Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theatre criticism: changing landscapes / Duška Radosavljević -- Part I. Contexts and histories of theatre criticism. Style versus substance: American theatre criticism since 1945 / George Hunka -- The problem of reliability: theatre criticism in Latvia / Valda Čakare -- From the uncritical certainties of modernism to the critical uncertainties of postmodernism: reviewing theatre in Greece / Savas Patsalidis -- Russian theatre criticism: in search of contemporary relevance / Kristina Matvienko -- How to get your hands dirty: old and new models of 'militant' theatre criticism in Italy / Margherita Laera -- What German theatre critics think and what their readers expect: an empirical analysis of misunderstandings / Vasco Boenisch -- A brief history of online theatre criticism in England / Andrew Haydon -- Part II. Critics' voices. Do they mean me?: a survey of fictional theatre critics / Mark Fisher -- Between journalism and art: the location of criticism in the twenty-first century / Mark Brown -- Code-switching and constellations: on feminist theatre criticism / Jill Dolan -- The critic as insider: shifting UK critical practice towards 'embedded' relationships and the routes this opens up towards dialogue and dramaturgy / Maddy Costa -- Part III. Changing forms and functions of criticism. Criticism as a political event / Diana Damian Martin -- Conversation and criticism: audiences and unfinished critical thinking / Matthew Reason -- Crowdsourcing the review and the record: a collaborative approach to theatre criticism and archiving in the digital age / Michelle MacArthur -- Articism (Art + Criticism) and the live birds of passionate response / Nataša Govedić -- Performative criticism and creative critical writing / William McEvoy -- Part IV. Samples of critical practice. How to think like a theatre critic / Alison Croggon -- NOTA / Open Dialogues -- Huff / Alice Saville -- Teh Internet is a serious business / Megan Vaughan.

The world of theatre criticism is rapidly changing in its form, function and modes of operation in the twenty-first century. The dominance of the internet has led to a growing trend of selfappointed theatre critics and bloggers who are changing the focus and purpose of the discussion around live performance. Even though the blogosphere has garnered suspicion and hostility from some mainstream newspaper critics, it has also provided significant intellectual and ideological challenges to the increasingly conservative profile of the professional critic. This book features 16 commissioned contributions from scholars, arts journalists and bloggers, as well as a small selection of innovative critical practice. Authors from Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Russia, the UK and the US share their perspectives on relevant historical, theoretical and political contexts influencing the development of the discipline, as well as specific aspects of the contemporary practices and genres of theatre criticism. The book features an introductory essay by its editor, Duska Radosavljevic.

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