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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

Pacific Overtures, Menier Chocolate Factory review - lesser-known Sondheim scores afresh

Monday, 11 December 2023 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic review - older, wiser, and yet more moving

Tuesday, 28 November 2023 Read more...

The Witches, National Theatre review - fun and lively but where's the heart?

Monday, 27 November 2023 Read more...

Backstairs Billy, Duke of York's Theatre review - starry and gently subversive, too

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 Read more...

Crazy For You, Gillian Lynne Theatre review - high-kicking heaven

Wednesday, 05 July 2023 Read more...

Dear England, National Theatre review - filtering the national narrative through sport

Wednesday, 21 June 2023 Read more...

Aspects of Love, Lyric Theatre review - not much has actually changed

Friday, 26 May 2023 Read more...

Beau is Afraid review - life's ordeals in lengthy detail

Saturday, 20 May 2023 Read more...

The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre review - theatrical titans face off

Tuesday, 09 May 2023 Read more...

Dancing at Lughnasa, National Theatre review - largely ravishing Brian Friel revival

Monday, 24 April 2023 Read more...

Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse review - Coward revival cuts to the quick

Friday, 21 April 2023 Read more...

Allelujah review - Alan Bennett put through the blender

Monday, 20 March 2023 Read more...

Oscars 2023 - the favourite lives up to its title

Monday, 13 March 2023 Read more...

Shirley Valentine, Duke of York's Theatre review - Sheridan Smith slays it

Thursday, 09 March 2023 Read more...

Best of 2022: Theatre

Tuesday, 27 December 2022 Read more...

Best of Enemies, Noel Coward Theatre review - opposites attract, sort of

Saturday, 03 December 2022 Read more...

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Unexpectedly, there’s a sly reference to James Joyce’s Ulysses interpolated into Act One (in case we hadn’t caught the not...

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...

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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...