JANUARY 2019
4/1/2019
La Bayadère
The Royal Ballet
(165’)
Broadcast from the Royal Opera House, Natalia Makarova's production of this 19th-century classic ballet brings an exotic world of temple dancers and noble warriors to life. Nikiya, a temple dancer, is in love with the warrior Solor.
Dancers: Vadim Muntagirov, Natalia Osipova, Marianela Nuñez
Choreography: Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Orchestration: John Lanchbery
Production: Natalia Makarova
Set designer: Pier Luigi Samaritani
Costume designer: Yolanda Sonnabend
Lighting designer: John B. Read
Projection design: 59 Productions
5/1/2019
André Rieu New Year’s Concert
Sydney 2019 ENCORE
(120’)
One of Event Cinemas’ biggest names, André Rieu, returns with a major new production this New Year’s 2019! The “King of Waltz” André Rieu will bring to millions of fans across the world, his New Year’s concert recorded live in Sydney’s iconic Town Hall.
A magical evening of music and dance featuring his world-class sopranos, The Platin Tenors, and plenty of surprises. With show tunes, classical music and plenty of festive fun it promises to be a great way to start the new year!
In collaboration with Inner Wheel Limassol.
9 The Sound of the Gun
Loula Anagnostaki
THOC New Stage
(140’)
One of the most acclaimed Greek theatrical plays, The Sound of the Gun, written by Loula Anagnostaki is presented for the first time on stage in Cyprus, directed by Adonis Florides. Illustrating the strong bond between mother and son, the play portrays their relationship, which despite being strained by conflict and tension, it remains unbreakable.
Writer: Loula Anagnostaki
Director: Adonis Florides
Language: Greek
Year Written:
Set and costume design: Lakis Genethlis
Music and soundscape design: Christina Georgiou
Lighting design: Stavros Tartaris
Cast: Yiorgos Anayiotos, Loukas Zikos, Andreas Koutsoftas, Maria Michael, Rania Schiza, Victoria Fota
In Greek with English and Turkish surtitles.
10-11/1/2019
Vasilis Papakonstantinou - Odysseas Ioannou
(150’)
A year after their successful performance titled 9:05, which lasted three years, counted 270 concerts and gathered 130.000 spectators, Vasilis Papakonstantinou meets Odysseas Ioannou on stage and, together, they perform beloved songs and narrate short stories about hope, beauty, fate, desire, the sun and the dream.
Musicians:
Andreas Apostolou: piano, keyboards, arrangement
Vangelis Paterakis: electric bass
Stephanos Dimitriou: drums
Mary Brozi: violin, vocals
Yiannis Avgeris: guitars, wind instruments
12/1/2019
Adriana Lecouvreur
The MET: Live in HD
Francesco Cilea
(213’)
Soprano Anna Netrebko takes on for the first time at the Met the title role of the 18th century actress Adriana Lecouvreur. A co-production of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Gran Teatre del Liceu – Barcelona, Wiener Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera and L’Opéra National de Paris conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Sir David McVicar, who ingeniously sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theatre.
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Production: Sir David McVicar
Set designer: Charles Edwards
Costume designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Andrew George
Associate director: Justin Way
Live in hd director: Gary Halvorson
Live in hd host: Matthew Polenzani
Cast:
Adriana: Anna Netrebko,
Princess of Bouillon: Anita Rachvelishvili,
Maurizio: Piotr Beczała
The Abbé: Carlo Bosi
Michonnet: Ambrogio Maestri
Prince of Bouillon Maurizio Muraro
13/1/2019
Four Fables and A Queen
(43’) 6+
A fascinating performance for the entire family. Four stories wrapped in a fable: A comedy in mime and in words for eight animals and one queen. A virtuous combination of words in English and Greek, with movement and drama that captivate both children and adults. A multi-awarded performance from Israel that has travelled all over the world.
Written, directed and performed by awarded actress Ruti Tamir.
Co-organised by the Embassy of Israel in Cyprus.
14/1/2019
Yiannis Kotsiras - Thodoris Economou
(75’)
A piano and voice recital featuring songs by prominent songwriter Manos Eleftheriou who passed away last summer. Yiannis Kotsiras, one of the most acclaimed and beloved Greek singers, meets on stage composer and pianist Thodoris Economou. In an era of extreme “show-off”, the two friends and artists focus on the essence of music without embellishments, driven by their love for the work of this remarkable songwriter, as well as their need to present a song in its bare form.
Sound: Lambros Bounas
Production Supervisor: Menta Art Events - www.menta3.com
16/1/2019
Eurydice
Sarah Ruhl
THEATRE DIONYSOS
(90’)
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award nominee Sarah Ruhl draws inspiration from the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, retelling with humour and delicacy a contemporary version of the classic tale. A play of sounds, music and songs illustrating the power of love and the thin line separating life from death.
Writer: Sarah Ruhl
Translation: Dimitris Tarlow
Language: Greek
Written in: 2003
Directing/ Movement/ Choreography/ Lyrics: Marios Mettis
Set and Costume design: Nikos Kouroushis
Music: Christina Georgiou
Lighting design: Cecilia Tselepidi
Cast: Georgina Tatsi, Yiannis Karaoulis, Vasilis Vasilakis, Marios Mettis, Eleonora Vasiliou, Pinelopi Vasiliou, Themis Ppolou.
18/1/2019
FROM STRAUSS TO TCHAIKOVSKY
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
(90’)
The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra rings in the new year with music by the Strauss Family. From Winter Joy Polka by Josef Strauss to Emperor Waltz by Johann Strauss, the concert also features excerpts from Piotr Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, as well as Eugene Onegin.
Soloist: Anastasia Maximova Gonsales Moreau (mezzo-soprano)
Conductor: Jens Georg Bachmann
25/1/2019
Letter to a Child never Born
Orianna Fallaci
ZETA DOUKA
(70’)
A play based on a book adaptation of Letter to a Child Never Born written by feminist journalist Orianna Fallaci, partner of Alexandros Panagoulis. A tragic monologue - a diary or a letter of a woman speaking with the child she carries in her womb. The raw realism of this strong text, as well as the author’s overwhelming statement are both shocking and devastating, yet they critically comment on social issues that are still relevant today. Actress Zeta Douka in the title role, is looking deep into the soul, gave a heart-breaking performance.
Writter: Orianna Fallaci
Language: Greek
Year written: 1975
Actress: Zeta Douka
Directed by: Manos Petousis.
Theatrical adaptation: Maro Bourdakou.
Music: Yiorgos Christianakis.
26/1/2019
The Bolshoi
VALERIY TODOROVSKIY
(132’)
The film tells the true story of a young country girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina. Despite the difficulties and obstacles, she reaches her goal and becomes prima ballerina at the famous Bolshoi Theatre.
Writer: Anastasiya Palchikova
Production Year: 2017
Directed by: Valery Todorovsky
Music: Anna Drubich, Pavle Karamanov
Cinematography: Sergey Mikhalchuk
Film Editing: Aleksey Bobrov
Production Design / Art Direction: Vladimir Gudilin
Costume Design: Alexander Osipov
Cast: Alisa Freindlich, Margarita Simoneva, Anna Isaeva, Valentina Telichkina et al.
In Russian with English and Greek subtitles.
In collaboration with the Russian Cultural Center
FEBRUARY 2019
2/2/2019 The Mystery of the Hamelin City
THEATRO TSEPIS
(90’)
Reconstructing the myth of Pied Piper of Hamelin, Thomas Moschopoulos presents a play for all ages that addresses the democratic principles, the role of political leaders in every democratic state, as well as the voters’ responsibility.
