What’s on at Rialto Theatre this March
March is going to be an exciting month at Rialto Theatre as diverse productions are coming to the stage. From shows highlighting French singers and Greek composers, and performances that chronicle the Chernobyl disaster to performances, that touch on queer culture and heart-warming local theatre productions, this month will most certainly be rich and exciting.
Opening the month’s productions is the popular Cypriot adaptation of Calendar Girls. With a talented cast of actors including Christina Pavlidou, Marinos Hadjivasiliou, Cynthia Pavlidou and Eleni Sidera, the play is a hymn to love, friendship and life. Performed in front of audiences on March 4 and 5 (with dual shows on the latter date), the play is based on a true story about a group of friends who try to deal with cancer, fame, grief and hope, intertwined with humour.
Next Sunday, the creative team behind the successful STILL! – A Statue that Travelled the World will present its new production – Franz Kafka’s Doll. With song, dance and theatrical brilliance they emit a heart-warming story based on a real-life occasion when Franz Kafka met a little girl in the park who had just lost her doll.
The theatrical productions will continue the following day with a psychological chamber thriller based on the multi-award-winning Danish film The Guilty. On stage, Christodoulos Andreou will lead the 112 performance, in Greek, about a police officer accused of murder following an on-duty shooting incident.
Then, it is time for music. On the weekend of March 14-16, Stephanos Droushiotis’ successful performance 88 Little Symphonies will return to the Rialto, introducing young audiences to classical music and its myriads of secrets. Through a series of fascinating images, this captivating experience will encourage children to explore a world of thoughts and questions.
The beloved and hilarious performance The Bible: The Complete Word of God by Antilogos Theatre makes its comeback and will be staged at the Rialto Theatre on March 19. Three actors-performers and a musician question whether the Bible should be interpreted literally through song, dance and theatre.
On the following evening, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will present Premiere 4, a programme featuring works by Mozart, Haydn and Rossini, under the baton of highly acclaimed conductor Gudni Emilsson.
The awarded performance, Sticky Finders Club, will take the stage on March 21. It is a performance about failing influenced by the queer and ballroom culture and vogue dance itself. Facing constant defeat, the characters create a space of celebration where they are the stars.
Katerina Vrana, one of Greece’s most beloved comedians, will present her brand-new show on March 22, titled Derbederissa. In it, she delves into how she feels as a woman and comedian navigating stereotypes and gender biases. She examines how her disability has impacted her personality, femininity, sexuality and humour while celebrating the small and big joys that can brighten any day.
Then an interactive dance performance for families with children aged three and up, by the acclaimed Polish dance collective Holobiont will fill the theatre on March 23. The performance My Tail and Ι will be a humorous and youth-friendly approach to the story of evolution.
On March 25 and 26, the powerful performance Voices from Chernobyl will take centre stage. Ten years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Nobel Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich recorded the oral history of the people who were affected by the events. Director Maria Kyriakou adapts Alexievich’s book for the stage, crafting a performance that explores themes of love, faith and what it means to belong. The performance is part of the Cyprus International Theatre Festival and will include surtitles in Russian and English.
The final production in March celebrates Francophonie Month. As such, the Alliance Française de Limassol presents the concert Melodies of the World: From Edith Piaf to Mikis Theodorakis. A 12-member symphony orchestra and singers Vakia Stavrou and Kyros Patsalides will perform songs by internationally celebrated composers such as Georges Moustaki, Serge Gainsbourg, Michel Legrand and Marguerite Monnot, works by classical composers like FP Tosti and Franz Léhar and compositions by Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hadjidakis and Marios Tokas.
March at Rialto
Concerts, comedy stand-ups, plays and more. Throughout March. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. www.rialto.com.cy
