Kidnapped

Kidnapped – Frames of a Contemporary Landscape interrogates a shared political hallucination — meticulously shaped by neoliberal logic, colonial legacies, and a capitalist realism that insists “there is no alternative.” The piece uses the metaphor of kidnapping to expose how our cultural, political, and personal choices are confined by market imperatives and identity struggles that rarely disrupt existing power structures.

In the performance, two characters — Terror and Compassion — treat (and threaten) the audience as “kidnapped children,” shifting from a childlike theatre format to sinister political revelations through a spiral-shaped dramaturgy that disrupts linear time. By channelling historical “guests/ghosts” — from political figures like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to icons such as Michael Jackson and Pier Paolo Pasolini — the piece unearths the roots of our systemic captivity while inviting the audience to reclaim its agency.

Ultimately, Kidnapped transforms abstract political despair into a visceral, collective call to reflect, resist, and confront the forces that hold us captive.