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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

The Years, Almeida Theatre review - matchless acting quintet makes for a must-see

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The Baker's Wife, Menier Chocolate Factory review - loving reappraisal doesn't entirely, well, rise

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Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre review - freight is kinda great

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Romeo and Juliet, Duke of York's Theatre review - doomy and deathly, and much-hyped

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Long Day's Journey Into Night, Wyndham's Theatre review - O'Neill masterwork is once again driven by its Mary

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Opening Night, Gielgud Theatre review - brave, yes, but also misguided and bizarre

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Power of Sail, Menier Chocolate Factory review - alternately stiff and startling

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Oscars 2024: politics aplenty but few surprises as 'Oppenheimer' dominates

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Uncle Vanya, Orange Tree Theatre review - Chekhov served up choice

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Wicked Little Letters review - sweary, starry film is mostly strange

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An Enemy of the People, Duke of York's Theatre - performative and predictable

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The Hills of California, Harold Pinter Theatre - ladies' night for Jez Butterworth

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Dear Octopus, National Theatre - period rarity is a real pleasure

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Plaza Suite, Savoy Theatre review - real-life married couple brings panache and pain to period comedy

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The Color Purple review - sensational second time round for Alice Walker's novel on screen

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Best of 2023: Theatre

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The Perfect Couple, Netflix review - an inconvenient death r...

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Why Am I So Single?, Garrick Theatre review - superb songs i...

Going to the theatre can be a little like going to church. One communes on the individual level, one’s faith in the stories...

Lee review - shaky biopic of an iconic photographer

Anyone who has seen Lee Miller’s photographs – those taken of her in the 1920s when she was a dazzling American beauty, those she took as a...

LSO, Pappano, Barbican review - singular adventures for a ne...

Somehow those of us required to translate the musical experience into words look for the moments which defeat us. One such was the extraordinary...

Album: Snow Patrol - The Forest is the Path

Contrary to popular belief, not all music journalists get off on being snide about the same old easy-to-slate bands. When something like this...

Prom 68, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Garsington Opera re...

Some operas shine in the vasts of the Albert Hall, others seem to creep back into their beautiful shells. Glyndebourne’s Carmen blazed,...

Album: Tindersticks - Soft Tissue

It has to be hoped that Stuart Staples’ songs for Tindersticks aren’t a reflection of his actual life experiences. No-one really deserves that...

The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, ZooNation, Linbury Theatre...

The Mad Hatter gets it about right when he tells Alice: “You’re entirely bonkers… but all the best people are.” Kate Prince takes this line and...

La traviata, Royal Opera review - a charismatic soprano in a...

Later this autumn Richard Eyre’s La Traviata celebrates its 30th birthday. Not bad going for the director’s first ever foray...

Red Rooms review - the darkest of webs

A woman sits at her computer. She copy-pastes an address into a search engine. She goes to street view. She zooms in. Click. Opens...