Aleks Sierz

Aleks Sierz is a British theatre critic. He is known for popularising the term "In-yer-face theatre", which was the title of a book he published in 2001.^[1]

Sierz was educated at Manchester University and holds a PhD from Westminster University.^[2] He works as a freelance writer and has written for publications including Tribune, The Arts Desk and The Stage, as well as newspapers such as The Independent. He co-edits Theatre Voice.^[3]

He is a visiting professor at Rose Bruford College,^[4] and has been a lecturer on Boston University's "Study Abroad" programme in London.^[2]

His publications include

• In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today (Faber, 2001)^[5]
• The Theatre of Martin Crimp (Methuen, 2006)
• John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Continuum, 2008)
• Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Methuen, 2011)^[6]