Writer: Thomas Moschopoulos
Year: 2014
Directed by: Marios Theocharous
Set design: Edouardos Georgiou
Costume design: Thelma Kasoulidou
Lighting design: Vassilis Petinaris
Music: Christos Andreou. Voice coach: Maria Kapetaniou.
Cast and singers: Lida Karayianni, Antonis Kleanthous, Nicoletta Mantesidou, Polina Matthaiou, Grigoris Petri, Constantinos Tsiolis & Thekla Flouri. In Greek
12/2/2019
Carmen
The MET: Live in HD
GEORGES BIZET
sat 19:55 (201’)
Broadcast live from New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Carmen is directed by Richard Eyre, starring Clémentine Margaine in the title role of the gypsy seductress who lives by her own rules and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José.
Composer: Georges Bizet
Conductor: Louis Langrée Production Sir Richard Eyre
Set and Costume Designer: Rob Howell
Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Live in HD Director: Gary Halvorson
Live in HD Host: Ailyn Pérez
Cast
Micaëla: Aleksandra Kurzak
Carmen: Clémentine Margaine
Don José: Roberto Alagna
Escamillo: Alexander Vinogradov
With Greek and English subtitles
3/2/2019
PANTELIS THALASSINOS
(100’)
Pantelis Thalassinos presented an anthology of love songs inspired by Cypriot and Greek traditions, the rebetiko song, the Greek Nouvelle Vague and Old Athens music waves, as well as the Greek laïkó popular song and the composers of the later 20th century, combining the singer’s own beloved songs and greatest hits.
Accompanied by Cypriot singer Christiana Pavlou, together they will present songs from their latest collaboration.
Musicians:
Andreas Dryniatis: bouzouki
Varvara Louka: violin,
Marios Markou: clarinet,
Antonis Polykarpou: piano,
Dimitris Papanicolaou: bass,
Constantinos Paouros: drums,
Admitos Pitsillidis: guitar / arrangements / direction.
5/2/2019
Antony and Cleopatra
NT LIVE
(220’)
Broadcast live from London’s Olivier Theatre, the NT’s critically-acclaimed production has impressed the British audience receiving multiple five-star reviews. William Shakespeare’s gripping drama intertwines politics, passion and power, with Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo in the title roles of the famous fated couple.
Production Team
Director: Simon Godwin
Set Designer: Hildegard Bechtler
Costume Designer: Evie Gurney
Lighting Designer: Tim Lutkin
Music: Michael Bruce
Movement Directors: Jonathan Goddard Shelley Maxwell
Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt
Video Designer: Luke Halls
Fight Director: Kev McCurdy
Broadcast Team
Director for Screen: Tony Grech-Smith
Technical Producer: Christopher C Bretnall
Script Supervisor: Amanda Church
Lighting Director: Mike Le Fevre
Sound Supervisor: Conrad Fletcher
Musicians
Magnus Mehta: Music Director / Percussion
Joley Cragg: Percussion
Kwêsi Edman: Cello
Sarah Manship: Woodwind
Arngeir Hauksson: Guitar / Oud
With Greek and English subtitles
6/2/2019
Greetings from Greece
CYPRUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(90’)
This season, the CySO presentεδ Greetings from Greece, transporting us to its landscapes and rythmsthrough the music of Konstantinos Grigoriou, Nikos Skalkottas and Mikis Theodorakis, featuring award-winning saxophonist Theodore Kerkezos, nominated twice by Naxos label at the 50th Grammy Awards and described by Gramophone magazine as “one of the most astounding performers of our days”. With saxophone music, we will also travel to Russia and Spain, with composers Alexander Glazunov and Pedro Iturralde respectively.
Soloist: Theodoros Kerkezos: saxophone
Conductor: Tassos Symeonides
7/2/2019
Heart of a Dog
Mikhail Bulgakov
Academic Drama Theatre of Vladimir Russia
(160’)
The Russian Theatre Season in Cyprus presents Mikhail Bulgakov’s outstanding novel Heart of a Dog, staged by the Academic Drama Theatre of Vladimir, Russia.
Moscow 1924. Doctor A.F. Preobrazhensky conducts a dangerous medical experiment, implanting a human thyroid gland on a stray dog named Sharik, aiming to produce a new human model. However, the dog becomes transformed into an incapable and unbearable being that jeopardises the social position and the scientific status of its creator. Through a series of extreme situations, the protagonist seesaw between comic and tragic, questioning power, social institutions, the boundaries of science and nature itself. The play maintains the authentic atmosphere of post-revolutionary Russia, portraying the socio-political conflicts and the psychological state of the period’s leading personalities, as well as the timeless character of symbols, circumstances and values.
Organization: Russian Cultural Center
In Russian with Greek and English Subtitles
10/2/2019
Rendezvous with Marlene
UTE LEMPER
(90’)
Ute Lemper’s new show is based on a phone call between Marlene Dietrich and Ute in 1988 in Paris. Ute was then at the beginning of her career in theatre and music, receiving critical international acclaim for being the “successor” of legendary Marlene Dietrich.
Musicians:
Werner Vana Gierig: piano
Cyril Garac: violin
Matthias Daneck: drums
Romain Lecuyer: bass
12/2/2019
A Tribute to Mozart
Nicolas Melis - Manolis Neophytou - Elena Mouzala
(90’)
Three Cypriot pianists, Nicolas Melis, Manolis Neophytou and Elena Mouzalas, performed four piano concertos (Nos 11, 12, 13 and 14) written by Mozart “for performance with an orchestra or even a quattro” appropriate both for concert halls, as well as for smaller venues.
Featuring: Prometheas String Quartet
Nikos Pittas: violin
Iraklis Mitellas: violin
Nick Papageorgiou: viola
Miranda Papaneocleous: cello
15/2/2019
Bandiera Rossa
DIONYSIS TSAKNIS
(90’)
Following a two-year break, Dionysis Tsaknis returns on stage with a concert presenting the present and the future of the Greek rock music scene, performing his own all-time greatest hits, as well as his latest discography, which constitutes a significant Greek music legacy.
Singers: Dimitra Kelekidi, Dionysis Tsaknis
20/2/2019
Maria (Kalogeropoulou) Callas
The Woman and The Artist
(90’)
A journey into the Life and Art of Maria Kalogeropoulou Callas, the greatest soprano of the 20th century. Internationally acclaimed artist and Vienna-based Cypriot soprano Chryso Makariou will present extracts from the opera's Norma, Tosca, La Traviata, Anna Bolena. Research
Bulgarian baritone: Krum Galabov
Narration: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos
Zbynek Maruska: piano
Guest musician: Theodoros Krasides (flute).
Editing and research: Dr. Spyridoula Katsarou / music scholar and historian
Organized by the Pancyprian Association “One Wish One Dream”, supporting children with cancer and related diseases. All proceeds were donated to the association “One Wish One Dream”.
21/2/2019
Eugene Onegin
ALEKSANDR PUSHKIN
(120’) 6+
Acclaimed Russian actor Dmitry Dyuzhev presented Aleksandr Pushkin’s masterpiece Eugene Onegin, directed by Antonina Kuznetsova. Sergei Prokofiev’s music performed on stage by pianist Fedor Stroganov.
Within the framework of the 3rd International Theatre Festival "Five evenings in Cyprus".
