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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

Una review - 'Blackbird' adaptation loses its stage intensity

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h.Club 100 Awards: Theatre and Performance - is this a new golden age for the stage?

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Maudie review - intriguing and irritating in turn

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Road, Royal Court review - poetry amidst the pain

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Mosquitoes, National Theatre review - Olivias Colman and Williams dazzle amid dramatic excess

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Apollo Theatre review - Sienna Miller lets rip

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Dessert, Southwark Playhouse review - undercooked and overwrought

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The Beguiled review - silly but seriously well-made

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The Last Word film review - Shirley MacLaine's spit and vinegar remain intact

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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Wyndham's Theatre review – searing stuff

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Gloria, Hampstead Theatre review – pretty glorious

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Hampstead review - Diane Keaton deserves better and so does London

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My Cousin Rachel review - du Maurier remake too florid by half

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Annie review - a 12-year-old star is born

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Lettice and Lovage, Menier Chocolate Factory review - Peter Shaffer's star vehicle sags

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The Secret Scripture review - Jim Sheridan's turgid homecoming

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Minority Report, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre review - ill-judg...

Towards the end of David Haig’s new adaptation of Philip...

Mitski, Usher Hall, Edinburgh review - cool and quirky, yet...

It was her 2018 album Be the Cowboy which saw Mitski propelled to stardom status. Laurel Hell, which followed in 2022...

Album: EYE - Dark Light

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Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York), Criterion Thea...

Small-scale shows, nurtured in offbeat places, are becoming all the rage in the...

Queyras, Philharmonia, Suzuki, RFH review - Romantic journey...

As he approaches his 70th birthday, Masaaki Suzuki has not just travelled into pastures new but proved himself thoroughly at home in them. The...

Nadine Shah, SWG3, Glasgow review - loudly dancing the night...

First Nadine Shah raised hopes, then dashed them. “I’ve never had a dance off onstage before,” she observed at one point, impressed by the shapes...

Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider, Tate M...

In 1903, Wassily Kandinsky painted a figure in a blue cloak galloping across a landscape on a white horse. Several years later the name of the...

Blu-ray: The Dreamers

Isabelle (Eva Green) leans over, her long hair catches fire from a candle, and Matthew (Michael Pitt) devotedly snuffs it out. She doesn’t miss a...

Orbital, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - the techno titans...

On Friday evening, dance veterans Orbital touched down in Birmingham to celebrate two of the most significant and acclaimed albums in...

Fern Brady, Netflix Special review - sex, relationships and...

An appearance on Taskmaster and the publication of her acclaimed memoir Strong Female Character have helped propel Fern Brady...