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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

Camp Siegfried, Old Vic review - the banality of evil, brilliantly served up

Tuesday, 21 September 2021 Read more...

Carousel, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - brave rewrite doesn't land

Tuesday, 10 August 2021 Read more...

Anything Goes, Barbican review - an explosion of joy

Friday, 06 August 2021 Read more...

Limbo review - quiet but voluble

Saturday, 31 July 2021 Read more...

Bagdad Café, Old Vic review - sweet but scattershot

Friday, 30 July 2021 Read more...

Off the Rails review - go for the scenery, not the script

Saturday, 24 July 2021 Read more...

French Exit review - Michelle Pfeiffer faces mortality

Sunday, 04 July 2021 Read more...

J'Ouvert, Harold Pinter Theatre review - formless yet fabulous

Tuesday, 29 June 2021 Read more...

Under Milk Wood, National Theatre review - Michael Sheen at his most magnetic

Thursday, 24 June 2021 Read more...

In the Heights review - to life, Lin-Manuel Miranda-style

Friday, 18 June 2021 Read more...

Anne Boleyn, Channel 5 review - whispery and weepy

Friday, 04 June 2021 Read more...

Surge review - jittery and joyless

Saturday, 29 May 2021 Read more...

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

Friday, 21 May 2021 Read more...

Rare Beasts review - Billie Piper as triple threat

Thursday, 20 May 2021 Read more...

The Pursuit of Love, BBC One review - extravagantly entertaining

Monday, 10 May 2021 Read more...

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

Saturday, 01 May 2021 Read more...

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