At present, there are parts of the planet that are ‘heating up’ — due to global warming, the expansion of desert areas, the struggle for water, the proliferation of radicalism, and the fight for survival. Paradoxically, flooding and a lack of control over water resources are also causing the deaths and displacement of entire populations. #Não somos cactos# addresses the growing scarcity of drinking water on the planet and the new migration flows associated with it, a reality that promises to shake up current conceptions of Humanism and Humanity. It presents a virtually wordless piece of fiction, in which water takes centre stage as a provocative force: it can quench our thirst, but it can also be the cause of our drowning. — Teatro de Marionetas do Porto & Joana Magalhães