Helena Tornero's splendid theatrical play about love

As Woody Allen would say, I don't know why they call it romantic love when they mean uncontrollable passion. Like Romeo and Juliet, both inoculated by the need to consummate an untamed attraction. Like that of the unpleasant Polish ticket collector who travels to Barcelona in search of a charming passenger who kissed him. But is he sure he kissed her on the mouth? Or is that sentimental expression just one of the many ideas piling up on a writer's desk?

The protagonist of this show wants to write the love story she promised her mother. Her mother died a few years ago, but she is very much present, body and soul, in her daughter's life. It seems that Helena Tornero's mother I had once asked him to dedicate a love story to himFinally, she has it. Tornero has written an entertaining and fun comedy that imagines what that love story could be like. She does so by contrasting her daughter's critical attitude toward romantic love with that of a mother who wants a traditional fairy tale of princes and princesses.

You promised me a love story It is a splendid theatrical play that plays with the possibilities of what could happen and in which form shamelessly prevails over the plot, traveling toward a successful climactic ending that explodes with applause from the audience. A metatheatrical text that offers the live construction of a play. caloric Israel Solá He understood the playing field. His direction guides the performance with rhythm, ease, and a good dose of humor in a functional and surprising stage space (Adrià Pinar). Five good performers deliver the comedy. Among them, I would highlight the empathetic charm and good diction of Sandra Pujol and the seasoned character of Teresa Vallicrosa. The performance has a future, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it in a commercial theater like the Borràs.