© Theofilos Tsimas
Show
Goodbye, Lindita
Mario Banushi
October 24 – 25, 2025
ITALIAN PREMIERE
Running time: 60'
Tickets
Full: €30
Under 30 / over 65 / groups: €22
Students: €15
Membership: included with subscription
Breakthrough artist on the European scene, invited to the most important international theaters and festivals, Mario Banushi has been inspired by his own experiences and the burial customs and traditions of the Balkans to create, together with a cast of gifted actors, a poetic meditation on loss. 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 and reality with dreams. 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.
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, from which he graduated in 2020. The same year, he made his first short film Pranvera, with which he participated in the 2021 Tirana International Film Festival. His first work as a stage director was the performance Ragada, which was created and presented in a house in Athens, during the pandemic lockdowns. His next work, Goodbye, Lindita, premiered in 2023 at the experimental stage of the National Theatre of Greece, and quickly accumulated an enthusiastic audience and rave reviews, resulting in international invitations from esteemed festivals and theatres, such as the International Theatre in Amsterdam, the Adelaide Festival in Australia and Bitef in Belgrade in which Mario received the Bitef Special Award “Jovan Ćirilov” and the Politika Award for Best Director. His third work, Taverna Miresia – Mario Bella Anastasia, was presented in July 2023 at the Athens Epidaurus Festival. Mario Banushi’s trilogy is usually referenced by the title Romance Familiare, which means family romance in Albanian. Mario Banushi is an Onassis AiR Fellow and a resident artist of the Centre Culturel Hellénique in Paris.
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Info
The performance is not recommended for under-16s
The performance is accessible to deaf and hearing impaired through the Sennheiser MobileConnect system. A smartphone is required, and wired headphones are recommended for better audio quality.
Credits
Original concept and direction: Mario Banushi
Music: Emmanuel Rovithis
Set & costume design: Sotiris Melanos
Lighting design: Tasos Palaioroutas
Associate dramaturg: Sofia Eftychiadou
Dramaturgy - National Theatre of Greece: Aspasia-Maria Alexiou
Assistant directors: Afroditi Kapokaki, Theodora Patiti
With: Mario Banushi, Babis Galiatsatos, Alexandra Hasani, Erifyli Kitzoglou, Katerina Kristo, Heleni Habia Nzanga, Eftychia Stefanou, Chryssi Vidalaki
Photography: Theofilos Tsimas
Video: Nikos Pastras
Previous cast of Goodbye, Lindita includes: Jessica Onyigetsi Anosike, Madalena Karavatu, Afroditi Katsarou, Anna Simeonidou, Vassiana Skopetea, Angeliki Stellatou, Vasilis Vilaras
Production management: Efi Panourgia (2023-2025)
Stage manager: Efi Christodoulopoulou (2023-2025)
Stage engineers: Thomas Kazantzidis, Panos Koutsoumanis, Vassilis Stavroulakis (2023-2025)
Lighting technicians: George Athanasiou, Georgios Kalantzis, Haris Vasilopoulos (2023-2025)
Props master: Michail Adamis (2023-2025)
Sound engineer: Dimosthenis Livitsanos
Painters and sculptors for scenery: Mais Polyzos, Thenia Verikouki, Vladimiros Mitropoulos, Stavros Paneras, Dimitris Touris, Thanasis Fotinias
Wooden constructions: Michael Kostas, Simos Kazantzidis, Periklis Kalogiannis, Ilias Kalivas, Georgios Kandalepas, Ilias Plastiras
Metal constructions: Stavros Komninos, Panagiotis Panagopoulos, Labros Stafilas Sewing: Efi Karantasiou, Theodora Vestarxi, Despoina Moutafi, Maria Spiliopoulou, Martha Charalabidou
Goodbye, Lindita was commissioned and produced by the National Theatre of Greece for its 2022-2023 season, and premiered on the 29th of March 2023 at the Experimental Stage for Emerging Artists - Rex Theatre - “Katina Paxinou” Stage
Executive Producer: TooFarEast
2025-2026 production credits:
International relations & tour management: Nikos Mavrakis - TooFarEast
Production management & line production: Aristidis Kreatsoulas - TooFarEast
Lighting designer on tour: Marietta Pavlaki
Technical coordinator: Giannis Kougias
Calendar
Highlights
Caleidoscopio nella Sezione introduttiva a carattere internazionale, nel Salone d'onore
Installazione luminosa "Luce spaziale" di Lucio Fontana sul soffitto dello Scalone d’onore. Nel vestibolo del primo piano, decorazione parietale di Bruno Cassinari
Veduta notturna del Palazzo dell'Arte ripreso dalla Torre Littoria
Lampadario "carciofo" di Poul Henningsen, nella sezione della Danimarca