Mi madre y el dinero

Contemporary theatre piece in which Mexican actor and director Anacarsis Ramos reconstructs, together with his mother, Josefina Orlaineta, the story of a life shaped by work and scarcity between Mexico and Spain.

The piece starts from a family relationship to address broader social issues. Anacarsis Ramos and his mother, Josefina Orlaineta, appear as performers of a text born from their conversations and from a process of stage exploration supported by documentation.

Josefina's career spans six decades, from when she began working as a girl in Campeche, her home state, to her years in Spain and her return to Mexico with her husband. That journey serves as the narrative structure: the businesses the couple set up in Campeche eventually became meeting places for the residents of the neighbourhood.

The show examines work, inequality, precariousness and the social and economic changes in Campeche through that personal memory. Ramos is one of the founders of the company Pornotráfico, which explores new forms of stage creation using digital and analogue tools. The performance is presented at the Conde Duque, as part of the Festival de Otoño.