Anna Agulló: “It is important to show that we are not alone”
After success at Atrium, The golden fish It arrives at the Teatre Lliure with a renewed and immersive proposal. The author and interpreter, Anna Agullóshares with us how this personal work on mental health has become a collective reflection. A story of vulnerability, healing and, above all, of love for life.
Anna Agulló. Image: Núria Gàmiz
Barcelona Theater: As you live the premiere ofThe golden fish At the Teatre Lliure, after success in the Atrium?
Anna Agulló: I am very grateful, but it also respects me. Superbé worked in the Atrium, and this generates nerves. But we are working hard to make it even better.
The success of the Atrium was incredible, especially thanks to the word of mouth. Did you expect people to connect so much with the work?
I didn’t expect it, but it was the goal: everyone could be reflected at some point. When people tell you that they have made them see things differently, it is already a success.
Is this personal and collective catharsis the origin of the work?
Yes, it was a personal healing process. Initially I was planning to make a documentary, but then I felt that I had to put my body on it. I wrote the text in ten days, and it all started to grow unexpectedly.
“The golden fish It is a love letter to life and inviting us to love and take care of us better. ”
I like this to “put the body on it.” It is a beautiful expression, but also very vulnerable.
Yes, I have always been quite open to what happened to me. For me, the important leap was to say “also in the workplace it will be known, and that it goes as I go.” Showing vulnerable doesn’t cost me so much. But the great challenge for me was to go on stage again. And when desire is greater than fear, when need is greater than fear, it is when you do things.
This kind of work helps to break taboos on mental health, but also risks to trivialize it.
Yes, it may be mainstream, but it is even better to talk about it than not. It is important to show that we are not alone, that what we live is part of a larger system.
How do you think society is managing the increasing visibility of mental health, especially at such a polarized moment?
Society tends to individualize problems, but it is a mistake. Disorders are not only personal issues, but the system plays an important role. The work also invites to network and not judge.
Has the work allowed you to forgive?
I have understood many things and have managed to understand, but there are links that are difficult to reconstruct.
In the Free there will be new features in the show?
Yes, we have renewed all the staging, from the wardrobe to the audiovisual, to make the most immersive experience. The idea is that the audience is part of the trip.
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