Photo by Theofilos Tsimas
Photo by Theofilos Tsimas
Photo by Theofilos Tsimas
Goodbye, Lindita
By Mario Banushi
“I have always said that birth is love in reverse.”
Goodbye, Lindita is a poetic farewell, a visual meditation on mourning. A family experiences grief in a muted, wordless manner, stupefied by their loss, until a series of uncanny events seems to suspend the boundaries between their world and that of the departed Lindita. Throughout the action the icon of a Madonna Nera is overlooking the proceedings and a Black woman frequents the house. Trivial house chores are followed by poetic images and rituals originating from Balkan traditions.
In the complete absence of dialogue, we witness a journey, an attempt to answer a question that is as old as humanity: how can we reconcile ourselves with death? In Goodbye, Lindita the end is also a beginning and the love shared an eternal sanctuary.
At Bitef festival Goodbye, Lindita was awarded the special award “Jovan Ćirilov” for outstanding contribution to theater art and the Politika Award for the best director.
Original concept, Director Mario Banushi
Dramaturgy Sophia Eftychiadou
Sets & Costumes Sotiris Melanos
Music Emmanouel Rovithis
Lighting Tasos Palaioroutas
House dramaturg Aspasia-Maria Alexiou
Directing assistants Afroditi Kapokaki, Theodora Patiti
Cast (in alphabetical order): Mario Banushi, Babis Galiatsatos, Alexandra Hasani, Erifyli Kitzoglou, Katerina Kristo, Helene Habia Nzanga, Eftychia Stefanou, Chryssi Vidalaki
Past & upcoming tour dates:
Kielce, Poland | 16 October 2026
Nicosia International Festival | Nicosia, Cyprus | 12-13 September 2026
Venice Biennale Teatro | Venice, Italy | 8-9 June 2026
Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe | Paris, France | 28 March – 5 April 2026
Triennale Milano | Milan, Italy | 24, 25 October 2025
Performing Exiles at Berliner Festspiele | Berlin, Germany | 19,20,21 June 2025
Wiener Festwochen | Vienna, Austria | 12,13,14 June 2025
Theater tri-bühne | Stuttgart, Germany | 29 November 2024
Festival De Otoño | Madrid, Spain | 24 November 2024
National Theatre of Greece | Athens, Greece | 16 October – 3 November 2024
Dramaten | Stockholm, Sweden | 5 October 2024
Radikal Jung | Munich, Germany | 25 April 2024
National Theatre of Greece | Athens, Greece | 13 March – 20 April 2024
Adelaide Festival | Adelaide, Australia | 29 February – 3 March 2024
Royal Theatre – NTNG | Thessaloniki, Greece | 9-11 February 2024
International Theatre Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3-4 February 2024
Fast Forward Festival | Dresden, Germany | 2-3 November 2023
BITEF | Belgrade, Serbia | 5 October 2023
National Theatre of Greece | Athens, Greece | 20 September – 3 December 2023
World premiere | National Theatre of Greece | Athens, Greece | 29 March – 4 June 2023