Author: Aleksandr Pushkin
Year of Publication: 1832
Directed by: Antonina Kuznetsova
Language: Russian
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Actor: Dmitry Dyuzhev
Pianist: Fedor Stroganov
22/2/2019
Music and Greek Cinema
Psycho Quartet
(120’)
Psycho Quartet consists of four virtuoso instrumentalists who share a long-standing friendship and professional relationship. Present their first concert as a quartet in Cyprus and shared with the audience much-loved songs from the Greek cinema, performed with joy, humour and nostalgia.
Vivi Gkegka: mandolin
Mariliza Papadouri: cello
Dimitris Papangelidis: classical guitar
Yiorgos Salvanos: piano
Vasilis Gisdakis, one of Manos Hadjidakis’ last collaborators, performed with them as a guest singer.
24/2/2019
Christmas Eve
THEATRE ON SOBORNAJA
(60’) 12+
Ryazan State Regional Theater for Children and Youth "Theatre on Sobornaja" presented Nikolai Gogol’s family comedy Christmas Eve.
It is Christmas Eve in a small snowy Ukrainian village. Gogol's story seems to be one of those sweet and charming grandmother’s tales, where the most beloved Ukrainian Christmas holiday is lovingly and tenderly recreated in the play, through Christmas carols and passionate hopak dances, embroidered shirts and trousers, wreaths, ribbons and Christmas stars.
Within the framework of the 3rd International Theatre Festival "Five evenings in Cyprus".
In Russian
26/2/2019
Drama Short Film Festival travels to Cyprus
(155’)
Drama Short Film Festival travelled to Limassol, Nicosia, Larnaca and Paphos with the screenings of Greek films that received awards and distinctions at the 2018 festival edition.
Programme of screenings:
La Ultima Hija Evi Karabatsou 21’
En Partie Anastasia Melia Eleftheriou 16’
Calling Artemis Anastasiadou 16’
Go for Broke Marinos Sklavounakis 30’
Beyond Good & Evil or (The exuberantly painful process of teething) / Alexandros Papathanasopoulos 12’
Vourvourou Karina Logotheti 22’
The Sound Antony Petrou 15’
Avanos Panayiotis Haramis 20’
27/2/2019
Drama Short Film Festival travels to Cyprus
(155’)
Drama Short Film Festival travelled to Limassol, Nicosia, Larnaca and Paphos with the screenings of Greek films that received awards and distinctions at the 2018 festival edition.
Programme of screenings:
The Silence of the Dying Fish Dimitris Gotsis 10’
Ave Eva Olivia Twardowska 13’
Aria Myrsini Aristidou 14΄
Chandelier Antonis Glaros 10’
Molly 6 to 8 Efthymis Micheloudakis 18’
Narki Dimitris Tsalapatis 22’
Quidnunc Harry Ayiotis 26’
Hector Malot – The last day of the year Jacqueline Lentzou 25’
March 2019
1/3/2019
2nd National Monodrama Showcase
Following an open call for participation and the overwhelming response of local artists and playwrights, the 2nd National Monodrama Showcase presents eight monodramas by Cypriot directors staged for the first time at the Rialto Theatre:
The Whore Upstairs A. Tsipianitis
(75’)
Interpretation: Medea Hanna,
Directed by: Agi Paikkos
La Poupée Vaggelis Hadjigiannides
(75’)
Directed by: Giannis Minos
Set design: Marilena Foukaridou
Costumes: Maro Minou
Original music: Lina Zina
Lighting design: George Evagorou
Photos: Stefanos Charalambous
Promo video: Stefanos Charalambous
Production Organization: Giannis Minos
Production: Still Theater Group
2/3/2019
2nd National Monodrama Showcase
Following an open call for participation and the overwhelming response of local artists and playwrights, the 2nd National Monodrama Showcase presents eight monodramas by Cypriot directors staged for the first time at the Rialto Theatre:
Letters to Tennessee
(35’)
Direction / Idea / Lighting design: Anthoulis Demosthenous
Interpretation: Giola Kleitou
Directed by: Antonis Neophytou
Costumes / Makeup - Hair: Stelios F. Stylianou
Movement: Aristos Papachristofi,
Recorded Voices: George Mouaimis, Stelios Stylianou
Carmen Based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée
(40’)
Dramatization / direction / interpretation: Natalia Panagiotou
That Time
(35’)
Direction / Interpretation: Marina Makri
Guidance: Marios Ioannou
Translation: Nasos Detzortzis
3/3/2019
2nd National Monodrama Showcase
Following an open call for participation and the overwhelming response of local artists and playwrights, the 2nd National Monodrama Showcase presents eight monodramas by Cypriot directors staged for the first time at the Rialto Theatre:
Lady Lazarus Reinvented
(40’)
Poem: Sylvia Plath
Idea capture / Direction: Monica Meleki
Choreography & Music Editing: Rosa Maria Padzi
Visual editing: Sofia Hatzipapa
Animation & film production: Dimitra Egglezou
Film Production and Video Assistant: Stelios Papageorgiou
Photography: Sophocles Kaskaounias
Lighting Design: Design: Miroslav Sl.
Interpretation: Monica Meleki (speech), Rosa Maria Pantzi (movement), Venera Meleki (voice)
Eleni Volume IV
(50’)
Directed by: Achim Wieland, Dramaturgy & Visual Arts: SRSLYyours
Actor: Marios Ioannou
Text: Excerpts from Euripides' works "Iphigenia in the Land of the Bulls", "Trojans" (Cassandra) and "Eleni" translated by Thrasyvoulos Stavrou, "Eleni" by Giannis Ritsos, "Small Book for Big Dreams" by Tassos Leivaditis Green grass »Tom Waits, and improvised speech.
Co-organised with: ΜONOdramaCYprus Artistic Company
5/3/2019
Pseftra Zoe…
POREIA THEATRE
(80’)
Based on The Happy One, the awarded novel by Marina Karagatsi, and directed by Dimitri Tarlow, the play transports us to the home of emblematic Greek writer M. Karagatsis. Within a period of three sleepless nights and seen through the gaze of his little daughter, the play brings to life all that had haunted and hurt one of the most reputed families in Greece – or just a family. Although the dark moments overshadow the bright ones, the reconciliation with the past seems to be the only way out.
Adaptation: Eri Kyrgia
Directed by: Dimitri Tarlow
Costume & Set design: Eleni Manolopoulou
Music: Nalyssa Green.
Cast: Keti Manolidaki, Sissy Toumasi, Smaragda Smyrnaiou, Irini Drakou, Christos Malakis
In Greek
6/3/2019
With winds from Virginia
(70’)
A unique concert with the Symphonic Band of Strovolos Municipality - European University Cyprus joined forces with the Wind Ensemble of Christopher Newport University from Virginia, USA. The 85-member band presented a diverse repertoire from the world of folk, rock, jazz and gospel music, as well as Latin selections, in tune with the carnival period.
Artistic directors: Dr. Mark Reimer & Dr. Yiannis Myralis.
7/3/2019
The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?
DIONYSOS THEATRE
(150’) 16 +
One of Edward Albee’s most acclaimed plays The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (Tony Award, 2002) is a comedy about love and loss, testing the limits of our tolerance and our own existence.
Translation: Errikos Belies
Directed by: Marios Mettis
Costume and Set Design: Marina Hadjilouka
Cast: Andreas Vassiliou, Erica Begeti, Vasilis Vasilakis, Andreas Koutsoftas.
