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Matt Wolf

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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

Crazy For You, Gillian Lynne Theatre review - high-kicking heaven

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Dear England, National Theatre review - filtering the national narrative through sport

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Aspects of Love, Lyric Theatre review - not much has actually changed

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Beau is Afraid review - life's ordeals in lengthy detail

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The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre review - theatrical titans face off

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Dancing at Lughnasa, National Theatre review - largely ravishing Brian Friel revival

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Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse review - Coward revival cuts to the quick

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Allelujah review - Alan Bennett put through the blender

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Oscars 2023 - the favourite lives up to its title

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Shirley Valentine, Duke of York's Theatre review - Sheridan Smith slays it

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Best of 2022: Theatre

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Best of Enemies, Noel Coward Theatre review - opposites attract, sort of

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Matilda the Musical review - a dizzying, smartly subversive delight

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Bones and All review - eat, don't heat

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

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

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The Book of Clarence comes lumbered with the charge of being the new Life of Brian, an irreverent spoof of the life...