El Boti

A comedy by Joe Orton directed by Miquel Gorriz at the Teatre Romea in Barcelona. A bank robbery, a coffin used as a hiding place and a scathing look at morality, religion and corruption.

El botí, by Joe Orton, begins after the death of Mrs McLeavy. Hal, the dead woman's son, and his friend Dennis, who are responsible for a bank robbery, hide the money in the coffin; to do so, they take the body out and store it in a wardrobe, and from then on the misunderstandings multiply until they become ever more absurd.

Around them move Mr McLeavy, a man of simple faith and very religious; Nurse Fay, a widow preoccupied with money; and Inspector Truscott, a corrupt officer who pursues both the robbery and the strange circumstances of the death. The cast includes Pere Arquillué, Albert Pérez, Maria Ribera, Joan Esteve, Marc Tarrida Aribau and Roberto G. Alonso.

The production is directed by Miquel Gorriz, with set design by Max Glaenzel, costumes by Adriana Parra and lighting by Toni Ubach. The team also includes Anna Rius in production, Marta Margarit as executive producer, Ferran Carvajal on movement, Paula González Infante as assistant set designer, Montse Tixé as stage manager, Albert Ventura on set construction, and Sergio Lobaco and Isard Dané on the technical team. It is a co-production of Mola Produccions and Teatre Romea. With unsparing humour, Orton puts the double standards of faith, family ties and public authority in the pillory.