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Mert Dilek

Mert Dilek

Mert Dilek is a critic and dramaturg based in London and Cambridge. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Cambridge, where he holds the Camilla Mash Studentship at Trinity College. He received his M.Phil. with distinction also from Cambridge and holds a B.A. in English and Political Science from Yale University. As a theatre critic and arts journalist, he regularly contributes reviews and features to The StageExeunt Magazine, and The Theatre Times. He also collaborates with playwrights and theatre companies as a dramaturg: he worked as a script reader for the Arcola Theatre and Bush Theatre, and currently serves on the Reading Panel at the National Theatre. For more information, please visit his website at mertdilek.co.uk. Mert tweets at @mertdilek95.

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BWW Review: HAMLET, Young Vic

BWW Review: HAMLET, Young Vic

October 5, 2021

At long last, the Young Vic has unveiled Cush Jumbo and Greg Hersov's hugely anticipated and much delayed collaboration on Hamlet.

BWW Review: AFTER LIFE, National Theatre

BWW Review: AFTER LIFE, National Theatre

June 10, 2021

The National Theatre kicks off its post-lockdown season with a brainteaser: what is the most meaningful or precious moment of your life? The question is central to After Life, Jack Thorne’s stage adaptation of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s acclaimed 1998 film, co-produced by Headlong, which unfolds in a p

BWW Review: ALBION, Almeida Theatre

BWW Review: ALBION, Almeida Theatre

February 6, 2020

Having premiered at the Almeida in 2017 to critical acclaim, Mike Bartlett's play Albion returns home with a spellbinding revival directed by Rupert Goold.

BWW Review: DIRTY CRUSTY, The Yard Theatre

BWW Review: DIRTY CRUSTY, The Yard Theatre

October 31, 2019

It's not been a long time since Clare Barron took both New York and London by storm with her 2018 play Dance Nation, whose portrayal of a group of teenage competitive dancers had gloriously ruptured into feminist fireworks.

BWW Review: ART HEIST, New Diorama Theatre

BWW Review: ART HEIST, New Diorama Theatre

October 19, 2019

How would one go about stealing a work of art from a gallery? Written and directed by Jack Bradfield, the Poltergeist Theatre's new play Art Heist a?" now in London after a sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe a?" begins by contemplating this very question.




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