After the successes achieved with the two installments of Escape Room and with the scripts written for Joan Pera (El pare de la núvia and Júnior), the playwright Joel Joan ratifies his devotion to entertainment comedy. He does so within the parameters expressed a few days ago by Eugenio Barba at the opening act of the Institut del Teatre's academic year, where he stated that the mission of theater is to entertain (something quite different from what Ingmar Bergman maintained at the beginning of Fanny and Alexander, when, over the face of the child looking at the puppet theater, we read: "Not just to entertain"). Barba, founder and soul of the Odin Teatret, recalled that modern theater is born when a company puts tickets for a show on sale, and said: "First one must live, because otherwise there is no theater or art."

Joel Juan was crying. He was crying as he said hello. Tears brought on, we don't know, by Sonia's final monologue about boundless resilience and faith in the afterlife, or by the emotional release he felt after an hour and a half journey with the eight characters of Uncle Vanya by Chekhov.

It was after seeing The madman and the shirt, the flagship work of Nelson Valente (Buenos Aires, 1971), that T de Teatre decided to sign the Argentine playwright and director for their next show. "We saw that play and went crazy. We all shared the feeling that he was a director who could take us out of our comfort zones, put us in a cocktail shaker, and shake us up," explains actress Mamen Duch. "That text has brilliant dialogue that captivated us. Nelson's plays are ensemble pieces, but they touch on relatable themes; people can identify with them, and they have a humor that can be uncomfortable," adds Àgata Roca. In recent years, Valente's appearances on the Catalan stage have become increasingly frequent. Last season he premiered Amnesia at the Teatre Nacional and, in 2020, also worked with a Catalan company in The dogs...among other productions. That's why it made perfect sense that Valente's response to T de Teatre's request was affirmative.