When Toni Acosta's (La Laguna, 1972) children started spending nights away from home, the actress felt a deep sense of emptiness she didn't know where it came from. "I have a very social job, I'm surrounded by people, I have many friends, and I spend my days attending many events. If my life is full of things, why do I feel this emptiness?" the performer often asked herself. Convinced that it was a shared feeling with other women, Acosta proposed to playwright and director Juan Carlos Rubio that he write a monologue for her. A Movie-Like Mother arrives this Thursday at the Teatre Romea, where it will be performed until June 14. The show has previously been in Madrid and toured the country with a good reception. "Many mothers identify with it and feel that we share an experience as a community," notes the actress.