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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

Anne Boleyn, Channel 5 review - whispery and weepy

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Surge review - jittery and joyless

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Trying, Apple TV+ review - the road to parenthood takes a fresh path

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Rare Beasts review - Billie Piper as triple threat

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The Pursuit of Love, BBC One review - extravagantly entertaining

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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation review - genius dogged by disappointment

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Oscars 2021: Sluggish, yes, but some surprises too

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Sequin in a Blue Room review - soullessness and sex in Sydney

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Six Minutes to Midnight review - Judi Dench retains her dignity

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Moxie review - likeable if confused high school comedy

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To Olivia review - Keeley Hawes rises above brainless biopic

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Penguin Bloom, Netflix review - stirringly acted if sentimental

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Blithe Spirit review - cloth-eared Coward

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Best of 2020: Theatre

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A Christmas Carol, Old Vic online review - the bells have it once again

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A Christmas Carol, Dominion Theatre review - brash and bustling and snowy, too

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