Lo cuento o no lo cuento

Forum theatre on mental health among adolescents, born from an artistic mediation workshop at the Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús in Madrid. The audience contributes testimonies and points of view during the performance.

Lucía Miranda, founder of Cross Border, presents this show, which grows out of work carried out with young people, families and healthcare professionals in the artistic mediation workshop at the Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús in Madrid. The proposal places mental health at its centre, an issue particularly present among adolescents.

Following her previous outing at La Abadía with Caperucita en Manhattan, Miranda returns to the José Luis Alonso hall with a collective dramaturgy built from the experiences of the participants. Rather than a closed story, the show poses questions and opens a dialogue between those on stage and those in the stalls.

The audience plays an active part in the performance: their testimonies and opinions come into play to generate a shared conversation. The origin lies in Yo Cuento, the hospital's mediation project, where a teenager, identified as M, explained that he was undergoing treatment for anxiety. Another participant, V, recognised herself in that account and recalled what her brother had gone through. The underlying idea is that mental health is not an issue exclusive to those who pass through a hospital.