Eleni Philippou

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 ...

More than 79 countries are protesting on Saturday to mark the Global Day of Climate Action, including Cyprus. Six local organisations are planning a Climate March in Nicosia called Uproot the ...

Live music evenings are back at Nicosia’s jazz club and this week’s performances open with a romantic evening on Wednesday as Sarah Fenwick sings with jazz guitarist Alexis ...

A chamber music recital organised by the Ledra Music Soloists will be held on Monday with works for cello and piano performed by renowned cellist Péter Somodari and pianist ...

Author Guy Cools and dancer Lia Haraki come together in collaboration this coming week for an event at Theatro Polis OPAP in Nicosia, during which they will engage in a ...

The preparations for the second edition of Larnaca Biennale, an International Exhibition of Fine Arts, have officially begun with artists and artworks from Cyprus and abroad set to exhibit between ...

Two events are coming up this week at BLEND.the space in Limassol inviting people from all walks of life to join them – artists, writers, amateurs and anyone in between. ...

In the face of mounting political, environmental and pandemic-related challenges, the Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival is encouraging artists to resist through the transformative power of the arts in its ...

Sociologists, historians, anthropologists and even common people like you and me often talk about local and cultural identity and how it can be crafted from our environment, our history, our ...