Η Λέξη Πρόοδος στο Στόμα της Μητέρας μου

A family that has been torn apart tries to heal its wounds. The Mother and Father – both fugitives from war atrocities, both refugees – return to their burnt, ravaged home. All they want is to find what is left of their dead son. He re-enters their lives as a ghostly presence, a witness to events on the battlefields of History, while their daughter struggles to survive in the trenches that line the pavements of a faltering Europe. Surrounding them is a familiar mosaic of dangerous yet absurd individuals who challenge the norms and values of society. A world slowly suffocating under the burden of national and social divisions, fragmented by the collapse of values, economic exploitation and inhumanity, but also containing redemption, precariously balanced between ruin and renewal.

Matei Vișniec, Romania's best-known and most widely performed contemporary dramatist, has crafted a painfully topical tale about loss and mourning, rootlessness, the refugee experience, and the longing for home. The struggle for survival and a better life is conveyed through moments of high drama infused with touches of humour.

Acclaimed director Varnavas Kyriazis brings the penetrating and stripped-down language of the Romanian French writer to THOC’s stage for the first time, exploring the interplay between the living and the dead, poetry and prose, realism and surrealism, to remind us of the importance of our ongoing negotiation with the site of memory. He is assisted by Michalis Christodoulidis’ superb musical themes and first-class cast and crew. With English and Turkish surtitles.

Tickets: € 12 / 6