Theatrical play Cocktail of Pills

“Cocktail of Pills”
Another performance of “Cóctel de Pastillas” will take place; this theatrical proposal is a collective creation of stories experienced by the cast members themselves regarding situations of institutional and psychiatric violence. In this case, the dynamic will not be that of a conventional play; it proposes a Forum Theatre experience, a technique emblematic of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, who proposed this type of theater as an important tool for social change and in which the spectator is involved, making them a participant in a dramatic action regarding the oppressed-oppressor relationship. After the show, a debate will be opened, attempting to reflect and seeking different alternatives to the acted situation of oppression.
The name of the show arises from a text published in the book “Cinco años. Revuelo en el Altillo”; we will attempt to question the view of psychiatry as an all-powerful discourse in mental health. We believe that medication is fundamental in a treatment, but not the only thing; there are also other types of therapies or alternatives that are within our reach and reinforce every cure, other types of pills—those pills are letters, music, theater, art. In this case, we will attempt to say that we are not things that only need to be medicated, we are beings who feel, who speak, and who want to say something.
This scenic proposal is the result of the work we have been carrying out since last year in the Theater Workshop with Therapeutic Approach, which is developed at the Directorate of Preventive Management and Promotion of Dr. Bernardita Zaliszñak, thus transforming pain into an act of artistic creation and using humor as a liberating tool. The performance will take place at La Cigarrera, Bvd. San Lorenzo Este 206.

Ticket price: advance $80.00, at the door $100.00
Discount for retirees and students.