Keep Watching

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28 March 2019 · Follow on Stagedoor

“It has been a brilliant start to the year at the New Diorama and there are good reasons to think that theatre collective Engineer, who produced ‘The Gap in the Light’ and ‘Run’, will serve up something special in this new show about how easily we give away our privacy. Like all of us, Kat blithely ticks the boxes saying she has read the terms and conditions and accepts cookies, but she’s safe, right? Or maybe someone is watching? A devised show inspired by conversations with surveillance professionals.”

Overview

She knows about most of it. She ticked the box to say she’d read the terms and conditions. She accepted the cookies. She even opted in to receive occasional emails.

But someone else is watching too. Someone who knows her better than she knows herself.

Based on first-hand accounts from experts in the field of surveillance Keep Watching is a cinematic thriller about watching and being watched from award winning theatre collective Engineer.

Engineer’s previous show The Gap in the Light was shortlisted for BEST ENSEMBLE at the OffWestEnd Awards 2017. Run was nominated for BEST DIRECTOR and BEST ENSEMBLE at the OffWestEnd Awards 2016.

Critic reviews

It’s not often that one gets the chance to see a production which is so sincere and powerful in every aspect that one could suggest it’s relatable to everyone – but this is definitely one of those instances

⋅ The Upcoming

Jesse Fox’s play attempts to explore the dangers of tech, but misses the dread and drama

⋅ The Guardian

Smart, creepy and unexpected drama about our lives under surveillance culture

⋅ Time Out

Ambitious if unfocused exploration of our contemporary culture of surveillance

⋅ The Stage