“L’amor venia amb taxi” is a musical “made in Cubana” and done “the Catalan way”

La Cubana will premiere a new musical on September 17 at the Teatre Romea in Barcelona.

This show wants to be a heartfelt tribute to amateur theatre in Catalonia, because it is only fair to recognize its importance within the country’s cultural environment. Most of us who work in this profession come from amateur theatre. To pay this tribute, we have chosen as our excuse a play that has been performed by the majority of amateur theatre groups in Catalonia: L’amor venia amb taxi, by Rafael Anglada.

However, as you already know, behind every La Cubana project, there is always something completely different. In this case, if we say we are doing “a musical,” it is because we truly are. But of course, it is a musical done “the Catalan way” and “our way”: with the signature ingredients of our company: humor, surprises, audience participation, and a deep affection for a special way of understanding theatre. When you come to see it, you’ll understand!

This tribute is being held at the Teatre Romea, not by chance, but because this venue has long been considered the temple of Catalan theatre. It has also been the epicenter of this industry: from Editorial Millà on Sant Pau Street, the Salvador brothers on Carretes Street, the Peris brothers on Junta de Comerç Street, to Damaret on La Rambla.

For La Cubana, returning to the Teatre Romea holds a very special meaning, as it was the first venue—after performing street theatre—where we staged our first indoor production: La Tempestad, in 1986. Moreover, this show allows us to celebrate our 45th anniversary as a theatre company.

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Editorial Boileau has published the scores of the “Cançó de les Teresines” to celebrate the success of the “teresina’s revival” that we started with the podcast “Les Teresines pim, pam, pum” for Catalunya Radio and the publication of the biography “Vida de Teresina”

Editorial Musical Boileau has published an album with the lyrics and scores of the popular “Cançó de les Teresines”, with the music and lyrics composed by Joan Vives. In other words, for all those people who want to “play and sing it” they have to buy the scores, published by this prestigious music publisher. “Cançó de les Teresines” is a very practical booklet, designed for music students, which apart from the lyrics, contains the scores for voice and piano, and also the instrumental score (piano) that comes with a QR code to be able to listen to the sung version and the instrumental.

It is an honor for La Cubana that these scores have been edited and we want to take the opportunity to thank our longtime musician, Joan Vives, who apart from the Teresines, since 1990 has composed the music from almost all our shows.

You can find this album with the scores on the Boileau Publishing website (www.boileau-music.com), at its headquarters at Carrer Provença 287 or in specialized stores.

 

Sant Jordi was a wonderful day… The Teresines put on comfortable clothes and wanted to be accompanied by three “dudes” who rolled them to signings at different points in Barcelona. Rosita and Paca didn’t want to miss out either; they also left Gràcia to meet all the series’ followers.

The day began with a visit to the stalls of Catalunya Radio and Rac1 set up in the center of Barcelona. Then they moved around different book stalls in Barcelona (FNAC, Ona Bookstore, Alibris Bookstore, Abacus Bookstore), and also to the special stall that La Cubana set up on the Rambla de les Flors in front of the Boqueria Market.

There were many moments of emotion for all those people who have enjoyed these characters and love them as if they were family.

Many thanks to everyone who made it possible! It was an unforgettable day!

 

The official presentation of «Vida de Teresina» (Life of Teresina) took place at the Ona Bookstore in Barcelona, attended by friends, colleagues, and people associated with the television series. The event concluded with a special performance by the Barcelona Gay Men’s Chorus directed by Master Joan Vives, who performed “La cançó de les Teresines” (The Song of the Teresinas)

Now that the book is available in all bookstores, we will begin a tour to present it.

This tour starts with the Berenar Literari (Literary Tea) organized annually by the Llibreria el Cucut de Torroella de Montgrí

We will also visit the following bookstores around the country:

The afternoon of Friday 12th of April – Llibreria Papereria Caselles in Lleida and you can purchase your book in here

The morning of Saturday 13th of April – Llibreria Galatea in Reus and you can purchase your book in  here

The afternoon of Saturday 13th of April – Llibreria Adsera in Tarragona and you can purchase your book in here

The afternoon of Friday 19th of April – Llibreria 22 in Girona and you can purchase your book in  here

The morning of Saturday 20th of April – La Gralla in Granollers and you can purchase your book in here

The afternoon of Saturday 20th of April – La Llar del Llibre in Sabadell and you can purchase your book in here

 

If any bookstore, library, or organization is interested in having us visit their town or city, they can contact us at 669 82 92 42 or premsa@lacubana.es

This is a book about the Teresines. But let no one think it’s a book about the TV series we all know, which aired on TV3 in 1992, becoming a phenomenon that has become part of the Catalan popular imagination.

“Vida de Teresina” (Life of a Teresina) is a detailed biography of the three sisters, which provides unknown information about the lives of these endearing characters. A fun book within the Rosa dels Vents collection published by Penguin Random House.

After doing the Teresines podcasts on Catalunya Radio, the publishing house proposed to us that, using the scripts we had used for the podcast, we should make a book to publish for Sant Jordi. We told them that was not a godd idea! We didn’t see the point of it!

But instead, we gave them another idea: we proposed to them a game: playing between reality and fiction, the publishing house could go directly to ask the Teresines with the petition of writing a book about their lives. Teresines, not feeling prepared to write their memoirs, also answered them “no”. So the publishing house, using their experience, insisted on offering them the possibility of hiring a “ghostwriter” to help them: a young writer, paid by them, who would be spending all day at their home and would jot down everything that came to their minds. They would only have to dictate while doing their things. Finally, they agreed, and amidst their daily lives, and between their famous orders, the Teresines began telling this scribe all about their “life and miracles” while he type down everything into his computer: they told  him about their birth, their childhood and youth adventures, their first friends, their first communion, adolescence; as well as their first boyfriends, their dreams, and even their romantic disappointments, and so on, and so forth.

After a very intense year, the book is finished and you can already find it at your trusted bookstore.

And of course, for Sant Jordi, the Teresines will be dedicating and signing copies at the Barcelona streets.

All the podcast episodes:

Prologue

Chapter 1: The podcast and the future of the radio

Chapter 2: Beyond the economy

Chapter 3: The madness of the cuisine

Chapter 4: Are the children only by storks?

Chapter 5: The climate change “Greta Operation”

Chapter 6: Likes, haters and influencers

Capítulo 7: Vacation at sea

Chapter 8: Sociales rites

Listen it here: Chapter 8

There are a number of social events in which everyone participates, whether for family reasons, social commitment or simply friendship. They are rites created many years ago that, although today everything has changed and evolved, we continue following the same marked script. We all know the role we have to play. Everything is theater: burials, baptisms, Christmas meals, communions, festivals, birthdays, weddings… Les Teresines have not been to a wedding for a long time. All her friends have been married for a long time. With a great surprise, they receive a wedding invitation from the sound technician of Catalunya Ràdio and are forced to make an appearance and do everything that this entails. Unfortunately, breaking news can upset the plans they had for the happy day.

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This week’s topic it is: “Why do we take vacations?” Do they serve to enjoy ourselves? Do they serve to rest? Are they useful for getting to know new places? Are they only used to boast? Are they just to say you have been there? Les Teresines are not great travellers. They are just doing day trips: to Andorra, to Montserrat, to the Patum de Berga,  to the Corpus of Sitges, to the calçotades in Valls, and sometimes, even, to the Pilar of Zaragoza and the Falles from Valencia On this particular occasion, however, and for a series of reasons and without stopping the pedidos work, Les Teresines decide to go on holiday abroad.