Events & Activities going out Famagustagoing out Larnacagoing out Limassolgoing out Nicosiagoing out Paphos Things to do on Friday, June 12 Things To Do On Friday, June 12 Relevant News Things to do on Friday, June 12 12 June 2026 Water shortage risk grows as desalination delays and rising consumption undermine 2027 target 12 June 2026 Larnaca DLGO demolishes two more dangerous buildings with 35 others requiring action 12 June 2026 Newsroom 12 June 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber From open-air concerts and theatre to documentary screenings and gallery openings, there is plenty to do across the island today. Music Nicosia, Lakatamia Municipal Amphitheatre, 9pm. Alkinoos Ioannidis opens his summer tour with two concerts in Nicosia and Limassol, presenting a programme of new arrangements, improvisations and the meeting of different musical worlds. Joining him on stage are four Cypriot musicians: Marios Takoussis on keys, Lefteris Moumtzis on bass, Giannis Koutis on oud, guitar and percussion, and Nikolas Tsangaras on drums. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets, Octagon Kiosk (Nicosia). Next: June 13, Ancient Kourion Theatre, Limassol. Visual Art Nicosia, Corridor – ARTSLab (Konstantinou Skokou 3, apt. 3), opening 7pm. Final-year student Giorgos Chatzopoulos presents “HOOK”, a site-specific installation at ARTSLab. Until June 17. Theatre Nicosia, Archontiko Axiotheas, 8.30pm. “Monologues from Gaza” by Ali Abu Yassin and “Not I” by Samuel Beckett, presented as part of the 29th Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus. The production is the result of an international research and artistic project exploring the relationship between translation, memory, identity and conflict. Dramaturgy and direction by Ellada Evangelou; performed by Nayia Anastasiadou, Giola Kleitou and Ulas Oguts. Free entry, tel. 22894531. Denia, Denia Amphitheatre, 8.30pm. Theatre AntiLogos presents its new production “I Plateia”, an original Cypriot comedy by Eleni Anastasiou and Aris Kyprianou. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores, tel. 99251331. Nicosia, Theatre Ena, 8.30pm. Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr Ripley” in a production directed by Andreas Christodoulidis. Performances every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 7pm. Also at Archontiko Axiotheas: July 10, 11 and 12, 8.30pm. Tickets: Ticketmaster.cy, tel. 22348203. Suitable for ages 18 and above. Screening Nicosia, Leventis Municipal Museum inner courtyard amphitheatre, 7.30pm. The 13th International Archaeological and Cultural Documentary Festival AGON presents a two-day programme of screenings connecting history, archaeology, memory and culture. Tonight’s programme includes a tribute to Pascalis Papapetrou, a screening of the documentary “Water in Cyprus – Memories of Other Times” and the French documentary by Dominique Anд “Raphael: The Secrets of the Relics”. Exhibitions Nicosia Art Seen (tel. 22006624). Group exhibition “Summer Constellations”. Until July 10. Akamantis Business Centre. Photography exhibition organised by Kinanis law firm as part of its 8th Photography Competition. Until June 19. Marginalia (tel. 99657080). “Tragia” by Pavlos Chambides. Until June 27. Apokalypsi (tel. 22300150). Group exhibition “Code Reconstitution”. Until September 12. Leventis Gallery (tel. 22668838). “Dialogue: Niki Marangou – Rodi Konstantoglou”. Until July 31. Hambi Municipal Engraving Museum. “Mediterranean” features works from the Andreas Nikolaou collection. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (State Gallery of Contemporary Art – SPEL, tel. 22479600). Group exhibition with 50 artists, “Agro-poetics: soils/bodies”. Until June 30. Town Hall Square. “Water Movement Nicosia”, site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until June 30. Leventis Gallery Temporary Exhibitions Hall. “Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive”. Until June 28. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. “Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality”. Until June 30. Limassol 125 Space (tel. 25733994). Group exhibition “New Forms, New Voices”. Until July 18. Platres, Hotel Minerva. “The Holiday Trilogy” by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30. XeniArtSpace – Trilogy West Tower (tel. 99980009). Photography exhibition “Women in Focus”. Until September 19. eins gallery (tel. 99522977). “A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging” by Leontios Toumbouris. Until June 27. Pylon Art & Culture (tel. 95950857). “INTERIOR” by Fanos Kyriakou. Until June 27. PSI Foundation. Exhibition “Bill Viola. Unspoken”. Until August 1. Larnaca Pierides Museum (tel. 22128175). “Nina Iakovoy: eyes to see and hands to touch”. Until May 6, 2027. Paralimni Municipal Hall. The Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights presents the first Children’s Biennale. Until June 16. Cinema New releases: Disclosure Day (dir. Steven Spielberg, with Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth); Greece 3.0 (dir. Michalis Yigyintis, Ioanna Kriona, Dimitris Papathanasis, with Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Kostas Fytilis, Giorgos Chrysostomou, Alexandros Chrysanthopoulos, Daphne Kiourktsioglou, Dimitris Drosos, Aliki Alexandraki, Thamnos Tokakis); Dead Man’s Wire (dir. Gus Van Sant, with Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino). RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel. 25871410. 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