MAMI

As a child, Mario Banushi grew up with more than one mother. Barely a year old, he was entrusted to his grandmother, who raised him until he was thirteen. He then moved to Athens with his mother, where he lived above the bakery where she worked, surrounded by women of all generations. It is to these women – to this maternal figure with a thousand faces – that MAMI pays tribute. By asking who, ultimately, is taking care of whom, Banushi tries to untangle a relationship so complex that a lifetime would not be enough. Now twenty six years old, this Albanian-born artist – creator of an original and resolutely multidisciplinary stage language – has already toured the world. With MAMI, he develops a visual poem, a landscape of memories through which the performers move to confront their own recollections and emotional heritage. 

يكرّم ماريو بانوشي مختلف شخصيات الأمومة التي تعبر حياة. يحاول الفنان الألباني الأصل، مؤلّف القصائد البصرية، فك عقدة إرثنا العاطفي التي لا نهاية لها. 

Interview with mario banushi

With Vasiliki Driva, Dimitris Lagos, Eftychia Stefanou, Angeliki Stellatou, Fotis Stratigos, Panagiota Υiagli 

Conceived and Directed by Mario Banushi 
Set & Costume Design Sotiris Melanos 
Original Music & Sound Design Jeph Vanger 
Lighting Design and Dramaturg Stephanos Droussiotis 
Artistic Collaborators Aimilios Arapoglou, Thanasis Deligiannis 
Assistant Director Theodora Patiti 
Lighting design Marietta Pavlaki 
Sound Engineer Kostas Chaidos 
Set assistant Sofia Theodorou 
International Relations and Tour Management Nikos Mavrakis 
Production Rena Andreadaki & Christos Christopoulos 
Executive production Ioanna Papakosta
Auditions & Residency Coordinator Konstantina Douka Gkosi

With warm thanks to Jeff Garner, for his generous support of our summer 2025 international tour.

Commande et production Onassis Stegi
Coproduction Berliner Festspiele (Berlin), Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris), FOG festival Triennale Milano Teatro, & Espoo Theatre, Festival d’Avignon, Grec Festival (Barcelone), Théâtre de Liège, Noorderzon Festival / Grand Theatre (Groningen) 

With the support Onassis Stegi Touring Program, Ministry of Culture of Greece, bourse Onassis AiR and Centre culturel hellénique (Paris)
In collaboration with OMAZ Civic Non-Profit Company

Performance in partnership with France Médias Monde

The hosting of this performance was made possible thanks to PROSPERO NEW Platform co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.