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Matt is London theatre critic of The International New York Times (formerly The International Herald Tribune) and London correspondent for the broadway.com website; he spent 21 years as London arts and theatre critic for the Associated Press and over 13 years as Variety's UK drama critic. He has been on the judging panel of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards since 2009.

Articles By Matt Wolf

The Years, Almeida Theatre review - matchless acting quintet makes for a must-see

Thursday, 08 August 2024 Read more...

The Baker's Wife, Menier Chocolate Factory review - loving reappraisal doesn't entirely, well, rise

Friday, 19 July 2024 Read more...

Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre review - freight is kinda great

Tuesday, 02 July 2024 Read more...

Romeo and Juliet, Duke of York's Theatre review - doomy and deathly, and much-hyped

Monday, 27 May 2024 Read more...

Long Day's Journey Into Night, Wyndham's Theatre review - O'Neill masterwork is once again driven by its Mary

Wednesday, 03 April 2024 Read more...

Opening Night, Gielgud Theatre review - brave, yes, but also misguided and bizarre

Tuesday, 02 April 2024 Read more...

Power of Sail, Menier Chocolate Factory review - alternately stiff and startling

Saturday, 30 March 2024 Read more...

Oscars 2024: politics aplenty but few surprises as 'Oppenheimer' dominates

Monday, 11 March 2024 Read more...

Uncle Vanya, Orange Tree Theatre review - Chekhov served up choice

Monday, 11 March 2024 Read more...

Wicked Little Letters review - sweary, starry film is mostly strange

Saturday, 24 February 2024 Read more...

An Enemy of the People, Duke of York's Theatre - performative and predictable

Wednesday, 21 February 2024 Read more...

The Hills of California, Harold Pinter Theatre - ladies' night for Jez Butterworth

Saturday, 17 February 2024 Read more...

Dear Octopus, National Theatre - period rarity is a real pleasure

Friday, 16 February 2024 Read more...

Plaza Suite, Savoy Theatre review - real-life married couple brings panache and pain to period comedy

Monday, 29 January 2024 Read more...

The Color Purple review - sensational second time round for Alice Walker's novel on screen

Saturday, 27 January 2024 Read more...

Best of 2023: Theatre

Wednesday, 27 December 2023 Read more...

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Unexpectedly, there’s a sly reference to James Joyce’s Ulysses interpolated into Act One (in case we hadn’t caught the not...

Appl, Levickis, Wigmore Hall review - fun to the fore in cab...

Concerts at the Wigmore Hall offer many types of pleasure, but not...

Album: The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Neil Hannon has been recording and touring as the Divine Comedy since 1989 and has tried a fair few flavours along the way, from chamber pop to...

Lammermuir Festival 2025, Part 2 review - from the soaringly...

My colleague Boyd Tonkin visited the Lammermuir Festival for the first time this year. His eyes and ears have been opened to its treasures, but...

Frances Wilson: Electric Spark - The Enigma of Muriel Spark...

How do you tell the story of a person’s mind? In the preface to Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark, published this year by...

Blu-ray: The Sons of Great Bear

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review - comedy rock band f...

That difficult second documentary – or if you will, “rockumentary” – seems to have been especially challenging for...

Tosca, Welsh National Opera review - a great company reduced...

So it’s come to this: WNO’s autumn season reduced to two operas, a Tosca borrowed from Opera North and a revival of their own Candide...

Not Your Superwoman, Bush Theatre review - powerful tribute...

The Bush is likely to continue its fine recent run of hit plays, with this funny, poignant, culturally authentic and beautifully acted two-hander...