselves in foreign places. A ...

The 11th edition of the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC) will kick off on October 9 and has a week packed with film screenings but also several parallel events. ...

When a holiday falls on a Friday, creating a long weekend it feels like the stars have aligned! And what better way to spend the three-day weekend and welcome October ...

Looking for a new series to begin, I took to Netflix, which informed me that The Good Doctor was one of the top shows being watched in Cyprus, but did ...

The 12th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival returns to the Shoe Factory from October 8 featuring three distinct concerts alongside a number of other corresponding activities, such as lectures, workshops, and ...

#BeActive. That’s the slogan of the European Week of Sports, when thousands of professionals and experts come together for one of the biggest sports initiatives of the world. Led ...

“The Ledra Palace Hotel,” say the organisers of an upcoming lecture, “served as architectural proof of the modern aspirations of the late colonial era. Its construction detailing proved technical capabilities; ...

Xarkis Festival is a nomadic event that roams communities of Cyprus. Returning for its 8th edition, the festival and its residency will take place from October 10. The theme for this ...

Social Space Kaymakkin, a community space in the heart of old Kaimakli, is organising an evening of film screenings and discussions on Tuesday. Two Cypriot short films are on the ...

Talking about artistic practices is a look into an artist’s mind, creativity and thought process. An event by Dancehouse Lefkosia on Tuesday sees artist Lara Salmon present her practice ...

Connecting with others hasn’t been the easiest of things during the past year. Genuine human connection, in-person connection with friends or strangers has been difficult to figure out with ...

Nicosia Book Fest 2021 returns this autumn for a physical festival on October 9 and 10 at Acropolis Park. After last year’s first digital version, the annual festival is ready to return ...

Pollution. It’s a massive problem. And plastic pollution is visible on any beach or roadside on the island. Empty water bottles on the sand, plastic bags in the sea… ...

The summer performing arts festival at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation may be over yet the foundation is keeping the old town’s cultural scene alive with one more ...

More parallel events are coming up as part of the retrospective exhibition Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived at SPEL State Gallery in Nicosia. This Saturday, a cementography workshop and documentary screening ...

Time to get ready! The Directors Guild of Cyprus is hosting a two-day workshop in English for actors this weekend with renowned actor and producer Jerry Coyle. “Over 30 years of ...

Another month full of performances and shows is coming to the Rialto Theatre, with many of the October events being performances part of the Kypria International Festival, in addition to ...

Rocking music and a comedy show are arriving at the popular Larnaca venue Savino Live in the next few days. First on Friday, Cyprus band Rust-X will bring their metal/...

Things vanish all the time. Objects, memories, nature, epic poems, animals and even humans. A new play by the theatre group à vendre arrives to invite audiences to hold onto what ...

How do you bounce back into this fast-changing life right now? Can you move through challenges with the lightness of being and in what way do you restore stamina, enthusiasm ...

New colourful art is coming to town as Natasa Socratous Epaminonda presents her latest solo exhibition titled See Through my Eyes. Opening at Nicosia’s isnotgallery on October 9, the exhibition ...

Satiriko Theatre brings an emotional play to Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca as Martin Sherman’s play Rose is reintroduced. This moving play directed by Nikos Karageorgos and translated by Mimi ...

New theatre production looks at love, loss and clothes. ELENI PHILIPPOU speaks to the people behind it Certain times of life can hold a special significance. We all have a ...