In Greek
13/3/2019
Pains of Youth
THOC Theatre New Stage
18+
Trapped in the maze of love and rivalry, seven university students who experience the uncertainty of the interwar period, vainly seek to find the meaning of life, “involuntarily” hatching the snake’s egg. A rarely staged yet extremely relevant play, written by Ferdinand Bruckner, Pains of Youth is directed and adapted for stage by Aliki Danezi Knutsen.
Translated by: Yiorgos Depastas
Costume & Set Design: Marina Hadjilouka
Music composed by: Monika
Movement: Alexis Vasiliou
Cast: Dimitris Georgiades, Kika Georgiou, Niki Dragoumi, Fotis Karalis, Venia Stamatiadi, Andreas Tselepos, Niovi Charalambous.
In Greek, with English and Turkish surtitles
15/3/2019
NIKOS XYDAKIS | MICHALIS GANAS *
(90’)
A unique performance of Music and Poetry presented by two friends and collaborators who have been working together since the ‘80s, exchanging thoughts, emotions, sounds and lyrics of their own compositions, as well as those of fellow musicians. Evoking images and scents of a mountain village and the dry desert land of the Nile, the artists create a new motherland. Through an innovative orchestration and original compositions, Michalis Ganas’ poetry is beautifully set to music, transported the audience to new worlds and images.
Music performed by Nikos Xydakis and poetry recited by Michalis Ganas.
Musicians: Yiannis Kyrimkyridis: piano
Yiorgos Kontoyiannis: lyre
Dimitris Varelopoulos: lute
**** Poetry Month****
16/3/2019
Two stubborn spoons
KOPERNIKOS THEATRE GROUP
(65’) 4+
When the prince suddenly loses his appetite to eat and talk, the kingdom’s top chefs are ordered to prepare the most delicious meal. But their collaboration seems impossible! To find the solution, they traveled to the Land of Thoughts where everyone’s thoughts are heard out loud. Two stubborn spoons is a story about friendship and respect for diversity, with a good dose of humour, original music and interaction with children! In Greek
Text written by: Angelos Angelou, Emi Sini
Directing & Set design: Guy Stephanou
Music – orchestration: Angelos Angelou
Costume design: Kopernikos Theatre Group & Emi Sini
Lighting design: Kopernikos Theatre Group & Elissaios Vlachos
Cast: Antonis Gougios, Dimitris Dimitropoulos, Ioannis Mistakides
17/3/2019
Piano Recital
Yiannis Georgiou
(90’)
A fascinating and enchanting music journey across time, styles and countries, performed by acclaimed Cypriot pianist Yiannis Georgiou. Presenting a diverse and contrasting repertoire, the recital is divided into four acts with works by Mozart, Debussy, Brahms and Rachmaninoff, representing four different yet major classical piano music eras. Works by Scarlatti and Scriabin will also be presented.
Under the auspices of the Mayor of Limassol, Mr Nicos Nicolaides.
21/3/2019
World Water Day
CYPRUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (90’)
The 22nd March has been designated by the UN as the World Water Day, with this year’s theme being “Leaving No One Behind (Human Rights and Refugees)”, whilst March is also the international month of the Francophonie.
G. F. Handel: Water Music, HWV 348-350
T. Dun: Water concerto for water percussion and orchestra
C. Debussy: La Mer: Three symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109 [Cyprus premiere]
Soloist:
Natasa Hadjiandreou: percussion
Conductor: Jens Georg Bachmann
22/3/2019
Harold and Maude
SATIRIKO THEATRE (90’)
The self-destructive and needy wealthy teenager Harold is obsessed with death and spends his leisure time attending funerals and watching buildings being demolished. When Harold meets eighty-year-old Maude at a funeral, his life changes dramatically.
Translated by: Yiannis Iordanides, Yiannis Vouros
Directed by: Despina Bebedeli
Costume and set design: Lakis Genethlis
Music: Christos Stavrinides
Cast: Despina Bebedeli, Marianna Kafkaridou, Fotios Fotiou, Spyros Georgiou, Vasilis Michael, Maria Fiaka, Costas Kantilieris, Marialena Papadopoulou, Michalis Kazakas, Polis Hadjikosta, Efi Pezirkianidou.
24/3/2019
The Tragedy of King Richard II
NT Live
(115') 12+
Broadcast live from Almeida Theatre’s stage, the NT Live production The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare is directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins. In this visceral new production about the limits of power, England is governed by an irresponsible, foolish and vain king. His weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray and his court into uproar. Olivier award-winner Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II.
Cast
King Richard the Second: Simon Russell Beale
Bolingbroke: Leo Bill
Bagot/Aumerle: Martins Imhangbe
Carlisle: Natalie Klamar
York: John Mackay
Gaunt/Willoughby: Joseph Mydell
Mowbray/Bushy, Green/Duchess of York: Saskia Reeves
Northumberland: Robin Weaver
Creative Team
Direction: Joe Hill-Gibbins
Design: ULT Z
Light: James Farncombe
Sound: Peter Rice
Dramaturg: Jeff James
Casting: Ginny Schiller CDG
Costume Supervisor: Claire Wardroper
Associate Designer: Charlotte Espiner
Resident Director: Lucy Wray
Broadcast Team
Director for Screen: Tony Grech-Smith
Technical Producer: Christopher C Bretnall
Script Supervisor: Amanda Church
Lighting Consultant: Gemma O’Sullivan
Sound Supervisor: Conrad Fletcher
29/3/2019
ΜANOLIS MITSIAS - ΚARYOFYLLIA KARABETI *
20:30 (150’)
Following the sold-out concerts “The Gatsos I loved”, Manolis Mitsias and Karyofyllia Karabeti embarked on a musical journey to the archipelago of Greek poetry, travelling back to the sixth century B.C. and up to our days. They brought to life the lyrics of twenty-six great Greek poets, whose poetry was set to music by Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hadjidakis, Yiannis Markopoulos, Stavros Xarhakos, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Christos Leontis, Yiannis Spanos, Nikos Xydakis and Lena Platonos.
Programme curated by: Yiorgos Lianis
Piano/ orchestrations: Achilleas Wastor
Bouzouki/ mandolin: Iraklis Zakkas
Organised by PASYKAF
**** Poetry Month ****
30/3/2019
Die Walküre Richard Wagner
THE MET LIVE IN HD
(295’)
Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, the second opera in Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle, Die Walküre is directed by Robert Lepage. Soprano Christine Goerke plays the title role of Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, whose conflict with incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde (tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek) takes her on a journey from Walhalla to human life on earth.
Conducted by Philippe Jordan.
With English and Greek subtitles.
Composer: Richard Wagner
Production: Robert Lepage
Associate Director: Neilson Vignola
Set Designer: Carl Fillion
Costume Designer: François St-Aubin
Lighting Designer: Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist: Boris Firquet
Revival Stage Director: J. Knighten Smit, Gina Lapinski
31/3/2019
Peer Gynt Ballet
EDVARD GRIEG
(80’)
A ballet performance for all the family. Choreographed by Liliya Sabitova (People's Artist of Russia), Peer Gynt draws inspiration from Henrik Ibsen’s work of the same title. Rhythmically traversing the adventures of Peer Gynt, this story ballet portrays with lyricism and delicacy his final return to his first and only love.
With the participation of dancers from the Russian Ballet Moscowia, Napoli Ballet - Italy, as well as young Cypriot gymnastics athlete Eleni Ellin.
