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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The Split, BBC One, review - Abi Morgan’s densely packed div...
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Matthias Goerne, Seong-Jin Cho, Wigmore Hall review - slow a...
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Westworld, Series 2, Sky Atlantic review - big trouble in sy...
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Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss, Islington Green review -...
What a superb location for a performance!...
Flo and Joan, Soho Theatre review - sisters in satirical har...
Flo and Joan are sisters (Nicola and Rosie Dempsey: they have borrowed their stage names from their nan and her sister) and you may have...
DVD/Blu-ray: The Touch
The touch is not always light here. Swathes of clunking, cliché-ridden English dialogue threaten to make the star-crossed...
The Deminer review - life on the edge in Iraq
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