Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2023

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2023 (BFPAF 23) invites you to immerse yourself in this special edition, to witness the power of performing arts to challenge physical and artistic barriers. Between the 5th and 7th of October, the festival will host a diverse mix of performances and installations, featuring both Cyprus-based and international artists.

Festival Theme 2023 “Turning Point”

Our 10th edition marks a critical landmark regarding the Festival’s presence in the Cypriot art scene, its contribution to the peacebuilding efforts, and of course, the artistic community on the island. A turning point implies an achievement, yet a critical reflection of the commitment moving forward. It reflects on the role of Festivals and arts, more specifically in conflict transformation, acknowledging that Buffer Fringe assumes more responsibility than other Festivals owing to its peacebuilding mission. Artists are invited tocreatively respond and artistically showcase what such a turning point might be and in essence, answer the question: what comes next?As such, it has shaped the following questions:• What is a turning point for you?• What is change, and what can it bring?• How does change resonate with us, what is its impact artistically, personally, and collectively?• How can we understand the self in an imagined future?• How can an imagined future tell our story, both private personal and collective and collective story?• How can we all belong in one common future?