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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

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

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

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Allelujah review - Alan Bennett put through the blender

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Oscars 2023 - the favourite lives up to its title

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

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Best of 2022: Theatre

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

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Matilda the Musical review - a dizzying, smartly subversive delight

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Bones and All review - eat, don't heat

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The Band's Visit, Donmar Warehouse review - still waters run bittersweet

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Eureka Day, Old Vic review - fun if not entirely fulfilling

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101 Dalmatians, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - puppets rule in patchy musical

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Anything Goes, Barbican review - shipboard frivolity still fizzes, mostly

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A Doll's House, Part 2, Donmar Warehouse review - Noma Dumezweni nails it

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All My Friends Hate Me review - beware of the bilious

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Marys Seacole, Donmar Warehouse review - frustrating yet unflinching

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