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MAMI
Mario Banushi
Runing time: 70'
Tickets
Full price: €30
Under 30 / Over 65 / Groups: €22
Students: €15
Membership: included in the subscription
Creator of a unique scenic language, Mario Banushi presents an intimate but universal visual poem on the mother-child bond. This new creation by the Albanian young director, a recent revelation on the international theatrical scene, pays homage to the origins of life and the specific weight of the word “Mamma” – both for those who say it and those who hear it. The staging of MAMI proves to be a landscape of memory both unsettling and familiar. Immersed in silence, the performers bring to life moments of profound emotion, offering us a collective immersion in the recollections and emotional legacy that we all carry with us.
Mario Banushi was born in 1998 and lived in Albania until the age of six before moving permanently to Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory, graduating in 2020. In the same year, he made his first short film, Pranvera, which was selected for the Tirana International Film Festival 2021. His theater directorial debut was Ragada, created and presented inside a private home in Athens during the pandemic lockdowns. His next work, Goodbye, Lindita, premiered in 2023 at the National Theatre of Greece to critical and public acclaim. He has received invitations from international festivals and theaters, including the Festival d'Avignon, Wiener Festwochen, International Theatre Amsterdam, Adelaide Festival in Australia, and Bitef in Belgrade, where he won the Bitef Special Award "Jovan Ćirilov" and the Politika Award for Best Direction. His third work, Taverna Miresia – Mario Bella Anastasia, was presented in July 2023 at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. Mario Banushi’s trilogy is commonly known as Romance Familiare, which means “family romance” in Albanian. His latest work, MAMI, was presented at Onassis Stegi in Athens. Mario Banushi is an Onassis AiR Fellow and an artist in residence at the Centre Culturel Hellénique in Paris.
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The performance is not recommended for audiences under 16 years old
Credits
Conceived and directed by: Mario Banushi
With: Vasiliki Driva, Katerina Kristo, Dimitris Lagos, Nontas Damopoulos, Eftychia Stefanou, Ilia Koukouzeli, Angeliki Stellatou, Fotis Stratigos, Panagiota Υiagli
Set & costume design: Sotiris Melanos
Original music & sound design: Jeph Vanger
Lighting design and associate dramaturg: Stephanos Droussiotis
Artistic collaborators: Aimilios Arapoglou, Thanasis Deligiannis
Assistant director: Theodora Patiti
International relations & tour management: Nikos Mavrakis
Creation period production management: Rena Andreadaki, Christos Christopoulos – TooFarEast
Line production & tour production manager: Ioanna Papakosta – TooFarEast
Auditions and residency coordinator & tour production manager: Konstantina Douka Gkosi – TooFarEast
Lighting designer on tour: Marietta Pavlaki
Sound engineer on tour: Kostas Chaidos
Set assistant: Sofia Theodorou
Costumes assistant: Nikoleta Anastasiadou
Set construction: Michalis Lagkouvardos
Special constructions: Alaxouzoi brothers, Alexandros Loggos
Special lighting constructions: Giorgos Ierapetritis
Rehearsal technical coordination & stage technician on tour: Aristidis Kreatsoulas – TooFarEast
Rehearsal electrician: Konstantinos Mavrantzas
Rehearsal technical support: Stefanos Ntaoulas, Iason Papantoniou, Grigoris Zkeris, Paris Asimakopoulos
In collaboration with: OMAZ Civic Non-Profit Company
Commissioned and produced by: Onassis Stegi [GR]
Co-produced by: Berliner Festspiele [DE], Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe [FR], FOG festival / Triennale Milano Theater [IT], Espoo Theatre [FI], Festival d’Avignon [FR], Grec Festival Barcelona [ES], Théâtre de Liège [BE], Noorderzon Festival / Grand Theatre Groningen [NL]
Initial research & development were made possible with the support of: Onassis AiR Fellowship [GR], Centre Culturel Hellénique – Paris [FR]
The presentation of MAMI is supported by: Onassis Stegi Touring Program
With the financial support of: Ministry of Culture of Greece
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