There are works that approach horror with a Brechtian-rooted distancing that, without influencing emotional empathy, strike deep inside and reveal the most terrible aspects of the human condition. How I learned to drive She is one of them.

American playwright Paula Vogel (Providence, Rhode Island, 1951) arrived at the Sala Beckett this Tuesday with pizza for everyone. "Artists need to eat. For a long time, I was a starving playwright and lived below the poverty line. To create well, you need a full stomach," Vogel states. An established author deeply committed to exposing the cracks in society, the artist is visiting Barcelona for the premiere of one of her most poignant and celebrated works. How I learned to driveIn the Catalan version, the show is directed by Marilia Samper and stars Ivan Benet and Mireia Aixalà. It will run from January 28th to March 1st.