alexandra coghlan
Bio
Alexandra is the classical music critic of the New Statesman, and has written on arts for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Prospect, Gramophone, Opera Now, The Oxford Times and The Monthly. She was formerly Performing Arts Editor at Time Out, Sydney. She writes about classical music, theatre and film for theartsdesk.
Articles By Alexandra Coghlan
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LFF 2018: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs review - Wild West ta...
The “portmanteau” form of film-making is almost guaranteed to deliver patchy results, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the Coen brothers...
There She Goes, BBC Four review - mining disability for fami...
What do you do after playing Doctor Who, the...
CD: Yoko Ono - Warzone
There is no doubt that the hippies of the late 60s and early 70s gifted the world a horde of beautiful music before they finally slipped into a...
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Measure for Measure, Donmar Warehouse review - Shakespeare t...
Shakespeare exists to be refracted and filtered...
Barneys, Books and Bust Ups, BBC Four review - the Booker Pr...
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The Inheritance, Noël Coward Theatre review - tangled knot o...
Its roots are in an emotional truth: Matthew Lopez saw the film, then read the book, of Howards End when he was 15 and 11 years later...
Hallé, Gardner, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review – drama...
Edward Gardner was back amongst friends when he opened the Hallé’s Thursday series concerts. This was the place where he made his mark, as the...
Ciarán Dowd, Soho Theatre review - terrific spoof swordsman...
The Edinburgh Fringe does throw up some...