Polis Loizou is a playwright, filmmaker, and performance storyteller. Born and raised in Cyprus, he moved to the UK in 2001. His debut novel, ‘Disbanded Kingdom’, was published by Cloud Lodge Books in 2018 and went on to be longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. His short stories and creative non-fiction have been published in Litro, the Stockholm Review, Tales From The Shadow Booth, clavmag, Untitled: Voices and Inkandescent’s MAINSTREAM anthology.
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Polis Loizou's Love Island
An hour of funny, surprising, and unforgettable storytelling about CyprusLife feels a bit like a movie when you grow up on The Island of Love. Especially when there is a vendetta being waged around you, brides are kidnapped from their homes under the cover of night, and you find out you have suspiciously famous ancestors. This is the Cyprus of Polis Loizou childhood.