Entertainment

Defending Jacob is a drama-thriller about family and justice and the challenging question of how well we know the people closest to us. What starts as a murder investigation turns ...

A full day of being immersed in a hidden garden oasis, getting your hands in the dirt and creating is on the agenda for those in Nicosia. Gardens of the ...

A multimedia concert with piano, electronics and audio-visual elements arrives this week and explores time as an experience. Through contemporary music creation, the Flows of Time concert this October 10 in ...

By Philippa Tracy It’s 1966 and a hot summer in the fictional town of Berryview, California. Behind the ubiquitous white picket fences, there is small town gossip, chauvinistic attitudes and ...

October is here, and soon Halloween events and spooky gatherings will fill the cultural agenda. While many of those tend to be for children, this upcoming event is definitely not. ...

Time is the theme of this year’s Poetry Moves International Festival, which will unfold from October 13 to 17 with a programme of exhibitions, music, video and performances. This will be ...

Always up for a Saturday morning brunch, we spotted a new place on social media that looked rather good. Lavita is in Larnaca’s old town, tucked away down a ...

Trinkets and treasures from the olden days, grandfather’s trunks and grandmother’s closets will be on full display at the latest Grand Antiques & Vintage Market. After three successful ...

Two final performances remain this week as the Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus wraps up its 29th edition at Axiothea Mansion. A festival that began in early summer ...

This October, Pharos Arts Foundation welcomes back the 17th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival. Nights of exquisite musical encounters have already begun at The Shoe Factory in Nicosia welcoming esteemed ...

Festivals Before the weekend officially arrives, Larnaka 2030 welcomes the MahallArt Cultural Festival, which will activate the neighbourhood of Ais Yiannis from October 8 to 10. Walks, workshops, art performances and open-air screenings ...

One of the world’s most celebrated opera stars will perform on the island this week, joining the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and two soloists at the historic Curium Ancient Theatre. ...

When I was a child, my father, brother and I used to go on daily long walks. We would end up at an arcade/ice cream shop, where we had ...

Breach Festival: October 9-10 Expanding the boundaries of music-making and encouraging improvisation and experimentation, the Breach Festival arrives soon at Ktirion 53 in Nicosia. Artists from Cyprus, the Netherlands, Lebanon and ...

Two evenings dedicated to improvisation, experimentation and contemporary music-making are coming up this weekend in Nicosia as Breach Festival returns for its fifth edition. This time, it takes over Ktirion 53 ...

MahallArt 26, the flagship programme of Larnaka 2030, is about to begin, and throughout autumn, it will highlight different Larnaca neighbourhoods, its streets, courtyards, history and people. On October 8, 9 and 10, the festival ...

For a journalist of Irish heritage living in Cyprus for decades, it might seem natural that reading a novel whose backdrop is both The Troubles in Northern Ireland and the ...

This week the historic centre of Limassol will come alive with a vibrant programme of exhibitions, performances and site-specific projects as the 5th Limassol Art Walks returns. From October 9 to 11, ...

The love, pain and strength of every mother find a voice at the Medieval Monastery of Ayia Napa, say organisers of an upcoming event as the Cultural Academy Ayios Epifanios ...

Fourteen productions for children aged zero to 18 are coming up with the latest Mitsikouri International Performing Arts Festival for Children and Young People. Performances from 11 countries are participating this year ...

Thirteen short films, 13 different journeys through Cypriot creativity, make up this year’s National Competition Programme of the 16th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus. From October 10 to 16, Rialto Theatre ...

Due to the success of the first art tour of the presidential palace, more opportunities to view it are now being considered, the palace said on Sunday. The previous day, ...

It’s a brave but not uncommon thing to write a novel about the world of comedy, especially when you’re a successful comedy writer yourself. Such a novel’s ...

Velychko Gallery in Limassol presents MURMUR kairos, a solo exhibition by Cypriot artist Kyriaki Costa showcasing a new body of work comprising sculpture, embroidery and painting. Running throughout October, November ...