| Year and length: | 2023, 65’ |
|---|---|
| Concept and direction: | Mario Banushi |
| With: | Mario Banushi, Babis Galiatsatos, Heleni Habia Nzanga, Alexandra Hasani, Erifyli Kitzoglou, Katerina Kristo, Rita Litou |
| Music composition and sound design: | Emmanouel Rovithis |
| Set and costume design: | Sotiris Melanos |
| Light design: | Tasos Palaioroutas |
| Associate dramaturgs: | Aspasia-Maria Alexiou, Sofia Eftychiadou |
| Assistant directors: | Afroditi Kapokaki, Theodora Patiti |
| Photography: | Theofilos Tsimas |
| Video: | Nikos Pastras |
| Technical coordinator: | Giannis Kougias |
| Tour lighting designer: | Marietta Pavlaki |
| Sound engineering and audio spatialisation design: | Dimos Livitsanos |
| Stage manager: | Efi Christodoulopoulou |
| Props master: | Michail Adamis |
| Executive production: | TooFarEast |
| International relations and tour management: | Nikos Mavrakis – TooFarEast |
| Production management and line production: | Ioanna Papakosta – TooFarEast |
| Coproduction: | La Biennale di Venezia and Fondation pour l'art contemporain |
| Extra info: | Goodbye, Lindita was commissioned and produced by the National Theatre of Greece for its 2022-2023 season and premiered on 29 March 2023 at the Experimental Stage – Emerging Artists (Rex Theatre – Katina Paxinou Stage) |
Theatre
Mario Banushi - Chapter 2: Goodbye, Lindita
Description
The second chapter of Romance Familiare by Mario Banushi, Goodbye, Lindita expresses an ineffable sense of loss and nostalgia through another maternal figure—this time an acquired one: Lindita, the father’s second wife. Drawing on memories of the Balkan funeral rites of his childhood, the performance silently explores an inescapable human experience.
In a domestic interior, a family mourns in silence, until events of an almost otherworldly nature open a window onto a world in which memory is intertwined with fantasy and reality with dreams. The audience becomes witness witness to an inner journey that attempts to answer the eternal question of how to say farewell to those we love most.
“The home is not a harbour, it is not where you arrive or return to; that home is where it hurts. And where you learn how to heal” (Dimitris Papanikolaou).