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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

Pinters Five and Six, Harold Pinter Theatre review - superlatively acted esoterica

Tuesday, 08 January 2019 Read more...

Life Itself review - epically vapid

Saturday, 05 January 2019 Read more...

Best of 2018: Theatre

Sunday, 30 December 2018 Read more...

Sweat, Donmar Warehouse review - America at once fractured and fractious

Thursday, 20 December 2018 Read more...

The Tell-Tale Heart, National Theatre review - bloody good fun as well as bloody

Monday, 17 December 2018 Read more...

The Double Dealer, Orange Tree Theatre review - high spirits and low morals

Wednesday, 12 December 2018 Read more...

True West, Vaudeville Theatre review - sizzling take on seminal Sam Shepard

Thursday, 06 December 2018 Read more...

Pinters Three and Four, Harold Pinter Theatre review - double bill boasts double acts to treasure

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Read more...

Still No Idea, Royal Court review - spiky, funny, and politically pointed

Tuesday, 06 November 2018 Read more...

The Wild Duck, Almeida Theatre review - meta, merciless and altogether brilliant

Thursday, 25 October 2018 Read more...

Wise Children, Old Vic review - Emma Rice in fun if not quite top-flight form

Saturday, 20 October 2018 Read more...

Measure for Measure, Donmar Warehouse review - Shakespeare twice-over packs a partial sting

Tuesday, 16 October 2018 Read more...

The Height of the Storm, Wyndham's Theatre review - Eileen Atkins raises the elliptical to art

Thursday, 11 October 2018 Read more...

Twelfth Night, Young Vic review - Kwame Kwei-Armah makes a big-hearted return home

Tuesday, 09 October 2018 Read more...

A Star is Born review - Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga make a compellingly combustible duo

Friday, 05 October 2018 Read more...

The Wife review - Glenn Close deserves better from her latest Oscar bid

Friday, 28 September 2018 Read more...

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