Giving special emphasis to the art of audiovisual media, the Nicosia International Festival 2025, in its sixth edition, presents the audiovisual theatrical performance “AND/DNA” by Anna Fo (Anna Fotiadou) on Saturday, 29 November 2025, at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre. Two performances, at 20:00 and 22:00, promise to shake up the artistic landscape, offering a spectacle beyond the ordinary.
Everything begins again...
“AND/DNA” is an interactive, circular, and allegorical story that returns to where it started — yet each time it seems different, something entirely different from what we are used to. Through this repetition with new perspectives, the performance challenges the audience to discover their own version of the story. It is a visual and interactive performance, one hour in duration. An allegorical and circular story, which can be repeated more than once.
An allegory
A dystopian reflection of today, the show speaks about censorship, the loss of freedom, and the suppression of truth. Using video walls, live performance, sound, light, vibrations, and paper, “AND/DNA” plays with the senses, pushing beyond the limits of a conventional theatre experience. It acts as a mirror of existing and possible realities — political, social, and psychological.
The creator explores the boundaries between image, text, and stage action, employing video art, soundscapes, and live presence to deconstruct traditional narratives. Using both analogue and digital media, she creates an environment in which the audience experiences the performance as a spatial and sensory encounter. The interaction between the actors and the audience, and the shared feeling of confinement, is one of the central aims of the performance.
A performance for everyone
Stage, image, sound, and movement merge into a living canvas, transporting the audience into a fluid, internally conflicted reality. The performance has been designed with inclusivity in mind: multichannel sound, subtitles, and special effects make the experience accessible to people with visual or hearing impairments.
Anna Fo brings the DNA of art to the stage
Anna Fotiadou, known for her work in video art and interdisciplinary projects, merges technology and performance in a project that deconstructs traditional narrative models.
Director of the award-winning film “Afaimaxi”, she has presented her work at Biennales and festivals across Europe and the United States, maintaining a presence in the field of contemporary performing arts.
She studied Graphic and Fine Arts and holds an MA in Design and Practice of Performing Arts. She collaborates regularly with theatre companies as a video artist and set designer.
Credits
Text / direction: Anna Fotiadou
Associate director/ playwright/ co-creator: Stavros Solomou
Sound design: Resonant Echo
Visual space & video art design: Anna Fotiadou
Video cinematography: Maria Andronikou
Lighting design: Christos Charalambous
Movement/ choreography: Anni Chouri
Costume design: Christodoulos Kaiser
Hair Art: Andreas Christodoulou
Make-up Art: Ioanna Nika
Actors: Athos Antoniou, Vasiliki Kypraiou, Anni Chouri
Duration: 70΄
Age group: 18+
*The performance includes strobe lighting and explores themes such as censorship and the loss of freedom.
Tickets:
Available online via more.com:
http://bit.ly/4grNxB8 and the Nicosia Municipal Theatre box office (Monday - Friday 10:00-13:00).
Ticket prices: €15/ €13
Reduced tickets are valid for: Children, students, soldiers, pensioners, large families, unemployed, actors, people with disabilities (free) with presentation of relevant ID.
Information: 22797979 (Monday - Friday 10:00-13:00)
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Festival identity
Organisers: Nicosia Municipality, Nicosia For Art
Festival sponsors: OPAP Cyprus, ALTIA, more.com, Cyprus Public Transport
Supporters: Travelhouse, UCLan Cyprus, WINECORE, Gate Twenty Two Boutique Hotel, Classic Hotel Nicosia
Media sponsors: DIAS Publishing & SIGMA TV, LOVE FM 100.7, and “KATHIMERINH” newspaper