Submission Guidelines

The primary aim of Critical Stages is to provide an outlet for developing criticism in the theatre and performance arts.

We welcome articles of varying subject matter and approach as outlined in the journal overview.

A double-spaced MS Word article file, 2,000 to 3,500 words in length should be submitted as an e-mail attachment.  If written in English, the article should include an abstract – not longer than 200 words — in French (if written in French, it should include an abstract in English).

A separate file should contain a cover letter with author’s name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and professional affiliation.

The article title only should appear at the head of the article file. The author’s name and/or institution should not appear in the article file itself.

Photos (JPEG) and other type of illustrations are encouraged. A photo of a performance should include: title of the performance, name of the playwright (if there is one), name of the director, name of the company, theatre venue, date of the première of that  performance, names of the actors (clockwise from top left) and photo credits. All necessary permissions for images should be provided. These can be in the form of an e-mail from the company, or documentation that you have procured the images from an official website. In case the performance attended does not coincide with the opening night, the reviewer should somewhere register this fact in her/his text, but without interfering with the general information referring to that production (so that it should match the date recorded in national and international date bases).

No fee will be offered for the contribution.

We will be unable to read submissions of a different length or formatting from those stated in the guidelines.

Articles first published in Critical Stages should include reference to the web address of the journal when they are republished elsewhere.

Submissions should be sent to: m.h.serodio@netcabo.pt