Homo sapiens, once an insignificant creature in a forgotten corner of Africa, has risen to dominate the planet, only to become the greatest threat to its own ecosystem. Wow, a 50-minute English-language production by Slovakia’s Debris Theatre Company, staged at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK), on Thursday, confronts this unsettling truth with striking physicality and visual power. Forests fall, rivers are dammed, wetlands drained, and cities rise, all in the name of progress. Nature suffers silently, animal species disappear, and humanity, armed with immense power, appears clueless about how to use it responsibly. Concepts like equality, progress, and freedom begin to feel fragile, even hollow, in a world driven by markets and spectacle.