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.
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Tosca, Opera Holland Park review – passion and populism
Set in a tensely polarised Roman neighbourhood, with an election in the offing and radicals scrapping with reactionaries under poster-plastered...
St Martin's Voices, Earis, St Martin-in-the-Fields revi...
The concert offering at St-Martin-in-the-Fields has transformed in recent years, under Director of Music Andrew Earis. There is still a decent...
The Harmony Test, Hampstead Theatre review - pregnancy and p...
“Welcome to motherhood, bitch!” By the time a character delivers this reality check, there have been plenty of laughs, and some much more awkward...
The Lovely Eggs, XOYO, Birmingham review - Lancashire duo br...
When the Lovely Eggs’ married duo of Holly Ross and David Blackwell took to the stage at the recently rebranded XOYO in Birmingham on Bank Holiday...
Album: Bat For Lashes - The Dream of Delphi
Natasha Khan’s musical career has always explored the artier end of...
Bluets, Royal Court review - more grey than ultramarine
When does creativity become mannered? When it’s based on repetition, and repetition without development. About halfway through star director Katie...
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2024 review - curator Steve...
“Saint-Saëns: The Renaissance Man” proclaimed the big screen at the first remarkable programme I attended within the 2024 Sheffield Chamber Music...
Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920, Tate Bri...
Tate Britain’s Now You See Us could be the...
Blu-ray: Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu
It’s interesting to discover that sound wasn’t the norm in Japanese...
Sphinx Organization, Wigmore Hall review - black performers...
Kudos to the Wigmore Hall for continuing to make efforts to diversify its roster of performers and repertoire. Last year I reviewed the...