MUMMY, DADDY & OTHER ISSUES

The search for one’s identity and a sense of belonging is far more complex than this one-and-a-half-hour piece about a Catalan actress pursuing her dream in Berlin (a very unique story, we know). In »Mummy, Daddy & Other Issues«, this attempt is condensed into just 80 minutes – admittedly with uncertain success, but at least with plenty of humor. In this autofictional theatre piece, we encounter @thereal_nuriafrias, oscillating between self-irony and the longing to finally arrive. She talks about her parents, ex-partners, cultural misunderstandings, and one crucial realization: anyone who doesn’t have issues with their mother will get them sooner or later with German bureaucracy.

»Mummy, Daddy & Other Issues« is a satirical and personal comedy about growing up between cultures, expectations and one’s own inner monsters. And about why home sometimes feels like a safe place and sometimes like a cold citizen’s registration office. An evening about chaos, belonging and the question: Do we actually have to have everything under control all the time?

The day I got off the plane coincided with the coldest week of the year: -14 degrees in the German capital. "Everything will be fine," I promised myself. I didn't mean the cold, though. I arrived in an unfurnished room with socialist-style windows facing the room that would be my source of vitamin D for the next 8 months. Facing north, though. Oops. The "Everything will be fine" mantra lasted for a while until... Well, "issues".


Neue Bühne Friedrichshain (Berlin) // Ballhaus Ost (Berlin)

June 2024 // February 2026