Theatre in Cyprus: 5 Handpicked Shows on Stage This Weekend and Next Week

This is a handpicked selection. There’s more playing across Cyprus — you can explore the full theatre lineup on EventOr.

🎭 Boeing Boeing — Theatro Ena

Marc Camoletti’s legendary stage comedy has been packing Theatro Ena since March. A Parisian bachelor juggles three flight-attendant girlfriends by keeping track of airline schedules — until every schedule changes on the same day. Sharp comic timing, high energy, and the kind of cast chemistry that makes the whole audience lean forward. This has been one of the most talked-about productions of the season.

• This weekend: Saturday at 20:30 & Sunday at 19:00
• Also playing: April 22, 24, 25, 26, 29
• Where: Theatro Ena, Nicosia
• Tickets: From €12 — available online
• Language: Greek

🎭 Orphans / Ορφανά — Satiriko Theatre

This one just premiered on April 17. Dennis Kelly’s award-winning play starts with a couple having dinner at home. Then Helen’s brother Liam shows up covered in blood, and the whole evening unravels into a taut, tense confrontation about violence, loyalty, and how far you’d go to protect your family. 95 minutes, no interval, no breaks. Directed by Neoklis Neokleous, with Vasilis Michail, Iliana Kakkoura, and Loukas Prokopious.

• This weekend: Sunday at 19:00
• Also playing: April 24, 25 and through May
• Where: Satiriko Theatre, Upper Stage, Nicosia
• Tickets: €15 / €12 (students, pupils, pensioners) / Free for visitors with mobility impairments
• Age: 16+
• Language: Greek

🎭 Translations / Μεταφράσεις — THoK Central Stage

Brian Friel’s landmark 1980 play receives its Cyprus premiere at THoK. Set in rural Ireland in 1833, a small community watches as a colonial power begins renaming their places and replacing their native language with English. Director Patrick Myles and co-director Andreas Tselepas have deliberately drawn parallels between 19th-century Ireland and colonial Cyprus — giving the production a particular resonance here that it wouldn’t have elsewhere. Running time is 105 minutes with an intermission.

• This weekend: Saturday at 20:00 & Sunday at 18:00
• Also playing: April 22, 24 (with English & Turkish surtitles), 25 (with Greek surtitles)
• Where: THoK Central Stage, Nicosia
• Tickets: €15 / €6 reduced
• Language: Greek. English & Turkish surtitles on April 24 and May 15 only — not this weekend.
• Note: Latecomers will not be admitted. Tickets are non-refundable.

🎭 The Father / Ο Πατέρας — Theatre Dentro

Florian Zeller’s internationally acclaimed play (you may know the film adaptation that won Anthony Hopkins his second Oscar) puts you inside the mind of a man losing his grip on reality. Time, space, and relationships shift around him as dementia reshapes his perception — and as an audience member, you experience his confusion firsthand. It’s disorienting, emotional, and performed with unexpected moments of humour. Staged by Theatre Dentro and Theatrical Stage of Cyprus across multiple cities.

• Next week: Monday April 20 at 20:30 & Tuesday April 21 at 20:30
• Where: Theatre Dentro, Nicosia
• Tickets: From €18 (€15 reduced, box office only at Theatre Dentro)
• Also playing: May 10, 13, 16, 17, 23, 24 in Nicosia and Paphos
• Language: Greek

🎭 I Swear — Pantheon Theater

A multi-BAFTA-winning British comedy-drama directed by Kirk Jones. John Davidson grows up in 1980s Britain with Tourette syndrome — facing misunderstandings, social stereotypes, and a world that doesn’t quite know what to do with him. Funny, honest, and moving. The film won 3 BAFTA awards including Best Actor and an Audience Award, and runs 120 minutes. This is the only English-language option in this lineup, so expats take note.

• Next week: Opens Wednesday April 22, runs daily through May 1
• Where: Pantheon Theater, Nicosia
• Tickets: From €7
• Language: English with Greek subtitles

💡 The Verdict

Five shows, five completely different evenings — and all of them within driving distance in Nicosia. Whether you want to laugh (Boeing Boeing), sit on the edge of your seat (Orphans), think (Translations), feel (The Father), or get both laughs and tears (I Swear), there’s a show for your mood. This is just what we picked out — the full theatre scene has more.

🔗 Don’t Miss What’s On See all theatre listings at eventor.com.cy — Theatre & Cinema