Since its premiere 32 years ago “Teresina SA” had become a cult series in Catalonia, and now, finally this Tuesday, July 23, the thirteen episodes of the series that La Cubana produced together with Televisió de Catalunya arrive on NETFLIX.

For those who do not yet know this comedy, it is a portrait of manners, which shows a series of everyday situations that are very close and known to everyone. Teresinas, the main characters, are three single sisters from the Barcelona neighbourhood of Gràcia, who live with their brother Tomàs.

“Teresina, S.A.” is the name of the underground economy company they have set up at home, where they place orders for anything they are offered: stuffed animals, packing letters, gluing buttons, paper flowers, souvenirs, flags…

Almost all the neighbours on the stairs come to work or gossip on the Teresinas apartment. Each chapter is set in a month of the year in chronological order (starting in August and ending in August of the following year) and is titled after a traditional festival on the calendar, which is also related to the order they have received and are “producing.”.

We hope that all those who know the series will recommend it to their friends everywhere, since “Teresina S.A” can be seen on the Netflix platform also with Spanish subtitles.

 

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.

YOU CAN LISTEN IT HERE

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.

You can listen to it here: CHAPTER 6

The topic that Catalunya Ràdio proposes to you this week to talk about in the podcast is the Eurovision Song Contest. At the same time, this week they are preparing an order for 15,000 totebags for the firefighters’ race and they are very busy. The radio is very happy with them because the latest podcasts have been very successful and they have become real influencers, which will cause them many headaches and some problems.