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Mother is the latest production of THOC’s New Stage “Nicos Charalambous”, written by acclaimed Lebanese-Canadian playwright, director, and actor Wajdi Mouawad, drawing on autobiographical elements. This is the final part of a trilogy that shifts the focus on members of the writer’s family, presented for the first time in Greek, and directed by Maria Mannaridou Karsera, recipient of the 2022 THOC Grand Prize.

In Mother (2021), Wajdi Mouawad revisits the themes of displacement, the trauma of war memory, and its intricate pathways, sharing his personal experience with the audience. A deep dive into the author’s recollections and their distortion over time, the play stands at the intersection of reality and fiction, where his mother takes centre stage, confronting war and her own inevitable uprooting.

His mother’s recollection is being reconstructed in an apartment in Paris, where the Mouawad family settled for five years due to the Lebanese civil war in the late 1970s. To her, this space is a temporary refuge, one she anxiously longs to leave every month in order to return to Beirut; a return to her roots that is constantly postponed and a trauma that continually deepens, the effects of which are strongly felt by her youngest son. The narrative weaves together the tragedy of displacement with the internal conflicts of family life, crafting a tapestry of profoundly humane questions about maternal love, loss, war and its miseries, as well as the vital resilience of human existence.

Maria Mannaridou Karsera approaches the play as a journey through the fragments of memory, where the characters discover the limits of their resilience. With the support of an exceptional cast and crew, she aims to highlight the fusion of personal and collective trauma, realism and dreams, and the clash between past and present. She invites the audience on a poetic and emotional journey, infused with nostalgia, humour, and tenderness. An ode to motherhood, an ode to life, but also a declaration of love for Lebanon and the Lebanese culture.

Translated by: Despina Pirketti
Directed by: Maria Mannaridou Karsera
Set & Costume Design: Thelma Kasoulidou
Movement: Eva Kalomiri
Music: Nektarios Rodosthenous
Video projections: Yiorgos Alexandrou
Lighting design: Georgios Koukoumas
Assistant director: Fotis Fotiou

Cast (in alphabetical order): Paris Erotokritou, Melanie Steliou, Maria Tsiakka, Christina Christophia and Orestes Christodoulides

Duration: 120'
Tickets: € 12/6

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