Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

Between 1982 and 1992, over one hundred hostages were kidnapped in Lebanon. Most were Americans or Western Europeans, and at least eight died or were murdered whilst in captivity. Irish dramatist Frank McGuiness’s play, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, which premiered at London’s Hampstead Theatre in 1992, follows three of these...

For the final production of this semester, Nottingham New Theatre are presenting Frank McGuinness’ Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me. Impact Arts spoke to director Will Berrington and production assistant Becca David about insanity, hostages and survival, to get their perspective of putting on such a challenging play. Can you tell us what the play...