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alexandra coghlan

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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.

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It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

Three Sisters, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - Chekhov...

Russia.

It’s impossible to be ambivalent towards that word, that country, indeed that idea, one so very similar to...

Album: Rizzle Kicks – Competition Is For Losers

After more than ten years away, Rizzle Kicks are finally back, and it feels long overdue. Their music was a huge part of my childhood -...

Surviving Black Hawk Down, Netflix review - the real story b...

Ridley Scott’s 2001 film Black Hawk Down was a technically superb blockbuster bristling with thunderous action sequences and famous...

Churchill in Moscow, Orange Tree Theatre review - thought-pr...

Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a left-winger in the turbulent...

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review - older, sadder Brid...

Bridget Jones has grown up: v.v.g. Our heroine is still prone to daft pratfalls and gaffes and bursts of sensational idiot dancing....

Album: Fantastic Twins - Suite of Rooms

This album is SHORT. At 27 minutes and just five tracks, one might wonder why Julienne Dessagne (this is a solo act) didn’t call it an EP. But...

Festen, Royal Opera review - firing on every front

So the Royal Opera had assembled a dream cast, conductor (Edward Gardner) and director (Richard Jones). The only question until last night was...

Northern Winter Beat 2025, Aalborg review - The Courettes, D...

The exhortations don’t seem necessary as the audience is already letting off the steam which has built up in anticipation of a full-bore show....