"I always write about things that worry me and that I am experiencing," says playwright and director Marta Buchaca (1979) to talk about her latest play, A Slap in Time. Practically a year after Kramig, Buchaca returns to the billboard with a new comedy that points to different educational models and the clash between the ways of the 80s and 90s and the present day. "The war I'm having right now at home is with my children and against my parents. In my time, parents did things and we followed them, now it's the complete opposite," reflects Buchaca. From this contrast, the creator has made the heart of the show, which stars Ramon Madaula and Montse Guallar and premieres this Tuesday at La Villarroel, where it can be seen until May 17.

When Ramon Madaula met Silvia Munt in the early 90s, she was a well-known actress and he was a budding actor. "She was a star, she had recently premiered The Diamond Square"He explains. It was in that context that a theater director summoned them both to a café to propose that they star in his play. It was the first time they had met in person. "Neither of us was entirely convinced by the project, and we exchanged home phone numbers to continue talking. That same afternoon, we called each other and confirmed that we didn't want to do it. We didn't work together, but it was the beginning of a relationship that has lasted thirty years."

Ramon Madaula writes comedies about what he sees – and he is a great observer – and what surrounds him. In his works there is always something of himself and, in the case ofThe bonds, from his own history. If to the above, Loop (which was seen at the Flyhard Room last season and will be revived in Texas), touched on the sentimental confrontation between an artist father – a sculptor – and a daughter who had flown out of the nest, in The bonds looks back on his childhood. As a child, Madaula from Sabadell frequented the La Farándula theater in Sabadell to see Folch and Torres' Pastorets, and his sympathies ran more toward the good Satan than the not-so-good Archangel Gabriel. From those memories comes a comedy that is also a sincere tribute to amateur theater and will surely become one of the season's greatest achievements.

Ramon Madaula (Sabadell, 1962) and Jordi Boixaderas (Sabadell, 1959) share a hometown, a profession, and a generation. Performers with a very long career, their work has brought them together on several occasions, such as in the Catalan version ofA wild god (2010) or in the very popular TV3 series Ventdelplà (2005). This autumn, for the first time, they will go up together and alone on the stage of the Teatre Poliorama to perform The bonds, a comedy written by Madaula—who has been developing his playwriting skills over the last decade—and directed by Paco Mir. The show contrasts two friends, their good and bad behaviors, in a peculiar setting: the performance of the village Pastorets. The bonds It premieres on September 10th and arrives after a successful run in dozens of theaters throughout Catalonia.

For some time now, the playwright and actor Ramon Madaula (Sabadell, 1962) dedicates part of his free time to re-encountering classics of Catalan literature. A few months ago he delved into The stab, Marian Vayreda's masterpiece, and it stirred emotions he hadn't expected. "I was deeply moved by how well this novel was written. What beautiful Catalan it is! I ended up crying," Madaula exclaimed.

It has happened, it is happening and it will continue to happen. It is a loop, a loop. The loop of the relationship between parents and children when they have passed, or almost passed, adolescence and make decisions about their lives and work without following parental instructions or being influenced by their parents' opinions or reflections beyond the love that binds them. A particularly important and probably conflictive situation when, finally, they decide to leave the nest and fly on their own. And this is what the prolific author rightly raises. Ramon Madaula in its new proposal, much superior to the previous two (Buffalo Bill in Barcelona and Conquistadors). Loop It is a work full of humanity, intimate and universal, which, without being autobiographical as the author claims, has points of contact with his experience as a father.

In the mornings, Ramon Madaula (Sabadell, 1962) finds inspiration; every day, for the past ten years, he has dedicated a few hours to writing about what worries him. The actor—well known for his performances in theater, film, and television—made his playwriting debut in 2015 with the political comedy The electedSince then, he has turned that hobby into another branch of his professional career. Madaula is the author of shows such as The Brugarols (2020), Buffalo Bill in Barcelona (2021) and The Buonapartes (2023). Loop, a small-format proposal that dissects the relationship between a father and an adult daughter that won the On el Teatre Batega competition, a tool for independent theaters to find theatrical texts and bring them to the stage. Loop It will be performed at the Sala Flyhard in Barcelona from May 28 to July 25 with Madaula himself in the role of the father and Júlia Genís in that of the daughter.