"Hilària is a festival that can only be held in Catalonia and with Catalans in mind," states its director, Oriol de Balanzó. It has been ten years since Cruïlla began a comedy cycle infiltrated into its musical programming, and it has been two years since the comedians have been walking on their own, under the umbrella of Hilària. This year, nine shows will be offered with more than thirty guest artists who –due to the closing of El Molino– are distributed across various spaces in the city. Observing the lineup, there is no doubt that it is designed by and for Catalans: they have set up a duel of comedians titled Barcelona vs. Regions, they will hold a roast of El Foraster, and they will offer a late night show hosted by Joel Díaz with a single guest, who will be Lluís Gavaldà. Thus, we finally have a self-centered comedy scene. But what does that mean? What makes us Catalans laugh?

He Hilaria festival It remains firm in its founding principles of programming comedy in Catalan and even reveals to us that Our favorite comedians also speak CatalanLast year it was Yunez Chaib, and this year it is Asaari Bibang (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 1985) from Hospitale who will offer Just one night, a 100% Catalan improvisation show this Thursday at El Molino.

Dani de la Orden, the director of House on fire, will be the victim of a roastIn this case, the embers will be put on by the Hilària comedy festival (formerly Cruïlla Comèdia), which has invited a group of friends to criticize the director from the stage, a type of show that in the comedy world is known as a roastThe flames will be lit by comedians Andrés Fajngold, Indicativo and Xavi Daura, scriptwriters Dani Amor and Oriol Pérez, and even his partner, actress Paula Malia, along with Manel Vidal as presenter.