Contra Todo Pronóstico - Bárbara Grandío

Bárbara Grandío takes to the stage to revisit, with autobiographical humour, a life that began against all expectations. A hybrid format between monologue and conversation with a different guest each night.

Bárbara Grandío was born in 1983 from an ectopic pregnancy, a beginning that gives its title to this stand-up proposal. Forty-three years later, the artist sets out to explore what has become of that first victory, through a story about being the different one, about the labels others attach to her, and about the distance between who she is, who she imagined she would be and who she is expected to be.

The show is presented as a postmonólogo: what comes after the monologue. Each night, Bárbara invites a different person to sit down with her, so the performance combines her solo voice with a conversation without a closed script. It is not a pure monologue, nor an interview or a podcast, and the result depends to a large extent on who accompanies the artist in each session.

The staging relies on humour and on Bárbara Grandío's personal take on her own contradictions. It is a proposal designed for those who enjoy autobiographical comedy and open conversations about identity and expectations, and it is staged at the Teatro Lara in Madrid.