MAMI
Mario Banushi
Premiere: 6 February 2025 at Onassis Stegi, Athens
“MAMI is not a project about my mother or my grandmother, but it is inspired by the strong relationships I have had with them and with the other women who raised me – because it just so happens that I have always been raised by women.”
As a child, Mario Banushi grew up with several mothers. When his biological mother was unable to provide for her children, she sent him and his two sisters to live with their grandmother in Albania. Later, when he moved with his mum to Athens, he lived above the bakery where she worked, and spent his childhood surrounded by women from all generations.
And so MAMI was created, as a tribute to all these women – to that maternal figure with a thousand faces: young, gentle, quick-tempered, nurturing, ageing… those mothers who look after us and those who need looking after.
On stage, Mario Banushi attempts to unravel the complex relationship between a mother – whoever she may be – and her child, a relationship that connects our lives to our roots… With performers of all ages and backgrounds, he creates a visual poem, a landscape of memory that we traverse together, each of us confronted with our own maternal memories and emotional heritage.
Tarifs
- Plein tarif 31 €
- 65ans+/Carte prof/Groupe10+ 26 €
- -30ans/Pro/Dem.d'emploi 13 €
- Groupe scolaire 8 €
- -15ans 7 €
- Etudiants Conservatoires Art de la parole 5 €
Distributions
Concept and direction: Mario Banushi
With Vasiliki Driva, Dimitris Lagos, Eftychia Stefanou, Angeliki Stellatou, Fotis Stratigos, Panagiota Yiagli
Set design and costumes: Sotiris Melanos
Original music and sound design: Jeph Vanger
Lighting design and associate dramaturgy: Stephanos Droussiotis
Artistic collaborators: Aimilios Arapoglou, Thanasis Deligiannis
Assistant director: Theodora Patiti
International relations and distribution: Nikos Mavrakis
Production management (creation period) Rena Andreadaki & Christos Christopoulos – TooFarEast
Executive production and touring: Ioanna Papakosta – TooFarEast
Audition and residency coordination / tour production Konstantina Douka Gkosi – TooFarEast
Assistant Technical Coordinator: Giannis Kougias
Lighting technician (tour) Marietta Pavlaki
Sound technician (tour) Kostas Chaidos
Set design assistant Sofia Theodorou
Costume assistant Nikoleta Anastasiadou
Set construction Michalis Lagkouvardos
Special constructions Alaxouzoi Brothers, Alexandros Loggos
Special lighting Giorgos Ierapetritis
Technical coordination for rehearsals and stage management (tour) Aristidis Kreatsoulas – TooFarEast
Rehearsal Electrician: Konstantinos Mavrantzas
Technical support for rehearsals: Stefanos Ntaoulas, Iason Papantoniou, Grigoris Zkeris, Paris Asimakopoulos
In collaboration with OMAZ Civic Non-Profit Company
Commissioned and produced by Onassis Stegi
Co-productions: Berliner Festspiele, Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe, FOG Festival / Triennale Milano Teatro, Espoo Theatre, Festival d’Avignon, Grec Festival Barcelona, Théâtre de Liège, Noorderzon Festival / Grand Theatre Groningen
Supported by Onassis AiR Fellowship, Hellenic Cultural Centre – Paris, Onassis Stegi Touring Programme
With financial support from the Greek Ministry of Culture
This performance was made possible thanks to the support of the PROSPERO NEW platform, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme.
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