World politics has become a game with ever-increasing stakes.
International relations are under extreme tension, impulsive leaders are driven by an insatiable hunger for power and capital, while wielding threats as weapons.
Panama Pictures seeks an answer to the question Is there still hope in the world? in Don't despair, a performance in which we examine the behavior of those in power, expose the consequences of 'divide and conquer' but also shed light on glimmers of hope through collaboration and shared fate.
In Don't despair you as a spectator are drawn into a breathtaking adventure - high in the air -, that turns every perspective on its head. On an ingenious suspended set, a labyrinth of planks, platforms and ropes, the performers are forced to stay constantly alert. One wrong step and everything collapses, one deliberately loosened rope and they fall. In this treacherous environment, which divides and grants power to those who seize it, they are forced to choose: do they go for personal gain, alone to the top? Or do they make a pact with the other, forge a peaceful alliance?
