Alexandros Akhtar and Panagiotis Bratakos meet Mr. Stelios Kafkaridis, Stelios Theocharous and the musician Petros Solomou, to a narration and singing project about love in Cyprus of the knights and troubadours. The Rimes of Love, are poems that express in relief the passions and sorrows of medieval Cypriot society. 

The Rimes of Love is the most important and unique monument of medieval Cypriot literature and dates back to the 16th century. The Cypriot love poet who wrote them is unknown, but he managed to elevate the Cypriot language of his time to a language of high literary value, which is still the subject of research and education in many universities around the world. Within the poems’ words characters fall in love, grieve, rebel and sing all eagerly be exalted in the arms of the goddess Aphrodite. 

In a playground in the heart of a beautiful garden, three generations of men (Stelios Kafkaridis, Alexandros Akhtar, Stelios Theocharous) meet in heat of the summers to sing about the beauty of women, the joys and sorrows of love, the constant struggle of males to claim the gaze of the lady they desire, while the great Stelios Kafkaridis becomes the bridge that connects  romance of the past with the visions and desires of the younger generation. The live traditional music of Petros Solomos will accompany their rimes and illuminate their words. 

Funded by the Department of Cultural Services.