Things to do on Wednesday, June 24

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The work centres on the Cretan lyra and explores a creative dialogue between the musical traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Crete, Southern Italy and the Iberian Peninsula. Tel: 22894531 Nicosia, Famagusta Gate Moat, 9pm. LEX returns to Nicosia this summer for a concert expected to be one of the biggest musical events of the year for Cypriot audiences. The setlist will draw on the tracks that established him, including Tipota ston Kosmo, Polykatoikies and Air Max, alongside newer material. Tickets: more.com, tel: 99810011. A specially designed raised platform for people with disabilities will be available. Limassol, Linopetras Gymnasium grounds. The MEDFEST Limassol Beer Festival returns for its eighth consecutive year, running from June 24 to 28, with five evenings of music, food and summer atmosphere. This year’s performers include Stelios Rokkos, Andromachi, Dionysis Schinas, Locomondo and Christos Mastoras – Melisses. Advance tickets: ticketbox.com.cy and festival box offices. Tel: 22485420, med-fest.com Conference Nicosia, CYENS Centre of Excellence, 9am–5pm. An academic conference titled Theatre on Tour and in Translation – TRAIL: Exploring the Intersections of Theatre Translation, Touring Practices, and Arts-in-Tech Applications examines the role of translations, touring theatre companies and cultural exchanges in shaping the theatrical landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean. Keynote speaker is academic and author Nic Leonhardt. The conference will be conducted in English. Theatre Dali, Idalion Amphitheatre, 9pm. Fotis Georgiadis returns this summer with his new work Antikristo, a social satire targeting familiar pathologies of Cypriot life. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets Nicosia, Kyriakou Karaoli Square (Old Aglandjia, next to the Mikri Rodia café). Theatre AntiLogos presents its new production I Plateia, an original Cypriot comedy written by Eleni Anastasiou and Aris Kyprianou. Performances: June 24, 25 and 27, 8.30pm. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets and Stephanis stores, tel: 99251331 Award ceremony Nicosia, Kasteliotissa Hall, 7.30pm. The Cyprus Writers’ Union presents the G.F. Pierides 2025 Award to author Kostas Lympouris in an event honouring one of Cyprus’s leading contemporary prose writers. Andreas Hatzithoma, editor of the journal Diorama, will speak on Lympouris’s literary work, and historian and diplomat Dr Giorgos Georgis will address his contribution to culture. The rationale for the award will be presented by Marios Georgiou, a member of the Cyprus Writers’ Union board. Exhibitions Nicosia Kartzin SEA Lab x Visual Voices. My Fancy Future by Fotini Michaelidou. Until July 3. Gloria (tel: 22762605). Retrospective exhibition of painter and iconographer Paris Sivakas (1959–2018). Until July 2. Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. Painting exhibition Me mia Chrysi Kordela, featuring works created by children of the Paediatric Oncology Clinic. Until June 26. Art Seen (tel: 22006624). Group exhibition Summer Constellations. Until July 10. Marginalia (tel: 99657080). Tragya by Pavlos Hambidis. Until June 27. Apokalypsi (tel: 22300150). Group exhibition Kodikos Anasynthesi. Until September 12. Leventis Gallery (tel: 22668838). Dialogue: Niki Marangou – Rodi Konstantoglou. Until July 31. Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking. The exhibition Mesogeios features works from the Andreas Nikolaos 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 titled Agropoiitiki: chomata/somata. Until June 30. Municipal Square. Water Movement Nicosia, a site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until June 30. Leventis Gallery Temporary Exhibitions Hall. Christoforos Savva: Apla – Peripoka – Aorata: An Unknown Archive. Until June 28. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality. Until June 30. Limassol The Edit Gallery (tel: 25251710). Unfolding Landscapes by Alejandra Atares. Until July 18. 125 Space (tel: 25733994). Group exhibition New Forms, New Voices. Until July 18. Platres, Minerva Hotel. The Trilogy of the Summer Holiday 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 Toumpouris. Until June 27. Pylon Art & Culture (tel: 95950857). INTERIOR by Phanos Kyriakou. Until June 27. PSI Foundation. Exhibition Bill Viola. Unspoken. Until August 1. Larnaca Municipal Art Gallery (tel: 24658848). Pancyprian Visual Arts Exhibition Reflections of Clay. Until August 22. Pierides Museum (tel: 22128175). Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See and Hands to Touch. Until May 6, 2027. Paphos Phsifida Art Gallery (tel: 26442111). Echoes of HER by Ira Irakleou. Until August 2. Blue Iris Gallery (tel: 26822446). Symbolic Presence: The Human Figure in the Art of Glyn Hughes. Until July 31. Cinema New releases: How to Make a Killing (directed by John Patton Ford, starring Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley and Jessica Henwick), Obsession (directed by Curry Barker, starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette and Cooper Tomlinson) and Toy Story 5 (animated film directed by McKenna Harris and Andrew Stanton) — RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel: 25871410. Nicosia, Pantheon. Screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s new film Bitter Tears. The Spanish director returns to his homeland with an autobiographical work that revisits the bittersweet relationship between cinema and life. Running time: 111 minutes. June 24–28 and 30, July 1. Daily at 8.30pm; weekends also at 6pm. 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