Workshops & Parallel Events
_WORKSHOPS
FRIDAY, 25/09
Workshop by Elena Agathokleous / Cyprus (GR)
Narrative Cartography–From Places and Identities to Live Storytelling
[Vinegar Factory / 34 Genethliou Mitella str, 3036, Limassol]
16:30-19:30
A workshop by Elena Agathokleous on cartographic practices focusing on the exploration of the relationship between identity and place, examining the ways in which spatial routes are constructed and transformed into live personal storytelling.
The workshop will be conducted in greek.
SATURDAY, 26/09
Workshop by Christos Chrissopoulos / Greece (GR)
Life Writing | Writing the Self
[Sinergio Theatre / 91A Eleftherias str, 3042, Limassol]
10:30-13:30
A creative writing group workshop following the principles of Narrative Therapy. The aim is productive: we investigate, reveal, create. It all leads to a literature which “doesn’t write for the self” but “writes the self” in a deliberate way, which one might say is what our essential relationship with writing is.
The workshop will be conducted in greek.
SUNDAY 27/09
Workshop with Jeff Hilson / (UK) (ENG)
“I Love You And The Sonnet Is Not Dead”: An Experimental Sonnet Workshop
[Sinergio Theatre / 91A Eleftherias str, 3042, Limassol]
16:00-19:00
An experimental creative writing workshop exploring innovative approaches to the sonnet, led by poet, editor and critic Jeff Hilson, whose work has played a pivotal role in rethinking the contemporary sonnet (Jeff Hilson is also the editor of The Reality Street Book of Sonnets). The workshop invites writers to challenge conventions while engaging with one of poetry’s most enduring forms.
The workshop will be conducted in english.
Reservation is required for each workshop.
To book call +357 99558358 (limited number of participants).
Participation fee: 25 euro per workshop (60 euro for all 3)
_PARALLEL EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, 23/09
LYDIA DAVIS (Man Booker Prize 2013) / USA (ENG)
Interview - Coordinated by Maria A. Ioannou, Sardam festival’s artistic director
[Online Interview, via Zoom]
18:00-19:00
The festival opens with this year’s Guest of Honour, Lydia Davis, a unique opportunity for the public to meet the writer via Zoom, in an exclusive live interview organized especially for Sardam Festival 2026, exploring the multi-layered and fascinating world of writing!
Lydia Davis is a renowned American writer and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2013, a prize which is considered the most prestigious literary award after the Nobel Prize. Lydia Davis, known for her very short and incredibly witty stories, occasionally following an experimental approach, has influenced many writers worldwide and her books have been loved by readers across the globe.
Free participation and open to audiences from all over the world.
To register, please call 99558358 or send an email to arttitudecyprus@gmail.com (first come,first served).
THURSDAY, 24/09
DIAL / IRELAND (ENG)
Live performance
[Vinegar Factory / 34 Genethliou Mitella str, 3036, Limassol]
20:00-21:00
DIAL is a durational writing, performance and recording project, ongoing since 2021, by Christodoulos Makris, in partnership with Diatribe Records and in cooperation with the musicians Joanna Mattrey and Keith Lindsay. For more information on the project, which has been presented in Dublin and New York.
The event is being carried out in collaboration with Culture Ireland, Ireland’s national agency for the promotion of the arts and culture.
For reservations call 99558358.
SATURDAY, 26/09 & SUNDAY, 27/09
IRIS COLOMB / (UK)
Iris Colomb - Installation
Exhibition
[Tapper, 1st floor / 62 Eleftherias str, 3042, Limassol]
18:30-22:30
Iris Colomb produces poetic objects and practices text-based improvisation in collaboration with various experimental music ensembles. Her installation will feature an assemblage of textual objects she uses in her improvised performances with musicians.
Free Admission. No reservation required.
SUNDAY, 27/09
CLOSING: SARDAM OPEN MIC[
Sinergio Theatre / 91A Eleftherias str, 3042, Limassol]
19:30
Sardam festival’s Open Mic, in collaboration with KENO publications.
The event is open to all languages.
For registrations to the Open Mic (as participants) and for reservations please call 99558358.
Admission to all parallel events is free.