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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

Bones and All review - eat, don't heat

Saturday, 26 November 2022 Read more...

The Band's Visit, Donmar Warehouse review - still waters run bittersweet

Monday, 10 October 2022 Read more...

Eureka Day, Old Vic review - fun if not entirely fulfilling

Monday, 26 September 2022 Read more...

101 Dalmatians, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - puppets rule in patchy musical

Tuesday, 26 July 2022 Read more...

Anything Goes, Barbican review - shipboard frivolity still fizzes, mostly

Friday, 22 July 2022 Read more...

A Doll's House, Part 2, Donmar Warehouse review - Noma Dumezweni nails it

Wednesday, 22 June 2022 Read more...

All My Friends Hate Me review - beware of the bilious

Friday, 10 June 2022 Read more...

Marys Seacole, Donmar Warehouse review - frustrating yet unflinching

Monday, 25 April 2022 Read more...

Anyone Can Whistle, Southwark Playhouse review - full-on bonkers

Friday, 08 April 2022 Read more...

Oscars 2022 - the smack heard around the world

Monday, 28 March 2022 Read more...

A Number, Old Vic review - revelatory yet again

Thursday, 03 February 2022 Read more...

The Humans review - staring headlong into the abyss

Monday, 10 January 2022 Read more...

Best of 2021: Theatre

Thursday, 30 December 2021 Read more...

Stephen Sondheim in memoriam - he gave us more to see

Tuesday, 30 November 2021 Read more...

Get Up, Stand Up!, Lyric Theatre review - knockout performance, undercooked book

Friday, 22 October 2021 Read more...

White Noise, Bridge Theatre review - provocative if not always plausible

Friday, 15 October 2021 Read more...

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