Tasos Kostis and his wife Marianna, from the beginning of their relationship, were never divorced. They were always together making a beautiful and loving family having a son. When she passed away in March from the cancer he had previously dealt with, the loss was a huge burden.

And as he himself said to Panagiotis Vazaios in Sozi that is being released, it was a reason for him to leave Greece to change shows and be forgotten.

-Where do I meet you this time? Tell me about your new business plans

“You find me in Cyprus! After the death of my wife I made the decision to leave Greece for a while. I got an offer here that excited me so I left. Together with Lori Loizidis, we go back in time and stage the most popular and commercial comedy of Greek cinema, “Bakalogato”.

I should mention that the actors Loris Loizidis, Christos Grigoriadis, Michalis Sofokleous, Yiannis Kokkinos, Maria Mastridou, Maria Papakosta, Savvina Georgiou, Konstantinos Sokratous and Konstantinos Tsitsios and myself take part in the show. The direction and adaptation of texts will bear the stamp of Lori! It will premiere next December at the municipal theater of Latsion, while in the new year we will tour all over free Cyprus”.

-Did you leave Greece to deal with the death of your wife?

“The truth is this. I wanted to leave to change shows. When I was at home, everywhere I looked reminded me of my wife. Everything around me was her. So I made the decision to go to Cyprus also for psychological reasons. I forced myself to do it to forget. After the death of my wife, the house was empty. I was by my wife’s side 24 hours a day, until the end.”

-You are in an adaptation phase now…

“Yes exactly that. I’m trying to go further. While for the last three years we have been doing very well, the last six months have seen ups and downs. He began a descent into death, and it disturbed me greatly. We were together 45 years. I live even now the love of my wife, she was everything to me. He stood beside me, not behind me, and supported me.”

– Did you manage to tell her what you wanted?

“You never get to say what you want to say. Because you never know when the end is coming and it’s very soul-destroying to say goodbye in those cases.”

–Is your son close to you, does he support you?

“Of course, my child is always by my side. We keep talking on the phone morning, noon, night. What he is telling me is to do things for myself that will please me. Not to shut down and move on with my life. I fight it as much as I can. I keep the good memories, I get emotional every day… But there is no other choice. Otherwise I would have to go with her and finish. This is not a solution in any case”!

-Did you need the help of a psychologist?

“I don’t let myself get me down. I have the theater which is the best psychotherapy for me. I also let my emotion run free, break out and then get back on my feet. The first year is the most difficult.”

-You also had a similar problem with your health, are you fine now?

“I’m fine now! In the cancer disease we had 50% success in our house. My cancer was in the bowel and was more easily treatable. My wife’s was in the lung which was a much more difficult case. By the time you discover him, it’s too late!”