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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

No Hard Feelings review - tough-minded yet tender

Saturday, 14 November 2020 Read more...

Words on Bathroom Walls review - well-meaning but glib

Saturday, 07 November 2020 Read more...

Death of England: Delroy, National Theatre review - a furious if fleetingly seen sequel

Thursday, 05 November 2020 Read more...

Nine Lives, Bridge Theatre review - engaging if slim finale to ambitious solo season

Monday, 26 October 2020 Read more...

The Lie review - icily intriguing until it isn't

Saturday, 10 October 2020 Read more...

Hermione Lee: Tom Stoppard, A Life review - the last word on a theatrical wordsmith

Wednesday, 07 October 2020 Read more...

Nights in the Garden of Spain & Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet, Bridge Theatre review - potent mix of pain and comedy

Sunday, 04 October 2020 Read more...

Rialto review - beautifully acted but relentless

Saturday, 03 October 2020 Read more...

Playing Sandwiches & A Lady of Letters, Bridge Theatre review - the darkness dazzles, twice over

Thursday, 01 October 2020 Read more...

Broken Hearts Gallery review - effortfully entertaining

Friday, 11 September 2020 Read more...

Rose, Hope Mill Theatre online review - a performer at her peak

Thursday, 10 September 2020 Read more...

Get Duked! review - briefly endearing, then a chore

Friday, 28 August 2020 Read more...

Declan, Traverse Theatre online review - compressed and compelling

Friday, 28 August 2020 Read more...

Chemical Hearts review - turn off the sound

Saturday, 22 August 2020 Read more...

A Little Night Music, Opera Holland Park review - wasn't it bliss?

Tuesday, 18 August 2020 Read more...

Theatre Unlocked 4: Shows in concert and a contemporary classic comes to TV

Thursday, 13 August 2020 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...

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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...