Beneath the buzzing neon lights of a family tavern, memories are stirring. Originally from Albania, Mario Banushi, Greek theatre’s rising star, presents a wordless play made of tableaux steeped in mystical beauty. A young man in a tiled bathroom drifts dreamlike through recollections of a life marked by the absence of his father, who has just died. This most banal household space thrums with spirits and becomes a safe haven for a grieving family, unsettling and sublime.
Mario Banushi conjures up loss, richly soundtracked by traditional songs and surrounded by the powerful women who shaped his life. Drawing on raw realism and atmospheric visuals alike, Taverna Miresia is a sensory feast, a visceral purification ritual. Its dreamlike sequences scramble what is real and create moments of grace beyond words, sculpted by poetry and light.
