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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

Oscars 2021: Sluggish, yes, but some surprises too

Monday, 26 April 2021 Read more...

Sequin in a Blue Room review - soullessness and sex in Sydney

Saturday, 10 April 2021 Read more...

Six Minutes to Midnight review - Judi Dench retains her dignity

Friday, 26 March 2021 Read more...

Moxie review - likeable if confused high school comedy

Wednesday, 03 March 2021 Read more...

To Olivia review - Keeley Hawes rises above brainless biopic

Friday, 19 February 2021 Read more...

Penguin Bloom, Netflix review - stirringly acted if sentimental

Friday, 29 January 2021 Read more...

Blithe Spirit review - cloth-eared Coward

Friday, 15 January 2021 Read more...

Best of 2020: Theatre

Sunday, 27 December 2020 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic online review - the bells have it once again

Tuesday, 22 December 2020 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, Dominion Theatre review - brash and bustling and snowy, too

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 Read more...

I'm Your Woman review - what's happening, indeed?

Saturday, 12 December 2020 Read more...

The Dumb Waiter, Hampstead Theatre review - menace without a hint of mirth

Thursday, 10 December 2020 Read more...

The Prom review - merry Meryl in middling musical

Wednesday, 09 December 2020 Read more...

GHBoy, Charing Cross Theatre review - drugs and sex but no rock 'n' roll

Tuesday, 08 December 2020 Read more...

Uncle Frank review - well-acted but painfully contrived

Saturday, 28 November 2020 Read more...

No Hard Feelings review - tough-minded yet tender

Saturday, 14 November 2020 Read more...

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Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Refuse / Terry's / Sugar

Refuse, Assembly George Square Studios ★★...

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Album: Blood Orange - Essex Honey

The more time goes by, the more it seems like Dev Hynes might be the antidote to what Guy Debord called “the society of the spectacle”. As is...

Faustus in Africa!, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 re...

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Houghton / We Out Here festivals review - an ultra-marathon...

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Sorry, Baby review - the healing power of friendship in the...

“I have a baby in me,” says Lydie (Naomi Ackie; Mickey 17). “What? Right now?” says her friend Agnes (Eva Victor), who may not be...

Album: Wolf Alice - Clearing

Wolf Alice are a band who consistently over-deliver. Their presentation is so staid, their cited influences so safe (The Beatles! Blur!), their...

BBC Proms: Liu, Philharmonia, Rouvali review - fine-tuned Tc...

Pianist Bruce Liu wasn’t the only star soloist last night, though he certainly had the most notes to play. Attention was riveted by at least five...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Imprints / Courier

Imprints, Summerhall ★★★...