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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

Translations, National Theatre review - an Irish classic returns with cascading force

Thursday, 31 May 2018 Read more...

The Grönholm Method, Menier Chocolate Factory - sleek and short but in no way deep

Friday, 25 May 2018 Read more...

Chess, London Coliseum review - powerfully sung but still problematic

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 Read more...

Nothing Like a Dame review - actresses undimmed by time

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 Read more...

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...

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Appl, Levickis, Wigmore Hall review - fun to the fore in cab...

Concerts at the Wigmore Hall offer many types of pleasure, but not...

Album: The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Neil Hannon has been recording and touring as the Divine Comedy since 1989 and has tried a fair few flavours along the way, from chamber pop to...

Lammermuir Festival 2025, Part 2 review - from the soaringly...

My colleague Boyd Tonkin visited the Lammermuir Festival for the first time this year. His eyes and ears have been opened to its treasures, but...

Frances Wilson: Electric Spark - The Enigma of Muriel Spark...

How do you tell the story of a person’s mind? In the preface to Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark, published this year by...

Blu-ray: The Sons of Great Bear

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review - comedy rock band f...

That difficult second documentary – or if you will, “rockumentary” – seems to have been especially challenging for...

Tosca, Welsh National Opera review - a great company reduced...

So it’s come to this: WNO’s autumn season reduced to two operas, a Tosca borrowed from Opera North and a revival of their own Candide...

Not Your Superwoman, Bush Theatre review - powerful tribute...

The Bush is likely to continue its fine recent run of hit plays, with this funny, poignant, culturally authentic and beautifully acted two-hander...