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.

A broad-ranging and comprehensive overview of the issues concerning contemporary theatre criticism with articles from scholars and arts journalists across the world.