Matt Wolf
Bio
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
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Richard III, Shakespeare's Globe review - Michelle Terr...
There’s a fierce, dark energy to the Globe’s new Richard III that I don’t recall at that venue for a fair while. The drilled cast dances...
Album: Isobel Campbell - Bow to Love
Isobel Campbell has maintained a consistent career on the fringes of popular music for three decades. She's made a home in the area where...
Between Riverside and Crazy, Hampstead Theatre review - race...
It’s often said that contemporary American playwrights are too polite, too afraid of giving offence. But this accusation can’t be levelled at...
'I think of her as a proto-punk': documentarist Sv...
Anita Pallenberg was a vital presence in the Stones’ most vital years. Her bright eyes and hungry mouth betrayed a ferocious appetite for pleasure...
Passing Strange, Young Vic review - exuberant pocket musical...
From New York’s Public Theater, the venue that nurtured Hamilton, comes another estimable pocket...
theartsdesk Q&A: Eddie Marsan and the American Revolutio...
He’s not the kind of actor who has paparazzi following him...
Album: Samana - Samana
The final track of Samana’s third album is titled “The Preselis,” after the west Welsh mountain range – the place antiquarians suggested as the...
The Great Escape Festival 2024, Brighton review - 12 hours o...
If the weather’s good TGE Beach is a grand start to a day. As it sounds, it’s a purpose-built seafront space to the east of central...
DVD/Blu-ray: Billy Connolly - Big Banana Feet
The most striking thing about the 1976 documentary (restored and re-released by the BFI) is just how polite Billy Connolly comes across as. Not...
Rebus, BBC One review - revival of Ian Rankin's Scottis...
The previous incarnation of Ian Rankin’s Scottish detective on ITV starred, in their contrasting styles, John Hannah and Ken Stott. For this ...