We Want You To Watch, National Theatre ***

What on earth did I just see?!! This new piece at the Temporary Theatre couldn't be more different to the last piece; a subdue and subtle show on zero hours contracts. This production is far from subtle, dealing with pornography like a sledgehammer to the face. It is safe to say that RashDash artistic directors and performers Helen Goalen and Abbie Greenland are pretty anti porn. They convey this message pretty strongly through a series of sketches featuring the pair and one of the ensemble cast in situations ranging from tying up the queen to shooting a teenager. Some parts are pretty abstract whilst others are more direct. It is certainly different, even if it isn't too much else. The most thought provoking moment in it comes at the beginning and the rest is made up almost entirely of sequences milked for every last drop of meaning or laughs, whatever the audience wants to take it as. It also features cans of "Value Sex" which is brought on at certain points which I think is supposed to mean something but can't quite work out what. The general gist is sex is good, porn is bad. If you want to hear that message told with loud music, a dancing queen and exhausting dance, this is the play for you. If not, you could find yourself in for a very tiring and confusing evening.