Boja

What really goes on inside a psychiatrist's consulting room?

BOJA is a comedy and stand-up show created and performed by Mariona Esplugues. In her own voice, the performer recounts what she has lived through over sixteen years of visits to different psychiatric consultations. The show revolves around a question that Mariona has been asking herself for years: what is happening to me? The answers she finds, according to the proposal's premise, are as unprecedented as they are funny.

The production is an inquiry into one's own identity and into the meaning of life when it seems that nothing has any. It is performed in Catalan and Spanish, and includes songs sung in English. The staging is directed by Andrea Castellanos, who also designs the set and costumes together with the performer. The lighting is by Ona Grau.

The show takes place at La Villarroel, a Barcelona venue that hosts shows. Given its subject matter, it is aimed at anyone seeking a humorous look at mental health and the diagnostic process seen from the inside.