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ARE YOU WATCHING?

Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

May 29th to July 4th 2026

★★★★★ (A Youngish Perspective)

★★★★ (The Guardian)

★★★★ (WhatsOnStage)

★★★★ (The Stage)

★★★★(Time Out)

★★★★ (Financial Times)

★★★★ (The Arts Desk)

★★★★ (London Theatre)

★★★★ (Broadway World)

Porn. Deepfakes. Disappearing girls. A journalist wired to a machine. A mother’s grief sold for clicks.

As the lines blur between entertainment and abuse, technology and sex, violence and voyeurism - who’s complicit and who is in control? And are you watching?

Georgie Dettmer makes her professional playwriting debut with this world premiere. Directed by Jess Edwards (Conversations After Sex). 

★★★★ ‘Unflinching... admirably unafraid... Georgie Dettmer’s reckoning with internet culture is brutally realised by director Jess Edwards’ - The Guardian

'Dettmer speaks – in her fierce, tightly crafted dialogue – for the next generation of female voices who are trying to make sense of this grave new world. ' - The Observer

★★★★ ‘a highly impressive professional debut, tackling burning issues with snap, wit and rage’ - Financial Times

★★★★ Dettmer displays an unerring ear for dialogue and a fierce, bold imagination… it may turn out to be one of the most important plays of 2026' - WhatsOnStage

★★★★ ‘Powerfully uncomfortable debut play about violence, voyeurism and desire in the internet age… As disturbing an hour of theatre as you’ll see on the London stage.’ – Time Out

★★★★ 'smartly written, with raw truthfulness, humorous flashes and distant echoes of the plays of Caryl Churchill, Martin Crimp and Mark Ravenhill' - The Arts Desk

★★★★ ‘an ambitious and unsettling piece that demands reflection, even if what you find in the mirror is not something you want to see.’ – Everything Theatre

★★★★  ‘Disturbing, provocative and formally assured, this is an impressive debut from a playwright with a distinctive voice and a production that lingers long after its final image.’ –  Theatre and Tonic

★★★★★ 'Dettmer’s professional playwriting debut arrives at the Royal Court with the assurance of a writer several plays further into her career." A Young-ish Perspective