Mert Dilek

regional managing editor

Mert Dilek is an academic, theatre critic, and dramaturg based in London. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Cambridge, where he holds the Camilla Mash Studentship at Trinity College. He has received his M.Phil. with distinction also from Cambridge and holds a B.A. in English and Political Science from Yale University. His scholarly interests range widely across British, European, and American drama and performance from the late nineteenth century to the present. As a theatre critic and arts journalist, he regularly contributes reviews and features to The Stage, Exeunt Magazine, and Broadway World. He has worked as a script reader for the Arcola Theatre and Bush Theatre, and continues to collaborate with playwrights and theatre companies as a dramaturg. He has recently joined the Reading Panel at the National Theatre. For more information, please visit his website at mertdilek.com.