[2] We Want You to Watch was commissioned by The National Theatre and supported using public funding from the Arts Council England.
[7] The production was directed by Caroline Steinbeis[8][9] and starred Goalen and Greenland as Pig and Sissy.
[10][11] The production also featured Bettrys Jones, Helena Lymbery, Lloyd Everitt, and Adam Charteris.
[13] That same year, the University of Greenwich's Bathway Theatre Company performed We Want You to Watch at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
[14] Reviewing the 2015 National Theatre's production, The Guardian's Michael Billington and The Independent's Paul Taylor both sympathised with the play's intentions, but felt that its uncompromising approach did not allow for a more nuanced critique of pornography.