The Teatre del Mar hosts the Teatre dels Invisibles company this coming Saturday, November 22nd and Sunday, November 23rd, presenting Mechanical restraintA play that denounces psychiatric violence. Directed by Zaida Alonso. Mechanical restraint It gathers real testimonies from people in psychiatric care who have suffered violations of their rights during their hospital stays, and focuses on a practice that, even today, remains common: mechanical restraint. That is, tying people down in beds using straps. At the Teatro del Mar, two women from Mallorca will take to the stage thanks to the Obertament Balears program of 3 Salut Mental, to share their firsthand experiences with this practice, which was classified as torture by the UN in 2013. The piece, which blends performative and testimonial elements, aims to serve as a platform to denounce this practice. "We want to make the invisible visible by showing a reality unknown to most: that of people in psychiatric care who have suffered some kind of mistreatment during their hospital stays and have wanted to share their truth with us. A truth that we bring to the stage using a convergence of artistic practices (theater, poetry, sound art, etc.) inspired by the collected testimonies and the contributions of the people involved," Alonso adds.