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Matt Wolf

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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

Best of 2017: Theatre

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The Grinning Man, Trafalgar Studios review - cool puppets but too convoluted by half

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Belleville, Donmar Warehouse review - prickly and unnerving

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Cell Mates, Hampstead Theatre review - intriguing yet opaque

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Happy End review - grimly compelling but to what end?

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Wonder review - sweet and smart but sometimes also schmaltzy

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Network, National Theatre review - Bryan Cranston’s searing London stage debut

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Howards End, BBC One review - EM Forster adaptation is finding its footing

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Call Me By Your Name review - a star is born in a heartbreaking gay romance

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Loving Vincent review - Van Gogh biopic of sorts lacks language to match its visuals

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Young Frankenstein review - Mel Brooks musical is blissfully bonkers

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The Glass Castle review - Woody steals the film by a wide margin

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Home Again review - Reese Witherspoon romcom is divorced from reality

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Borg/McEnroe review - Wimbledon face-off is entertaining if incomplete

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Victoria and Abdul review - Judi Dench's Queen Victoria retread battles creaky script

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Peter Hall: A Reminiscence

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Remembering conductor Andrew Davis (1944-2024)

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Brancusi, Pompidou Centre, Paris review - founding father of...

120 sculptures, and so much more: the current Brancusi blockbuster at the Centre Pompidou, the first large Paris show of the Romanian-born...

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Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - meeting a...

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Album: Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

This album has a lot to live up to. Its predecessor Future Nostalgia came along just as the Covid crisis was properly kicking...

Laughing Boy, Jermyn Street Theatre review - impassioned agi...

On the morning of the press show of Laughing Boy, the BBC news website’s top story was about the abuse of children with learning...

Guildhall School Gold Medal 2024, Barbican review - quirky-w...

While the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra were performing Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie – weirdly, despite its size...