April 2019
2/4/2019
Stones in His Pockets
Neos Kosmos Theatre
(80’)
Written by Marie Jones in 1996, Stones in His Pockets was staged for the first time in Belfast and went on to have a successful run in London’s West End and, from there, to Broadway. The play itself, as well as its stagings, received critical acclaim and multiple awards, including two Olivier Awards (2001) for Best Comedy and Best Actor.
Translation: Aggeliki Kokkoni
Direction: Giorgos Chrysostomou, Makis Papademetriou
Scenerey: Magdalene Avgerinou
Costumes: Ioanna Tsami
Motion Curator: Sesil Mikroutsiokou
Lighting design: Sakes Birbilles
4/4/2019
The Traditional Music Ensemble of Limassol Music School “Marios Tokas”
(60’)
The Traditional Music Ensemble of Limassol Music School “Marios Tokas”, conducted by music teacher Andreas Christodoulou, presents songs and melodies from the Cypriot and Greek music tradition. Popular songs from Smyrna alternate with Arabic, Bulgarian, Armenian and Turkish traditional tunes. A concert highlighting the common cultural tradition of people who share the same geographic area.
Performed by the students and teachers of the Traditional Music Ensemble of Limassol Music School “Marios Tokas”.
6/4/2019
A music tribute to Exarchia
CHRISTOS THIVAIOS & STRING DEMONS
(100’)
A music tribute to Exarchia, the infamous, creative and artistic neighbourhood of Athens, which has been associated with some of the most influential names of our music legacy: N. Asimos, P. Sidiropoulos, Arleta, K. Gogou.
A concert by prominent Greek singer Christos Thivaios, accompanied by String Demons, the string duet renowned for its original covers of classic, rock, folk and pop songs.
7/4/2019
Don Quixote
Royal Ballet HD Live
(165’)
Broadcast from London’s Covent Garden, the Royal Opera House presents Don Quixote, the famous ballet in three acts, choreographed by Carlos Acosta. The adventures of Cervantes’ bumbling knight, Don Quixote, have been the inspiration for countless ballets, of which Petipa's is one of the best loved, featuring Ludwig Minkus’ score. This exuberant production combines all the elements of the greatest classical ballets, bursting with emotion, drama and vivid characters. The principal guest artist of the Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, has danced the virtuoso role of Basilio many times, and brings that experience to his unique and vibrant vision of the story. Tim Hatley’s set design provides a modern twist to a traditional directing.
Conductor: Martin Yates.
Choreography: Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa
Production: Carlos Acosta
Original music: Ludwig Minkus
Arrangement and orchestration: Martin Yates
Designer: Tim Hatley
Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Don Quixote: Christopher Saunders
Sancho Panza: Philip Mosley
Lorenzo: Gary Avis
10/4/2019
King Richard III |
HOC’S SENTRAL STAGE
(180’) 15+ In Greek with English and Turkish surtitles
William Shakespeare’s play about the deformed, evil and unexpectedly charming King Richard III staged for the first time in Cyprus. The play “explores power, violence and ‘beauty’, unfolding in the dark atmosphere of medieval England and unveiling the most primal instincts of human nature”.
Translation: Nicos Hatzopoulos
Directed and adapted by: Paris Erotokritou
Sets-Costumes: George Giannou
Music: Marios Takousis
Movement-Choreography: Panagiotis Tofi
Music teaching-song-voice: Vasiliki Anastasiou
Lighting design: George Koukoumas
12 – 20/4/2019
International Festival Cyprus Film Days
18+
This 17th edition of Cyprus Film Days presents a variety of films, screened at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and Zena Palace Cinema in Nicosia. An international competition section (Glocal Images), internationally acclaimed film premieres (Viewfinder), a national competition section, tributes, parallel programmes and music events make up this year’s official International Film Festival of Cyprus dedicated to fiction feature films. This year, the jury will consist of internationally acclaimed personalities from the film industry, while many of the films will be screened in the presence of the filmmakers. Film premieres: Girl by Lukas Dhont, Dogman by Matteo Garrone, The Guilty by Gustav Möller, Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie.
All films will be screened in their original language with English and Greek subtitles.
Organizers: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Youth and the Rialto Theater.
24/4/2019 I'm Not Running NT Live DAVID HARE
wed 20:00 (200’) 12+
David Hare’s new play (The Reader, The Hours, NT Live: Skylight) is an explosive political drama portraying personal choices and their public consequences. Pauline Gibson is a junior doctor who becomes the face of a campaign to save her local hospital. She’s thrust from angel of the NHS to becoming an independent MP. In the Houses of Parliament, she crosses paths with her university boyfriend, Jack Gould, a stalwart Labour loyalist, climbing the ranks of the party. As media and public pressure mounts on Pauline to run for leadership of the Labour party, she faces an agonising decision.
Cast in order of speaking
Sandy: Mynott Joshua McGuire
Jack: Gould Alex Hassell
Pauline Gibson: Siân Brooke
Meredith: Ikeji Amaka Okafor
Nerena Trent: Brigid Zengeni
Blaise Gibson: Liza Sadovy
Ensemble: Owen Findlay
Ensemble: Harry Long
Ensemble: Roisin Rae
Ensemble: Nadia Williams
Creative Team
Director: Neil Armfield
Set Designer: Ralph Myers
Costume Designer: Sussie Juhlin-Wallén
Lighting Designer: Jon Clark
Sound Designer: Paul Arditti
Music: Alan John
Video Designer: Jon Driscoll
Broadcast Team
Director for Screen: Robin Lough
Technical Producer: Christopher C Bretnall
Script Supervisor: Laura Vine
Lighting Director: Bernie Davis
Sound Supervisor: Conrad Fletcher
May 2019
2/5/2019
Music Schools Concert
(70’)
Two newly-formed Music School ensembles, the Equal Voice Choir and the Guitar Orchestra, presented a programme of Greek music, as well as classic covers, classical guitar pieces and famous songs from the international repertoire.
4/5/2019
Maria Farantouri Performs Mikis Theodorakis Works’
(100’)
For the theatre’s 20th anniversary, the most celebrated singer of the composer’s work, Maria Farantouri, performed some of his most famous songs.
With the Choir of Epilogi Cultural Movement, conducted by Angelina Nicolaidou.
5/5/2019
O Gargalistis by Dimitris Baslam
(60’)
An innovative performance for children and adults alike, combining live music and dancing, exploring the loneliness of modern kids and the joy of generously giving.
In Greek.
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6/5/2019
Foivos Delivorias, Sofronis Sofroniou
(90’)
Vivliotropio Book Club hosts Greek singer and songwriter Foivos Delivorias and
Cypriot writer Sofronis Sofroniou on Rialto’s stage.
The discussion was coordinated by journalist Eleni Xenou.
8, 9,10/5/2019
The Seafarer Athinon Theatre
(120’)
Conor McPherson’s dark comedy The Seafarer, directed by Constantinos Markoulakis, came to Cyprus.
The play received critical acclaim and was praised for the outstanding performances of its five co-starring actors.
11/5/2019
Alternative Music Οn Stage
(160’)
For its 20th anniversary, the Rialto Theatre invited on stage artists and audience alike to an almost personal encounter.
With the Ladderman, Delirium Elephants, Arcadian Child and Private Garden.
15/5/2019
Jazz meets the Cyprus Tradition
Trio Levante, Ioannis Vafeas Quintet, Ilias Mantikos
(75’)
A fascinating music journey intertwining diverse sounds and music genres through improvisations by Trio Levante Ilias Mantikos and Ioannis Vafeas Quintet.
