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DESCRIPTION In-yer-face theatre'' is a phrase coined by Aleks Sierz, a British theatre critic and adjunct faculty member in Boston University 's London Graduate Journalism program, and popularized in his book, ''In-Yer-Face Theatre'', first published by Faber And Faber in March 2001 . Boston University International Programs: Academic faculty including a brief biography of Aleks Sierz. Created by young playwrights, in-yer-face theatre''' intends to involve and affect the audience by presenting vulgar, shocking, and confrontational material on the stage. The term "in your face" used to describe contemporary theater dialogue occurs in '' February 8 , 2001 . Sierz appropriates and adapts this phrase in his more colloquial coinage in-yer-face theatre. PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION The "sensibility" of "In-yer-face theatre" was attacked at a two-day conference at the ] he called the current trend of 'Donmarization' in British theatre, whereby major Hollywood stars have been recruited in order to make a new play more palatable to audiences. THE "IN-YER-FACE" ("IN YOUR FACE") STYLE OF WRITING Sources In the early 2001 play '' Japes '', by Simon Gray , Michael Cartts, a middle-aged author, raves against that new kind of writing. After watching a new play by a young playwright, Cartts describes the stage characters as follows: PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH ''IN-YER-FACE THEATRE''
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