The Royal Court Theatre announced the full cast and creative team for the World Premiere production of Are You Watching? by Georgie Dettmer. Georgie will be making her professional playwriting debut with this world premiere.
Intertwining our consumption of, and attitudes towards, porn with the emergence of deepfakes and increasing violence against women, Are You Watching? follows a journalist wired to a machine and a mother whose grief is sold for clicks. Are You Watching? asks audiences to consider when the lines blur between entertainment and abuse; asking who is complicit and who is, ultimately, in control.
Georgie Dettmer says: “Are You Watching? originated from my own experience of witnessing horrors online and the grimy interplay between consumption and complicity. The play calls upon us, our bodies together in the room, to bear witness – with no screens in sight! I look forward to welcoming audiences in May.”
Director ess Edwards says: “It’s so exciting to be directing Are You Watching?, a show that asks us to look directly at where we invest our attention. Georgie has managed to bring together the darkest of human nature with catharsis and wit – inviting us to confront what makes us keep on watching, unable to tear our eyes away.”
The production runs at the Royal Court from Friday 29 May to Saturday 4 July 2026.
