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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

Moxie review - likeable if confused high school comedy

Wednesday, 03 March 2021 Read more...

To Olivia review - Keeley Hawes rises above brainless biopic

Friday, 19 February 2021 Read more...

Penguin Bloom, Netflix review - stirringly acted if sentimental

Friday, 29 January 2021 Read more...

Blithe Spirit review - cloth-eared Coward

Friday, 15 January 2021 Read more...

Best of 2020: Theatre

Sunday, 27 December 2020 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic online review - the bells have it once again

Tuesday, 22 December 2020 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, Dominion Theatre review - brash and bustling and snowy, too

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 Read more...

I'm Your Woman review - what's happening, indeed?

Saturday, 12 December 2020 Read more...

The Dumb Waiter, Hampstead Theatre review - menace without a hint of mirth

Thursday, 10 December 2020 Read more...

The Prom review - merry Meryl in middling musical

Wednesday, 09 December 2020 Read more...

GHBoy, Charing Cross Theatre review - drugs and sex but no rock 'n' roll

Tuesday, 08 December 2020 Read more...

Uncle Frank review - well-acted but painfully contrived

Saturday, 28 November 2020 Read more...

No Hard Feelings review - tough-minded yet tender

Saturday, 14 November 2020 Read more...

Words on Bathroom Walls review - well-meaning but glib

Saturday, 07 November 2020 Read more...

Death of England: Delroy, National Theatre review - a furious if fleetingly seen sequel

Thursday, 05 November 2020 Read more...

Nine Lives, Bridge Theatre review - engaging if slim finale to ambitious solo season

Monday, 26 October 2020 Read more...

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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...

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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,...

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