Megan Vaughan is a writer and researcher currently based in Colchester, Essex. She is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bloggers to have covered London theatre and her blog, Synonyms For Churlish, was active from 2008 until 2016. Now a PhD researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, she is completing a thesis on amateur theatre criticism and the internet.

Fascinating ... This is an important and persuasive book which has certainly made me stop and think about my own brand, writing style and goals for future pieces. I heartily recommend it to critics and theatre bloggers at any stage in their careers, with the excerpts being reproduced being worth the purchase of the book alone.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1: history and practice1. Introduction2. Theatre blogging since 2003 – a history3. Theatre blogging in practice – a WhatsApp dialogue4. Theatre blogging under threatPart 2: selected posts5. A note on the texts6. Theatremaking and authorship7. Anger and dissent8. Reviews and reviewing9. Representation and visibility10.On My Name Is Rachel Corrie11.On Three KingdomsBiographiesReferencesIndex

Megan Vaughan is a writer and researcher currently based in Colchester, Essex. She is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bloggers to have covered London theatre and her blog, Synonyms For Churlish, was active from 2008 until 2016. Now a PhD researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, she is completing a thesis on amateur theatre criticism and the internet.

Fascinating ... This is an important and persuasive book which has certainly made me stop and think about my own brand, writing style and goals for future pieces. I heartily recommend it to critics and theatre bloggers at any stage in their careers, with the excerpts being reproduced being worth the purchase of the book alone.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1: history and practice1. Introduction2. Theatre blogging since 2003 – a history3. Theatre blogging in practice – a WhatsApp dialogue4. Theatre blogging under threatPart 2: selected posts5. A note on the texts6. Theatremaking and authorship7. Anger and dissent8. Reviews and reviewing9. Representation and visibility10.On My Name Is Rachel Corrie11.On Three KingdomsBiographiesReferencesIndex

Megan Vaughan is a writer and researcher currently based in Colchester, Essex. She is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bloggers to have covered London theatre and her blog, Synonyms For Churlish, was active from 2008 until 2016. Now a PhD researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, she is completing a thesis on amateur theatre criticism and the internet.

Fascinating ... This is an important and persuasive book which has certainly made me stop and think about my own brand, writing style and goals for future pieces. I heartily recommend it to critics and theatre bloggers at any stage in their careers, with the excerpts being reproduced being worth the purchase of the book alone.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1: history and practice1. Introduction2. Theatre blogging since 2003 – a history3. Theatre blogging in practice – a WhatsApp dialogue4. Theatre blogging under threatPart 2: selected posts5. A note on the texts6. Theatremaking and authorship7. Anger and dissent8. Reviews and reviewing9. Representation and visibility10.On My Name Is Rachel Corrie11.On Three KingdomsBiographiesReferencesIndex