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Ragada

Presented at
Venice Biennale
Date
2026

Ragada is Mario Banushi’s wordless stage poem on the intimate fractures of motherhood.

First introduced as Fragments of Ragada at Kappatos Rooms in Athens (February 2022), and later presented at Theatro Sti Sala (May 2022), the work reaches its full development with its premiere at the Venice Biennale in June 2026. Conceived as both culmination and origin, and moving between the domestic and the surreal, Ragada marks the closing gesture of Banushi’s trilogy on loss and rebirth “Romance Familiare”.

Rooted in Balkan polyphonic vocal traditions, Emmanouel Rovithis applies his Embodied Sound Dramaturgy by weaving heavily processed recordings of the performers’ voices and bodily sounds with industrial textures and fragmented song material, shaping a sonic landscape of memory, loss, and hope. 

Credits

Conceived and directed by Μario Βanushi

Cast: Mario Banushi, Xenia Dania, Rita Litou, Aulona Lupa

Music composition & sound design: Emmanouel Rovithis

Set, costume & lighting design: Mario Banushi

Assistant director: Theodora Patiti

Photography: Mario Banushi, Angelos Barai

International relations, production & tour management: TooFarEast – Nikos Mavrakis

Line production: TooFarEast – Ioanna Papakosta

 

Special thanks to: Gerasimos Kappatos & Kappatos Rooms, Chryssi Vidalaki & Theatro Sti Sala, Amalia Bennett, Maria-Nefeli Chalari, Alexandra Hasani, Myrto Stamatopoulou, Pinelopi Tsoutsouva, Andreas Voukenas and Andy Xhuma.

 
News247
The intense musicality also contributes to this harmonious mix (excellent musical composition and sound design by Emmanouel Rovithis) which "binds" with Aris Biniaris' directorial perspective and subsequently imbues the acting of his actors with rhythm in speech, breaths and their body."
Efsyn
"The intense music of Emmanouel Rovithis and the choreography of Evi Oikonomou move the stage in the steps of a Kafkaesque nightmare."
News247
The intense musicality also contributes to this harmonious mix (excellent musical composition and sound design by Emmanouel Rovithis) which "binds" with Aris Biniaris' directorial perspective and subsequently imbues the acting of his actors with rhythm in speech, breaths and their body."
Efsyn
"The intense music of Emmanouel Rovithis and the choreography of Evi Oikonomou move the stage in the steps of a Kafkaesque nightmare."

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