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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

Vassa, Almeida Theatre review - delayed opening doesn't land

Wednesday, 23 October 2019 Read more...

Groan Ups, Vaudeville Theatre review - adding ambition and emotion to the mix

Friday, 11 October 2019 Read more...

Assassins, Watermill Theatre, Newbury, review - Sondheim musical in scalding form

Thursday, 10 October 2019 Read more...

Judy review - Renée Zellweger's bravura screen comeback

Friday, 04 October 2019 Read more...

'Master Harold' ... and the Boys, National Theatre review - timelessly moving

Wednesday, 02 October 2019 Read more...

Ready or Not review - bloody awful

Saturday, 28 September 2019 Read more...

Big the Musical, Dominion Theatre review - sweet if wildly overstretched

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 Read more...

Amsterdam, Orange Tree Theatre review - suffocatingly mannered

Saturday, 14 September 2019 Read more...

The View UpStairs, Soho Theatre review - well-intentioned but needs a rewrite

Wednesday, 24 July 2019 Read more...

Making Noise Quietly review - poetic if occasionally precious

Saturday, 20 July 2019 Read more...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, London Palladium review - bright, brash, largely irresistible

Friday, 12 July 2019 Read more...

Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Harold Pinter Theatre review - smart stagecraft, skimpy script

Thursday, 11 July 2019 Read more...

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13-3/4, Ambassadors Theatre review - needs a chill pill

Saturday, 06 July 2019 Read more...

the end of history ..., Royal Court review - raises more questions than it answers

Thursday, 04 July 2019 Read more...

Present Laughter, Old Vic review - Andrew Scott continues his rise and rise

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 Read more...

The Light in the Piazza, RFH review - Broadway musical looks good and sounds even better

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 Read more...

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Aldeburgh Festival, Weekend 1 review - dance to the music of...

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Bonnie Raitt, Brighton Dome review - a top night with a char...

If you walked into a bar in the US, say in one of the southern states, and Bonnie Raitt and her band were playing, you’d have the best night of...

Hidden Door Festival 2025 review - the transformative Edinbu...

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Edward Burra, Tate Britain review - watercolour made mainstr...

It’s unusual to leave an exhibition liking an artist’s work less than when you went in, but...

Joyceana around Bloomsday, Dublin review - flawless adaptati...

It amuses me that Dubliners dress up in Edwardian finery on 16 June. After all, this was the date in 1904 when James Joyce first walked out with...

Stereophonic, Duke of York's Theatre review - rich slic...

The tag “the most Tony-nominated play of all time” may mean less to London theatregoers than it does to New Yorkers, but Stereophonic,...

Ithell Colquhoun, Tate Britain review - revelations of a wei...

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