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26 FEB - 14 MAR  2027
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Taverna Miresia - Mario, Bella, Anastasia

Created by Mario Banushi

Taverna Miresia - Mario, Bella, Anastasia

Created by Mario Banushi

When

03 Mar - 06 Mar

Where

Dunstan Playhouse

Access

Venue & access info here

Tickets

Adult
A Res $109 | B Res $99
Festival Friends
A Res $93 | B Res $84
Concession*
A Res $87 | B Res $79
Full-time student^
A Res $55 | B Res $50
Under 40**
A Res $40 | B Res $40

Transaction fees apply

* Pensioner, Health Care Card holder, MEAA/Actors’ Equity member. NOTE: Commonwealth Senior Health and Seniors Cards are ineligible for concession
** Limited capacity, ID required. If price not visible, allocation is exhausted.
^ ID required

Times

Wed 3 Mar 7pm
Thu 4 Mar 7:30pm
Fri 5 Mar 7:30pm
Sat 6 Mar 7pm

Duration

1hr 10mins, no interval

Warnings

Contains nudity and depictions of violence. Utilises strobe effects, loud sound levels and theatrical haze.
Latecomers will not be admitted.

Greece

Kindness knows no bounds.

Mario takes a neon sign from his family’s restaurant: Taverna Miresia, the Restaurant of Kindness. He places it on the stage, where its light can reach inside his memories and begin to illuminate the songs, dances and rituals of his Albanian heritage.

After the funeral of his larger-than-life father, Mario, now the only man left, follows the women in his family as they glance off ghosts and summon their own phantoms and fantasies. In an ecstatic series of tableaus, Mario unleashes their dreams, iridescent rage and soaring songs to create an unforgettable feast of beauty.

Recently awarded the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Biennale, Mario Banushi (Goodbye, Lindita) does not use words to tell his stories. His work is entirely visual – and it is rapidly defining the future of theatre across the world. Be enraptured by it.

“Verdict: Sublime! I don’t want Banushi to explain the dream. I want to surrender to it.”

Disrupting Stages

“The new face of Greek theatre”

The Guardian

Conceived and directed by Μario Βanushi
Cast Mario Banushi, Katerina Kristo, Rita Lytoy, Eftychia Stefanou, Savina Yannatou
Set & Costume design Sotiris Melanos
Lighting design Eliza Alexandropoulou
Original music Jeph Vanger
Vocals improvisation Savina Yannatou
Dramaturgy collaboration Aspasia-Maria Alexiou
Assistant director Sofia Antoniou
Assistant to the costume designer Vassiana Skopetea
Tour Lighting Design Marietta Pavlaki
Sound Engineer Kostas Chaidos
Technical Director Giorgos Antonopoulos
Production & Tour Management TooFarEast - Nikos Mavrakis
Line Production Aristidis Kreatsoulas - TooFarEast
Photography Nassia Stouraiti, Theofilos Tsimas
In collaboration with Theatro sti Sala

Taverna Miresia – Mario, Bella, Anastasia was produced by the Athens Epidaurus Festival 2023, and was presented within grape – Greek Agora of Performance.

Taverna Miresia - Mario Bella Anastasia premiered at the Athens Epidaurus Festival in July 2023

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