17/5/2019
20 Years of Rialto Theatre /A Spectacle (Heroes’ Square)
(45’)
The Rialto Theatre celebrated its 20th anniversary and organised an open-air event at Heroes’ Square presenting ‘Images and Milestones’ of the past two decades. The theatre’s façade was served as the stage and the canvas on which projections, 3D mapping and a spectacle with lights took place, as well as theatre, dance and music performances.
Featuring multimedia and other modern technologies, this open-air spectacle hosted performing artists such as actor Andreas Makris, dancer and choreographer Eleana Alexandrou, soprano Rebecca Savvidou Trimikliniotou accompanied by guitarist Zoi Paisanou Markou, cellist Doros Zisimos, a Brass Band featuring trumpetists Elias Ioannou and George El Haber, trombonist Nicos Koukovinos and Constantina Siamishi and tuba player Dimitris Gerasimou. The event was also attended by Diastasis Children’s Coir conducted by Christina and Dimitra Pissouriou, as well as the Percussion Band of the Music School of Paphos conducted by Tasos Anastasiou. Music compositions by Dimitris Spyrou accompanied the projections.
The artistic direction and design were entrusted to Adonis Florides (direction), Vera Papastavrou (3D Mapping & image synthesis), Petros Kizas (music), Elena Antoniou (dance), Vasilis Petinaris (lighting design), Andreas Pavlou (technical director & sound engineer). The company Event Pro was in charge of the technical support of the event and Sousou Cafeteria @ Rialto offered drinks.
On this day, the basement of the Heroes’ Monument was transformed into a Digital Museum, where visitors had a rare opportunity to travel back to Rialto’s performances and events held during the past twenty years.
18/5/2019
The Wizard of Oz
Bryantsev Youth Theatre
(105’) 3+
Saint Petersburg’s Bryantsev Youth Theatre presented the world-famous fairy tale The Wizard of Oz featuring bright scenery, beautiful costumes and a fascinating troupe of actors that guaranteed a colourful theatrical performance.
In Russian with English subtitles.
19/5/2019
One Journey, One Poem
(120’)
The most enchanting part of a journey is perhaps its recollection, captured in this event combining music and poetry.
Organised by: Ministry of Education and Culture with the collaboration of the Union of Cyprus Writers, the National Society of Greek Writers of Cyprus and the Cyprus PEN Centre.
21/5/2019
Nicos Vichas Meets Composers Savvas Savva, Evagoras Karagiorgis and Yiorgos Karvellos
(80’)
Nicos Vichas invited the composers Savvas Savva, Evagoras Karagiorgis and Yiorgos Karvellos to a special music encounter featuring contemporary works played for the first time by Chronos Contemporary Music Ensemble.
23/5/2019
Café Aman – Takim
(135’)
Limassol Folklore Association hosts Greek traditional music band TAKIM, and together they presented a remarkable production, combining music and dancing, full of colours, sounds and rare visual material, curated by Lambros Liavas.
28/5/2019
The Killing Game ETHAL
(90’) In Greek
E. Ionesco’s emblematic work, The Killing Game, staged by ETHAL, is a timeless reminder of the games society plays with itself: people dying or living by chance, neither knowing how to live nor why they die.
29/9/2019
Yiota Negka, Admitos Pitsillides Group, Aris Choir
(100’)
Aris Choir Limassol, conducted by Solon Kladas, together with prominent Greek singer Yiota Negka, present a retrospective concert to the Greek song.
30/5/2019
Symphony No. 9, L.V. Beethoven - Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
(70’)
This ‘Concert for Peace and Dialogue’ is a collaboration between the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and the Rialto Theatre, presented within the framework of the theatre’s 20th anniversary. Ludwig V. Beethoven’s masterpiece, Symphony No. 9, is a musical representation of universal brotherhood, an idea that has inspired billions of people across the world.
Conductor: Jens Georg Bachmann.
31/5/2019
Have Nothing to Say
(50’)
Milena Ugren Koulas’ latest full-length choreographic work is about a journey of creating common principles for a movement language that may connect or divide.
With the collaboration of dancers Ariana Markoulidou, Katerina Tylliridou, Panos Malaktos, Eleni O'Keefe, Vicky Calla, Ivi Hadjivassiliou, Rania Glymitsa, Fouli Stylianidou, Elena Gavriel.
Music: George Koulas with the collaboration of the musicians: Vicky Anastasiou, Odysseas Toumazou, Marios Takousis.
JUNE 2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
If You Could See Me Now
ARNO SCHUITEMAKER
The Netherlands
The 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival began with a choreography by Arno Schuitemaker that has been presented at renowned theatres and performing arts festivals in over 15 countries across Europe.
With seeming casualness, the performance sets a chilled-out club dance into one dizzying wave-like motion. The three performers see no limits to what they take out of their bodies, propelled by the rhythm of the beat. From ecstasy to turmoil, from build-up to its dismantling, If You Could See Me Now challenges expectations and appeals for another look, while it transforms an exact spontaneity into a hypnotic sensory experience.
Concept & Creation: Arno Schuitemaker
Performers: Stein Fluijt, Ivan Ugrin, Noemie Wagner
Dramaturgy: Guy Cools
Music composition: Wim Selles
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
4/6/2009
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
Tracks
COMPAGNIE ZAHRBAT BRAHIM BOUCHELAGHEM
France
Since its birth in the Mississppi’s delta, at the same period as modern dance, jazz music has always been a space of creativity and mixing. Since then, those two arts rarely came across while they have a lot in common, from improvisation to the freedom that make their essence.
With Brahim Bouchelaghem, hip hop is confronted with jazz music and contemporary dance in the thick of the Roaring Twenties. The piece is a breath-taking mix, which brings together a former jazzman, an ambitious singer, a lost musician and a brigand. With their own dreams, hope and faith, they will try tο tame each other.
Choreography: Brahim Bouchelaghem
Assistant choreographer: Vincent Delétang
Performers: Fouad Atzouza, Chinatsu Kosakatani, Alhouseyni N’Diaye, Brahim Bouchelaghem
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
6/6/2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
Swish
TEREZA HRADILKOVA FILIP MISEK and coll
Czech Republic
Tereza Hradilková found inspiration for the physically demanding challenge of Swish while working on the dance film Beating. Fascinated by the ease with which the boxers jump over the rope, their rhythm and the interplay of their hands and feet, she started exploring her own boundaries. The jump rope is more than just a children’s game; it also symbolizes ambition, desire for performance, self-improvement.
The performance has won the Dance Piece of the Year award at the Czech Dance Platform 2017.
Concept, choreography, interpretation: Tereza Hradilková
Dramaturgy and directional cooperation: Biljana Golubović
Live music: Filip Míšek
In Czech and English, with English subtitles.
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
10/6/2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
Tamata
FOTIS NIKOLAOU
Cyprus
Alone and with a sense of defeat and loss of belief, six men are seeking for their new faith. In a timeless and lonely landscape, in a place where memory becomes a nightmare and the present a deep painful wound, they struggle violently, but at the same time quietly, to rediscover their body, their truth... the light. The bodies fall, hug, tremble, shake, sway, crave, promise and sacrifice.
A poetic journey for the search of identity, the need for tenderness, the sense of belonging somewhere, belonging to someone, co-existing. A look into the hidden desires and untold stories of the tender male soul.
