Ramon Madaula says that being a father is like playing seven and a half: you either go over or you go short. He most likely says this after many lost games (and just as many won), and that's why he wrote the play Loop, which is currently being performed at Espai Texas in Barcelona.

Ramon Pardina's (Barcelona, ​​1977) first play came about in the midst of a breakup. Perhaps that's why the writer and screenwriter began to explore what his life would have been like if he had chosen different paths in his love life. From that search, full of hypotheses, emerged UnpairedA romantic comedy directed by Roc Esquius and starring Esther López and Ricard Farré, which premieres this Thursday at Espai Texas. The show revolves around an ordinary couple approaching forty who are experiencing a downturn in their relationship after missing the opportunity to have children. "This is a turning point in a relationship, a crossroads. From there, they wonder what their lives would have been like if they had done things they didn't do," explains Pardina.

The novel Permagel (Club Editor, 2018) by Eva Baltasar It will be a play directed by Victoria Szpunberg and starring Maria Rodríguez Soto. This is the big bet of the season at Espai Texas, a show that Szpunberg herself will adapt with Albert Pijuan and that will premiere on April 8. "I'm very happy and very curious. I'm releasing the protagonist of Permagel, I want to see what things of his I still don't know and I will discover", Baltasar said during the presentation of the Texas season. Published in 2018, the novel became a literary phenomenon and won awards such as the Librero and the Ojo Crítico narrative prize.

For theatregoers, Marc Tarrida Aribau (Igualada, 1996) is one of the emerging actors who stands out in such interesting productions as Archimedes' principle, which returns this August 20 to the Texas Theater, or how it was The criminals at the National Theater, or what it will be like in December with the re-release of the heartbreaking comedy Look at these sons of bitches in El Maldá. For radio listeners, he's a regular contributor to La Ser, especially in the summer, where he's been co-hosting the midday program for four years. And for younger listeners, he's a content creator who has gained popularity with videos of him making jokes in towns, demonstrations, and festivals, "playing on the fine line between laughing with someone and at them without ridiculing them," he explains, citing Peyu and Joel Díaz as role models.

Playwright and director Marta Buchaca (Barcelona, ​​1979) explains that, over time, she has stopped believing in romantic love and has discovered real love. And she talks about that emotional journey. Kramig, a comedy about a couple who are about to become parents: Laia (actress Anna Moliner) and Toni (actor Biel Duran). She is a Disney fan; he is the opposite. It's a romantic love with the incisive irony that Buchaca has already displayed in other productions such as Rita (2019) and Lito (2012).