Entertainment

December cocktails? Yes, please. The Cyprus Cocktail Festival is back this month after cancelling its October event due to heavy rainfall. On December 14 it will take over the downstairs section ...

Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zannettos visited the artists at work during the 8th International Sculpture Symposium on Friday and said the city’s sculpture park upgrades Cyprus as a cultural ...

Nicosia music fans, the city has a lot planned for you this December! On December 8, Alexis Sunder will bring his head-bobbing grooves, introspective lyrics and sunny melodies to New Division ...

Watching the seven episodes of The Watcher, the Netflix thriller series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan – the same minds behind the platform’s hugely successful show about Jeffrey ...

Elton John will headline Glastonbury next summer in the last British show on his lengthy global farewell tour at the renowned music festival on Worthy Farm. One of the biggest ...

Plenty of music nights are happening this month amid the Christmas craze. Several bars in Nicosia and Limassol continue their events schedule with local musicians doing what they do best. ...

Culturescope showrunner and presenter PAUL LAMBIS speaks to Anna-Maria Athanasiou, a romance author whose passionate love stories and characters have won the hearts of her readers, catapulting her books into ...

This December, Alpha Square presents a Pan-Hellenic premiere of a play that pioneered the depiction of gay lives on stage. Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band was first ...

Another live broadcast from the National Theatre Live will reach the island this weekend as Rialto Theatre resumes its NTL Programme. A production by Bridge Theatre Production will be screened ...

Did you know that the oak tree is the national tree of Cyprus and an endemic small tree? Also known as the golden oak, the tree is mostly found in ...

By Sarah Coyne I am not sure if everyone makes the same mistake as me, but sometimes we just ignore the restaurants right on our doorstep. And missing out on ...

‘Tis the season to… go out! With all that is taking place around the island, it is easy to stay busy during the Christmas period. A wave of Christmas markets ...

Christine McVie, whose songwriting and signature vocals helped make British-American group Fleetwood Mac one of the best-selling rock bands of all time, died on Wednesday. She was 79. McVie passed away ...

Just before the year ends, a series of new exhibitions showcase local talent with events all across the country. Paphos, Nicosia and Limassol welcome new exhibitions in December, presenting solo ...

The Cyprus Association of Graphic Designers and Illustrators is, for a second year, organising the Graphic & Illustration Design conference, GRID, this December, this year putting the Creative Process in ...

After a successful show in Limassol, the Dream on Dreamer exhibition presented by the Riana Raouna Gallery moves to Nicosia for four days in December. From December 8 until 11, it will ...

It’s Christmas at the museum! Or rather, at the AG Leventis Gallery. The beloved Nicosia gallery is hosting a Christmas event on Saturday to welcome December and the festive ...

Actor Will Smith addressed the shocking moment he slapped and shouted a vulgarity at comedian Chris Rock for joking about his wife’s hairstyle at this year’s Oscars, saying “...

Festive activities are popping up around the island and taking over the events agenda for December. One more Christmas village is opening its doors as Ayia Napa Marina transforms into ...

Regular readers of this column (if such people exist), will have discerned that I am a fan of Nghi Vo. Her third novella in the The Singing Hills Cycle, Into ...

Cyprus’ scenic landscapes have often been the focus of art exhibitions and Yury Peshkov’s second solo showcase pays tribute not only to scenes of the island’s but also ...

Walt Disney Co DIS.N Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Monday one of his top priorities is to make the company’s streaming business profitable. Iger is responsible for ...

Lights out, music on. December 2’s concert as part of the Nicosia International Festival will be a one-of-a-kind experience, unlike any other music event the island has known. Besides welcoming ...

Women interested in meeting women finally have an event specifically for then. The Yasemin Collective is organising another round of its speed dating evenings, yet December 15’s is only for ...