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National Theatre of Greece
“Goodbye, Lindita” by Mario Banushi
 

VENUE: Royal (Vasiliko) Theatre
DATES: 9, 10 & 11 February 2024
DURATION: 75 min

 
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PLAY
“Goodbye, Lindita” focuses on a primal human experience, that of losing a loved one. In a house, a family mourns in silence, until a series of strange events opens a window onto a world in which memory is intertwined with fantasy, reality with dreams; a universe in which the dead and the living can briefly meet before their final farewell. The story that unfolds on stage is made up of familiar ingredients, but here, the everyday and the recognizable take on metaphysical overtones that reveal the characters’ psychological progress.
Mario Banushi, a multitalented young artist who brings a personal, handcrafted visual world to the theatre, has been inspired by his own experiences and the burial customs and traditions of the Balkans to create a parable about life after death through a sequence of poetic images. Without ever hearing the characters speak, we become witness to an inner journey that attempts to answer the eternal question of how to say farewell to those we love most. In “Goodbye, Lindita” this moment of parting is an end but at the same time a new beginning.
“Goodbye, Lindita”, a production of the National Theatre of Greece that delighted audiences and critics alike in Athens, is hosted in Thessaloniki after a successful world tour in Belgrade, Dresden, Amsterdam, Adelaide (Australia) and Munich.

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CREDITS
Original concept - Direction: Mario Banushi
Dramaturgical advisor: Sofia Eftychiadou
Sets - Costumes: Sotiris Melanos
Music: Emmanouil Rovithis
Lighting: Tasos Palaioroutas
Dramaturg: Aspasia-Maria Alexiou
Directing assistants: Afroditi Kapokaki, Theodora Patiti

Cast: Chryssi Vidalaki, Babis Galiatsatos, Heleni Habia Nzanga, Erifyli Kitzoglou, Katerina Kristo, Mario Banushi, Eftychia Stefanou, Alexandra Hasani