From French classical music in Paphos to award-winning theatre in Nicosia, there is plenty to keep you busy across the island this week.
Music
Paphos, Technopolis 20, 7pm. A concert dedicated to French music and poetry, featuring Alexandra Smirnova (soprano), Maria Avraam (piano, flute) and Stavros Savvas (accordion). The programme includes miniatures for piano and voice by Fauré and Debussy, alongside Ravel’s arrangements of Greek songs and a journey through Greek and Cypriot folk melodies. Tickets: www.technopolis20.com
Theatre
Nicosia, Theatre Ena, 7pm. Boeing Boeing, one of the most celebrated farce comedies in contemporary theatre, comes to Theatre Ena directed by Andreas Christodoulidis, starring Dimitris Giorkatsis, Charitini Iliadou, Irini Karagiorgi, Evangelia Nicolaou, Elena Olympiou and Antonis Parcharidis. Performances every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm, Sunday at 7pm until 29 April. Tickets: Ticketmaster.cy & 22348203
Paphos, Markideio Theatre, 8pm, 1 April. Edw Leme SOS, a comedy by Giorgos Tsiakkas that satirises contemporary Cypriot life, directed by Marina Vronti. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Apokalypsi (22300150). Thalasso-psychismi by Rena Artemiou. Until 4 April.
Gloria (22762605). Exhibition by Rinos Stefanis titled The Man Who Carries Holes. Until 3 April.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – SPEL (22479600). Group exhibition with 50 artists titled Agropoiitiki: soils/bodies. Until 30 June.
NiMAC (2797400). Fluid Persistence — 19 artists explore ecological crisis, and the role of water in narrative and fiction. Until 31 May.
Municipal Square. Water Movement Nicosia, a site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until 30 June.
Leventis Gallery Temporary Exhibitions Hall. Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive. Until 28 June.
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality. Until 30 June.
Limassol
Edit Gallery (25251710). The Rise of the Sun, the Fall of Time by Danae Patsalou. Until 2 May.
125 Space (25733994). Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body by Alexandra Kou. Until 30 May.
Eins (99522977). Keep the Music for Yourself by Marietta Mavrokordatou. Until 4 April.
Larnaca
Municipal Gallery (24658848). Testimonies of an Unseen Time. Retrospective exhibition by Andreas Paraskevas. Until 6 June.
Cinema
New releases at RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol, tel. 25871410): They Will Kill You (dir. Kirill Sokolov, with Zazie Beetz, Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham), All That’s Left of You (dir. Cherien Dabis, with Cherien Dabis, Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri), Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, with Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Elijah Wood), David (animation, dir. Phil Cunningham and Brent Daws) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (animation, dir. Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic and Pierre Leduc). Also at RIO Limassol: Domovyonok Kuzya 2 (animation, dir. Viktor Lakisov).
Nicosia, Pantheon Cinema, 1 April, 8:30pm. Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, brings a dark, atmospheric horror narrative with strong dramatic elements to the big screen. Additional screening: 1 April, 5:30pm. Tel. 22675787, pantheon-theatre.com
