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. Sierz was educated at

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and holds a PhD from Westminster University. He works as a freelance writer and has written for publications including ''

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'', ''The Arts Desk'' and ''

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'', as well as newspapers such as ''

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''. He co-edits ''Theatre Voice''. He is a visiting professor at Rose Bruford College, and has been a lecturer on

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's "Study Abroad" programme in London. His publications include *''In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today'' (Faber, 2001) *''The Theatre of Martin Crimp'' (Methuen, 2006) *''John Osborne's Look Back in Anger'' (Continuum, 2008) *''Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today'' (Methuen, 2011)

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