Concept - Choreography: Fotis Nikolaou
Music:Dimitris Spyrou
Dancers - Performers: Tasos Karachanidis, Panos Malactos, Fotis Nikolaou, Giannis Economides, Alexandros Stavropoulos, Dimitris Spyrou
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
12/6/2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
Speechless FINGERSIX SOFIA MAVRAGANI
Greece
A dance performance on the borders of theatre and music; a poetic swarming speech unwinding the thread of the female narrative on stage. Speechless is inspired by public speeches, manifestos, articles and texts, bringing to the fore the fragmentary and unofficial voice of women as it has travelled through the centuries before reaching the present day.
Female emancipation and independence, gender equality issues are constantly recurring and seem more and more relevant to our days. How does the female speech, travelling through time, sound today? How do we connect with the female narrative?
Concept, Choreography: Sofia Mavragani
Performers, co-makers: Hara Kotsali, Giorgos Kotsifakis, Sania Stribakou
Music composition: Martha Mavroidi
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
14/6/2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
inaudible ZOO
THOMAS HAUERT
Switzerland
This virtuoso dance work, inaudible, won a Swiss Dance Award 2017 in the Current Works Competition. In his work, Swiss-Belgian choreographer Thomas Hauert touches the common ground between dance and music taking the notion of ‘interpretation’ as a starting point for this group performance for six dancers.
The choreographer uses existing pieces of music that he closely relates to choreographic scores, structured improvisations linked to the music. In this work, the dancers confront themselves with George Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Ludus de Morte Regis by contemporary composer Mauro Lanza.
Production - Choreography: ZOO / Thomas Hauert
Performers: Fabian Barba, Thomas Hauert, Sarah Ludi, Albert Quesada, Gabriel Schenker, Mat Voorter
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
16/6/2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
PARTY ALFRED ZINOLA MAXWELL McCARTHY
Germany
An interactive performance where the public and performers dance together, PARTY takes place on stage, with huge spills of colour installed on the floor and ceiling, a live DJ and adults dressed with masks and suits.
In PARTY the public is not the audience, they're the party!
Party takes everybody to the max, to dance till drop, and then enter a new world together. A world where each person can dance how they really want. With PARTY the borders of language and culture are crossed and everybody and every child is part of the party. By guiding the participants through the party, the performers stimulate every child to take decisions and to express themselves through the unspoken language of dance. An unconventional ritual for our contemporary wish for communality.
Performers: Alfredo Zinola, Maxwell McCarthy, Julia B. Laperrière
Music: DJ Sarah Adorable
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
22 /6/2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
Silent Lines
Russell MALIPHANT DANCE COMPANY
United Kingdom
The 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival concludes with one of the most important contemporary dance companies of the UK. Amongst many national and international awards and nominations, Russel Maliphant Dance Company has received two Olivier awards, three South Bank Show awards and three Critics’ Circle National Dance awards for Best Modern Choreography and for Best Independent Company.
Silent Lines draws upon Maliphant’s studies and explorations in dance and anatomy using a unique mix of movement, projection, and lighting. Silent Lines celebrates the range of poetic possibilities in movement, drawing on methodologies from internal and external movement disciplines, psyche and soma, and explores the visually rich and resonant connections between the microcosm and the macrocosm.
Maliphant has worked closely with pioneering lighting designer Michael Hulls to explore and realise these ideas.
Director, Choreographer: Russell Maliphant
Collaborative Assistant: Dana Fouras
Performers: Grace Jabbari, Edd Arnold, Will Thompson, Alethia Antonia, Moronfoluwa Odimayo
Video projections designer: Panagiotis Tomaras
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
22/6/2019
22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019
Workshop with Russell Maliphant
An open workshop for dancers and teachers held by Russel Maliphant, one of the most important world-acclaimed dancers and choreographers, focusing on Dance and his own personal experiences during the past 20 years.
In collaboration with Dance House Lemesos.
All dance performances are part of the 22nd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival 2019, organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theater.
24/6/2019
Our True Self
ANDRIANA SERGIDOU
An innovative book presentation of Andriana Sergidou’s latest work, addressing the dual human nature.
The event features music, theatre and dance by Despina Olympiou, Stephanos Georgiades, Theodoros Krassides, Margarita Zachariou, Ilaria Larkou, Valeria Solea, Mayia Kikkidou and Andria Nicolaou.
The book will be presented by the publisher and bookseller Kyriakos P. Kyriakou (Mikrokyklos Publications) and the writer.
Under the auspices of the Mayor of Limassol, Mr. Nicos Nicolaides.
JULY 2019
12/7/2019
Rumba Attack
@Heroe’s Square
Rumba Attack is a Cyprus-based group performing original instrumental material in their distinctive Flamenco-Rumba style, blended with sounds from Middle Eastern origins, Rock and Bossanova.
During their live shows, they regularly feature guests including vocals, cretan lyra, trumpet, fute, saxophone and various percussion instruments, and they have collaborated with local dance schools.
Constantinos Lyras - guitar
Memnon Aresti - guitar
Savvas Thoma - cajon, percussions
16/7/2019
Reggetiko Project
@Heroe’s Square
Reggetiko Project is a musical meeting of very different music backgrounds. Its base is the fusion of folk elements, from jazz to reggae featuring Indian and Armenian music.
They have released two albums, which they have presented in several festivals and venues all over the world. Most recently, they completed a tour in Cyprus, Germany and Italy (Ferrara Buskers Festival), while they recorded their third album with Milcho Leviev, the legendary 3-Grammy awarded jazz musician.
Theodore Koumartzis – baglamas, melodica
Linos Tzelos – guitar
Marios Podaras – violin
Nikos Varelas – cajon
Sokratis Votskos – woodwinds
18/7/2019
Ioannis Vafeas Trio
@Heroe’s Square
Ioannis Vafeas Trio will presented original compositions by Glafkos Kontemeniotis and other Cypriot composers, as well as songs from the international jazz repertoire.
On this new musical journey, renowned drummer Ioannis Vafeas is accompanied by pianist Christos Gerolatsitis and bassist Michalis Messios.
Ioannis Vafeas – drums
Michalis Messios – bass
Christos Gerolatsitis – piano
21/7/2019
Choral Crossroads
@Heroe’s Square
Epilogi Cultural Movement of Limassol organised a summer camp that aims at offering young choral singers from Europe, Cyprus and the Arab countries, the opportunity to get acquainted with the choral music of each country represented in the international Ethno choir, and discover the similarities and the diversities of each other’s traditions and cultural heritage.
22/7/2019
Havana Noche
@Heroe’s Square
Α 6-member band transmitting the energy, enthusiasm and passion of Latin music. The band was formed in Cyprus by musicians from Cuba, Colombia and Cyprus by Contantinos Paouros.
Their music is based on authentic Cuban music genres such as son cubano, salsa and cha cha cha.
Constadinos Paouros: timbales, drums, vocals
Michalis Michael: trumpet
Alex Edward Rodriguez: piano, vocals
Costas Challoumas: bass, vocals
Alejandro Gonzalez: congas, percussion, vocals
Special guest Pedro Son Caliente: vocals
25/7/2019
Refugees for Refugees
@Heroe’s Square
The band brings together renowned musicians from Syria, Tibet, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Belgium who are united by their desire to weave links through their music.
The group has developed an original repertoire at the crossroads between their different traditions.
