For the first time ever, UTBA will have an outside special guest be a presenter at the annual reviewing workshop. Mark Fisher, a theatre critic for The Guardian newspaper in the UK, will be presenting his strategies and tips for reviewing theatre. Fisher is the author of the How to Write About Theatre: A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers, the new classic about reviewing the performing arts.

The workshop will feature tips and strategies for writing theatre reviews. Students, educators, reviewers, and people who have considered reviewing the arts will all find this session helpful. Theatre artists and literary critics will also find helpful information in understanding how theatre criticism functions and how theatre critics and reviewers construct reviews and form their opinions.