Aleks Sierz is the theatre critic of Tribune and a freelance theatre reviewer. He is a lecturer in modern British theatre whose seminal study, In-Yer-Face Theatre, defined a new generation of writers and their work. In 2006 Methuen Drama published his guide, The Theatre of Martin Crimp; his subsequent books published by Methuen Drama include Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (2011), The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights (co-edited with Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer, 2011) and Modern British Playwriting: the 1990s (2012). His journalism has featured in the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Independent.

• Preface to the Second EditionIntroduction: 'At two shifts from reality'1. 'A Knock at the Door'2. 'Denial, Brutality and Sheer Human Confusion'3. 'Privileged Distance from Death and Dismemberment'4. 'French is my Film or TV'5. 'Dialogue is Inherently Cruel': Martin Crimp in Conversation6. 'Hearing their Voices'7. 'Viewed with Hostility and Suspicion'8. 'My Plays Emit Criticism'9. Conclusion10. The InterviewsAppendix: Attempts on His LifeAfterwordTimelineNotesBibliographyIndex

Aleks Sierz is the theatre critic of Tribune and a freelance theatre reviewer. He is a lecturer in modern British theatre whose seminal study, In-Yer-Face Theatre, defined a new generation of writers and their work. In 2006 Methuen Drama published his guide, The Theatre of Martin Crimp; his subsequent books published by Methuen Drama include Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (2011), The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights (co-edited with Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer, 2011) and Modern British Playwriting: the 1990s (2012). His journalism has featured in the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Independent.

• Preface to the Second EditionIntroduction: 'At two shifts from reality'1. 'A Knock at the Door'2. 'Denial, Brutality and Sheer Human Confusion'3. 'Privileged Distance from Death and Dismemberment'4. 'French is my Film or TV'5. 'Dialogue is Inherently Cruel': Martin Crimp in Conversation6. 'Hearing their Voices'7. 'Viewed with Hostility and Suspicion'8. 'My Plays Emit Criticism'9. Conclusion10. The InterviewsAppendix: Attempts on His LifeAfterwordTimelineNotesBibliographyIndex