Boja

Boja is a theatre monologue that has won the 23rd BBVA Theatre Award and the prize for best performance.

Boja is a monologue written and performed by Mariona Esplugues, based on her experience of sixteen years attending psychiatric consultations. The artistic direction is by Esplugues herself and the stage direction by Andrea Castellanos. The piece combines humour, irony and sensitivity to raise a reflection on mental health, identity and the need to understand oneself when the future is uncertain.

On stage, Esplugues is the sole performer and carries the story alone. The work has been recognised with the 23rd BBVA Theatre Award and the award for best performance, a detail that places the production within contemporary Catalan stage creation.

The show is presented at L'Atlàntida, Centre d'Arts Escèniques d'Osona, in Vic. After the performance, a conversation facilitated by Víctor Carreras, of the Taula Jove, and Marc Sabater, of the collective Recomana, is planned, conceived as a continuation of the dialogue the play opens on psychological suffering and how to face it.