Last year, one in four authors from the Catalan Association of Dramaturgy (ACD) did not receive payment for their work. And the situation has improved: in 2021, it was two out of four. To put an end to these situations, six authors' organizations have drawn up the Manual of good practices in the performing arts, a document that lays the foundations for contracting in this field and establishes the conditions under which work should be carried out. "Imagine that you have a job interview and they tell you that you can start the next day. You go home happy and explain it to your friends. But when they ask you how much you will be paid, you don't know how to answer. You haven't signed a contract. This irregular situation, which many professionals in other fields would not accept, is very common in culture, hundreds of associated authors.

The publication of the volume of short theatre collected in Intermission(s) (Comanegra) also gathered, this Monday night at the Ona bookstore, one dream team of contemporary Catalan dramaturgy. Perhaps because the space was relaxed, perhaps because the authors already have their bellies full, the meeting served to shoot with bullets against the main problems of a sector of artists that is not very visible but, on the other hand, very important culturally, and even economically.