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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 Writer, Almeida Theatre review - deconstruction run rampant

Tuesday, 01 May 2018 Read more...

Beast review - mesmerising and murky in equal measure

Saturday, 28 April 2018 Read more...

Strictly Ballroom: The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre review - largely naff

Wednesday, 25 April 2018 Read more...

Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice, The Other Palace review - a familiar name in freshly exciting form

Wednesday, 25 April 2018 Read more...

120 BPM review - stirring portrait of French activism in the age of AIDS

Friday, 06 April 2018 Read more...

Kiss of the Spider Woman, Menier Chocolate Factory review - brilliantly performed and imaginatively staged

Wednesday, 21 March 2018 Read more...

Caroline, or Change, Hampstead Theatre review - Sharon D Clarke conquers

Wednesday, 21 March 2018 Read more...

Hamlet, RSC, Hackney Empire review - Paapa Essiedu's winning Dane

Monday, 19 March 2018 Read more...

Oscars 2018: The shape of a snoozefest

Monday, 05 March 2018 Read more...

Game Night review - Rachel McAdams is bliss in bonkers comedy thriller

Thursday, 01 March 2018 Read more...

The York Realist, Donmar Warehouse review - a miniaturist masterpiece

Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Read more...

Dry Powder/Yous Two, Hampstead Theatre review - Hayley Atwell has competition

Monday, 05 February 2018 Read more...

Phantom Thread review - Daniel Day-Lewis bows out in style

Friday, 02 February 2018 Read more...

All's Well That Ends Well, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - feisty, prickly and topical, as well

Thursday, 18 January 2018 Read more...

Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Royal Court review - iconic 1980s title makes a welcome return

Saturday, 13 January 2018 Read more...

My Mum's a Twat, Royal Court review - Patsy Ferran shines in a solo play that looks back in anger

Thursday, 11 January 2018 Read more...

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