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Ellen McDougall

Articles By Ellen McDougall

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Black Superhero, Royal Court review – ambitious, but messy

The act of idol worship is, at one and the same time, both distantly ancient and compellingly contemporary. Whether it is Superman, Wonder Woman...

Fröst, Philharmonia, Lazarova, Kuusisto, Southbank Centre re...

Anna Clyne’s engaging First Person here led me to two of her works in a Philharmonia rainbow. She curated a woodwind-based gem of a 6pm programme...

1976 review - dark, chilly Chilean thriller

It starts innocuously, with paint. A woman is sitting in a hardware store, studying a travel guide for colour ideas, while briefing the chap...

Album: Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunne...

Compared to her peers, Lana del Rey is mightily prolific. This is her eighth album since her breakthough eleven years ago (her ninth in total)....

Suede, Symphony Hall, Birmingham review - a messianic perfor...

“Why do we come to concerts?” asks Brett Anderson, Suede’s ringmaster and vocalist, before launching into an acoustic version of “The Wild Ones”...

First Person: Donatella Flick on why the conducting competit...

What are the qualities that make a great conductor? It’s...

Album: Depeche Mode - Memento Mori

Depeche Mode’s Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, who died in May last year, was generally held to contribute to the dynamic of the band more than the music...

The Chevalier, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - virtuoso jou...

Shimmeringly urbane, shifting effortlessly from intricate agility to muscular intensity, the music of the 18th century composer Joseph Bologne is...

First Person: Anna Clyne on composing collaborations, not ba...

Collaboration fuels a lot of my music – I love the interaction that takes me outside of my natural tendencies – it’s a source of...