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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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Kiefer / Van Gogh, Royal Academy review - a pairing of oppos...

When he was a callow youth of 18, German artist Anselm Keifer got a travel grant to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Vincent van Gogh. Some...

Siglo de Oro, Wigmore Hall review - electronic Lamentations...

Siglo de Oro are a vocal ensemble who specialise in older music – and especially neglected older music – but they have also...

Album: Barry Can't Swim - Loner

Despite being Mercury nominated, Bazza’s hardly a household name. Nevertheless, his debut album ...

Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting, National Portrait Ga...

When in the 1990s, Jenny Saville’s peers shunned painting in...

Hot Milk review - a mother of a problem

Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk, adapted from Deborah Levy’s 2016 Man Booker shortlistee, has been described as a "psychological drama"....

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“I think you’d better drive,” says Finetime, his face sallow, skull-sockets underscored by...

Tom Raworth: Cancer review - truthfulness

I recently heard a BBC Radio 4 presenter use the troubling phrase: "Not everyone agreed on the reality of that." Once the domain of Andre Breton’s...

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