Les coses excepcionals

Comedy in Catalan starring Miki Esparbé and directed by Pau Roca, about a boy who, with his mother in hospital, starts writing a list of the things that make life worth living.

Based on the text by Duncan Macmillan, this Catalan version, translated by Adriana Nadal, follows a six-year-old boy whose mother is in hospital and whose father says he has done something stupid. To cope with it, the protagonist starts noting down the exceptional things in the world: ice cream, water fights, the colour yellow or roller coasters.

The show, which has been performed in more than 80 countries and previously filled theatres in London's West End and on Broadway, stars Miki Esparbé and is directed by Pau Roca, while production is handled by Sixto Paz Produccions. The list grows throughout the performance and takes on a weight of its own, with small everyday details gaining in significance.

It is billed as a comedy that makes people laugh and moves them at the same time, about what we are willing to do for the people we love. At the Teatre Borràs there are seats placed on top of the stage for those who want to follow the performance very closely, and the production is offered in the Catalan language.