The theater company 'La Ida' is raising money for a cancer research project at Parc Taulí
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The play 'Maggie & Maggy' will be performed at the Versus Teatre Barcelona from November 13 to December 7.
The theater company La Ida presents the play "Maggie & Maggy", from November 13 to December 7 at the Versus Teatre Barcelona, a comedy about the passage of time, life expectations and the attempt to be yourself . At the end of the performances, the audience will be able to purchase a 'solidarity cactus' at a price of € 3, for the benefit of the oncology research project 'Comparative study of two intervention programs to reduce emotional distress in cancer patients' .
The research study aims to improve the physical and emotional well-being of cancer patients
This study, of which a pilot test with good results has already been carried out, aims to improve the physical and emotional well-being of cancer patients, through personalized care using relaxation and meditation techniques that have shown an effect. of improvement in aspects such as depression, anxiety, a sense of control, stress and, ultimately, an improvement in the quality of life of patients.
The professionals who carry out this project, within the framework of the Institut Oncològic del Vallès (IOV), are doctors Miquel Àngel Seguí, Esther Jovell Fernández, Esther Pousa and the psychooncologist Concha León.
The proceeds from the sale of the 'solidarity cacti' will go to the continuity of this project. On Sunday, November 16, after the performance at 18 pm, there will be a colloquium in which the director of the Oncology Service of the Hospital de Sabadell, Eugeni Saigí, as well as representatives of associations of patients. One of the people who has led this solidarity initiative is a patient of Dr. Saigí.
Argument of 'Maggie & Maggy'
90s. Maggie Mulroney, a successful novelist, is in the middle of a promotional tour of her latest work in Boston, her hometown, when she receives a call from her ex-boyfriend, Jim, to go to dinner with him and his cancer-stricken wife Maggy. The reunion of the three characters after twenty years shakes their present and returns a tragicomic reflection of their lives.
The protagonists are two women; one who is in the midst of a successful career and has her personal life abandoned and the other who is going through cancer and has spent some time learning to live from a new point of view. Thus, one of the main themes of the play is cancer and how the disease is lived from different points of view. Everything, on the other hand, is treated without drama or heroism but in a clear and direct way and with a lot of hope and a sense of humor.
The play was premiered at the Raval Theater and awarded at the 2011 Barcelona Theater Festival.
For more information on the work:
Reservations: 93 603 51 52 / taquilla@versusteatre.com
Price: € 20. Discounts for groups from 10 people: € 10
Discounts with the cancer association card.
You can also get discounts by booking at cialaida@gmail.com, from € 12
Report by Maggie & Maggy on BTV: http://youtu.be/_I9FRUbqHCE
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