Asad Qizilbash: sarod
Aren Dolma: vocals
Fakher Madallal: vocals, percussion
Kelsang Hula: dramyen, vocals
Mohammad Aman Yusufi: dambura, vocals
Simon Leleux: percussion
Souhad Najem: qanun)
Tammam Al Ramadan: ney
Tareq Alsayed Yahya: oud
Tristan Driessens: oud
28/7 - 1/8 @ Lofou
Rialto Residency
Coordinated by New Zealand saxophonist Hayden Chisholm, this year's residency will focus on wind instruments. Its aim is on the one hand to explore the technical possibilities of wind instruments and the orchestral perspectives of their coexistence in a whole, and on the other hand to deal with musical traditions where wind instruments play a leading role, such as the music of the Balkans and New Orleans.
The RealtoResidency will take place in Lofou on July 28-August 1 in collaboration with the cultural organization WindcraftLoud. The result of the cohabitation music will be presented in a concert on August 1 at Lofos and later at the WindcraftMusicFest in Katydata.
29/72019
Rialto Summer Cinema “Gastronomy and Cinema
Julie & Julia (2009, 123’)
@ SEK Parking place (behind Rialto Theatre)
In 1948, American chef Julia Child accompanying her diplomat husband, move to Paris where she is drawn into the world of French cuisine. Fifty years later, 30-year-old blogger Julie Powell, decides to spend exactly a year cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s recipe book, and write a blog about her experience.
With her new project, she attempts to fight depression and escape from her boring and uninteresting job.
In English with Greek subtitles
Directed: Nora Ephron
Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Chris Messina, Stanley Tucci
30/7/2019
Rialto Summer Cinema “Gastronomy and Cinema
Haute Cuisine (2012|104’)
@ SEK Parking place (behind Rialto Theatre)
Hortense Laborie, a renowned chef, is astonished when the President of the French Republic appoints her his personal cook.
Despite jealous resentment from other kitchen staff, Hortense quickly establishes herself thanks to her indomitable spirit. The authenticity of her cooking soon seduces the President, but the corridors of power are littered with traps…
In French with English and Greek subtitles
Directed: Christian Vincent
Cast: Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d’Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot, Jean - Marc Roulot
31/7/2019
Rialto Summer Cinema “Gastronomy and Cinema
The Trip to Italy (2014, 108’)
@ SEK Parking place (behind Rialto Theatre)
Two friends are commissioned by The Observer to go on a trip to Italy and write their own restaurant reviews for the newspaper. Along the way, they enjoy lively conversations about life, love, work and exile.
A culinary odyssey and a cultural trip, during which the two friends follow in the footsteps of important films and English romantic poets Byron and Shelley in Italy.
In English with Greek subtitles
Directed: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner, Claire Keelan, Marta Barrio, Timothy Leach, Ronni Ancona et al.
SEPTEMBER 2019
3/9/2019
Songs of the Interwar Period
(90’)
Kypria International Festival 2019 officially opened with a concert by
Evi Kapatai and Evangelia Moumouri
presenting songs by Attik, Souyoul, Yiannidis et al.
4/9/2019
Oriantheatre Dance Company / KA-F-KA)
(60’) On Stage
Kypria International Festival 2019 presented Oriantheatre, a contemporary dance and multimedia company, founded in 2006 in Iran and re-formed in France in 2011.
Under the artistic direction of Mehdi Farajpour.
6/9/2019
Tierney Sutton Band
(90’)
Kypria International Festival 2019 presents internationally acclaimed American jazz singer Tierney Sutton and her band.
The talented musician and singer has received to this date 9 Grammy Award nominations.
7-8/9/2019
Shall we Dance? / ANDRE RIEU
(120’)
Millions of spectators around the world will have the opportunity to watch in recorded screening the 15th edition of André Rieu’s spectacular open air concert in his hometown Maastricht.
André Rieu is one of the world’s most popular music artists. Together with his Johann Strauss Orchestra, he has turned his unique blend of classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act, as successful as some of the biggest global pop and rock music acts, regularly appearing on the worldwide list of highest-grossing touring artists.
13/9/2019
A Tribute to Solon Michaelides
(75’)
Prometheas String Quartet, consisting of Nikos Pittas (violin), Iraklis Mitellas (violin), Nikos Papageorgiou (viola) and Miranta Papaneocleous (cello), Theodora Raftis (soprano), Elena Mouzala (piano) and the Limassol Music School Choir with Corina Vasiliou (piano) presented works of the great Cypriot composer Solon Michaelides: String Quartet, Suite for Cello and Piano, Trio for Piano, Prelude for Violin and Piano, Songs: Aria of Nausika, My Kyrenia - with piano, La flûte with a string quartet and the Choral songs: Hail Odysseus, Romiosyni.
Choir conductor: Solon Kladas
14-15/9/2019
Italian Film Days
The Italian Embassy in Cyprus presented the second edition of the “Italian Film Days”, a film festival organised in collaboration with the Italian film production company IMAGO, the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and other theatres in Cyprus.
It aims at showcasing some of the best recent Italian film productions to Cypriot audiences. In order to enhance the viewing experience, the Festival will feature VIP guests from Italy, video interviews with actors/directors before each screening, informative material and the possibility for the audience to interact through ratings and discussions.
20/9/2019
Mirela Pachou | The Burger Project
@Heroes’ Square
Kanali 6 celebrated its 28th anniversary at Heroes’ Square and organises a three-day programme of events, with the support of Limassol Municipality and KEO, in collaboration with the Rialto Theatre.
The programme started with a concert by the Greek singer and musician Mirela Pachou and her band, invited the audience to an upbeat dance party.
The concert followed by the famous musicians and entertainers, the Burger Project, performing popular cover songs in their own unique style.
21/9/2019
Laikorempetiki Vradia
@Heroes’ Square
The celebrations for the anniversary of Kanali 6 continue at Heroes’ Square with the band “Arhi dia tou Rebetikou” accompanied by celebrated rebetiko singer Yiorgos Tzortzis.
With the support of Limassol Municipality and KEO, in collaboration with the Rialto Theatre.
22/9/2019
Rock Festival
@Heroes’ Square
The programme of events celebrating the anniversary of Kanali 6 culminates at Heroes’ Square with the Rock Festival, welcoming in this year’s edition the Coop Band, Lopodytes, Minus One and Kyklos Music Stage.
With the support of Limassol Municipality and KEO, in collaboration with the Rialto Theatre
24//9/2019
Nikos Kavvadias
A musical tribute to Nikos Kavvadias, presented within the framework of the Rialto Theatre’s 20th anniversary celebrations.
The tribute presents poems by Kavvadias set to music by Th. Mikroutsikos, Xembarkoi, M. Koch, G. Spanos and D. Zervoudakis.
Singer: Rita Antonopoulou. With: Michalis Pourgourides (guitar – vocals), Konstantinos Stylianou (vocals), Barbara Lucas (violin), Alexandros Papacharalambous (wind instruments), Kostas Challoumas (acoustic bass, piano). Orchestra coordinator: Konstantinos Zorpas. With actors Yiannos Antoniou and Constantinos Alkiviades.
27/9/2019
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra | FINLANDIA
Join the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra on a captivating journey to the alluring musical sounds of Finland, with compositions by Jean Sibelius, one of the most important symphonists of Finland, widely recognised at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
J. Sibelius: Andante festivο [Cyprus premiere], Violin concerto in D minor, op. 47, Symphony no. 3 in C major, op. 52 [Cyprus premiere].
Soloist: Kolja Blacher (violin) Conductor: Jens Georg Bachmann