''Contemporary Theatre Review'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
Routledge
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and covering all aspects of
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...
,
live art
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,
performance art
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,
opera
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,
dance
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,
digital performance, activist and applied performance, theatre design, and connections between time-based arts and
visual arts
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. The journal was established in 1992 and the
editors-in-chief
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are Maria M. Delgado (
University of London
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), Maggie B. Gale (
University of Manchester
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), and Dominic Johnson (
University of London
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).
The journal frequently publishes special issues. Recent examples include guest-edited special issues on
Tim Crouch
Tim Crouch (born 18 March 1964) is a British experimental theatre maker, actor, writer and director. His plays include ''My Arm'', ''An Oak Tree'', ''ENGLAND'', and ''The Author''. These take various forms, but all reject theatrical conventions ...
,
Martin Crimp, race and race-blind casting, performance and activism, performance and the electoral process, editing, the London 2012
Olympics
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, live art in the UK, and site-specificity.
As well as research articles, the journal publishes book reviews, and makes space for production notes, designs, manifestos, and interviews by emergent and established theatre-makers, which are collected in a "Documents" section. Meanwhile, the journal's "Backpages" section presents a more expansive view of theatre and performance. The journal's website offers "Interventions", responding to current developments in the field and extending discussions from the print journal through a variety of writing formats and multimedia.
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,
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/Arts & Humanities, and the
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
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.
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