| Year and length: | 2023, 75’ |
|---|---|
| Concept and direction: | Mario Banushi |
| With: | Mario Banushi, Babis Galiatsatos, Heleni Habia Nzanga, Alexandra Hasani, Erifyli Kitzoglou, Katerina Kristo |
| Sound design & original music: | Emmanouel Rovithis |
| Set design & costumes: | Sotiris Melanos |
| Light design: | Tasos Palaioroutas |
| Dramaturgy: | Aspasia-Maria Alexiou (National Theatre of Greece) |
| Associate dramaturg: | Sofia Eftychiadou |
| Direction assistants: | Afroditi Kapokaki, Theodora Patiti |
| Photography: | Theofilos Tsimas |
| Video: | Nikos Pastras |
| Production director: | Nikos Mavrakis – Too Far East |
| Production: | La Biennale di Venezia, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, TooFarEast |
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).