Goodbye, Lindita

Premiered at
National Theatre of Greece
On world tour
since 2023

Conceived and directed by Mario Banushi, this multi-award-winning wordless performance unfolds as a meditative poem on mourning, steeped in Balkan ritual, resonating between loss and new birth. Commissioned and produced by the National Theatre of Greece for its 2022–2023 season, it premiered on March 29, 2023, and has ever since been on tour internationally.

Drawing upon his own memories, Emmanouel Rovithis transforms fragments of personal recordings into a symbolic, immersive sonic universe, stretching sound across three-dimensional acoustic space and tracing a journey into one’s inner depths.

Credits

Original concept & directed by: Mario Banushi

With: Mario Banushi, Babis Galiatsatos / Akillas Karazisis, Heleni Habia Nzanga,  Alexandra Hasani / Megi Shuli, Erifyli Kitzoglou, Katerina Kristo / Dafni Drakopoulou, Rita Lytou, Eftychia Stefanou (previous cast includes: Chryssi Vidalaki, Vassiana Skopetea, Jessica Onyigetsi Anosike, Madalena Karavatu, Afroditi Katsarou, Anna Simeonidou)

Music composition & sound design: Emmanouel Rovithis

Set & costume design: Sotiris Melanos

Lighting design: Tasos Palaioroutas

Sound engineering and audio spatialization design: Dimos Livitsanos

Associate dramaturg: Sofia Eftychiadou

Dramaturgy – National Theatre of Greece: Aspasia-Maria Alexiou

Assistant directors: Afroditi Kapokaki, Theodora Patiti

Photography: Theofilos Tsimas 

Video: Nikos Pastras

Executive Producer: TooFarEast

International relations & tour management: Nikos Mavrakis – TooFarEast




Mask design-making: Martha Foka
Motion editing: Evi Economou
Mask teaching: Michalis Valasoglou
Assistant Director: Nefeli Papanastasopoulou
Promo Photos: Patroklos Skafidas

LiFO
"Released in continuous, ever-climaxing waves, the music of Rovithis causes irrepressible emotional suffocations"
monopoli.gr
"There are moments when the music of Rovithis seems like pain turned into sound"
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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