Premiered in May 2012 at the Platform Studio theatre, London and then as part of the Accidental Festival at the Roundhouse London in May 2013.

★★★★★

“BÉZNĂ Theatre…have produced a visceral, deeply satisfying and beguiling work." -

— viewsfromthegods.co.uk

For your pleasure, three prisoners will compete for respect and survival in an invasive and brutal environment where privacy is a distant memory and freedom is a myth. Examined closely by the sinister prison guard and by our hungry eyes, they will ultimately descend deeper and deeper into paranoid rage. The criminals’ idol will be executed in a month. How do you replace a god? Who will survive the fight? Deathwatch explores Jean Genet’s inverted religiosity and investigates the needs for saints in hostile worlds.