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Natalie O'Donoghue

Natalie has been covering for BroadwayWorld Scotland since 2013 and heads up the site's Edinburgh Festival Fringe coverage. Based in Glasgow, she covers as much as she can around Scotland and is a member of the judging panel of the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS). When not at the theatre, Natalie loves spending time with her cat Dolly Purrton and is a big fan of country music. She is usually covered in glitter. You can follow Natalie on Twitter at @nataliealana87 




LEARN MORE ABOUT Natalie O'Donoghue

First Show:

Blood Brothers West End/Ghost on Broadway

Favorite Show:

Wicked

Favorite Stories:

  • Rachel Fairburn- Showgirl Interview - I've been following Rachel Fairburn's career for a long time and was thrilled to chat to her about her tour show.
  • Wicked Review- Edinburgh - Wicked is my all time favourite theatre show so it was an honour to be invited to review it.
  • 2023 Year in Review - I enjoy recapping my year in theatre.
  • Battery Park review - Battery Park was a show I really loved in 2023 and I enjoy being able to highlight amazing Scottish theatre.
  • Mark Nelson Interview - I have been a fan of Mark Nelson's work for many years so really enjoyed being able to pick his brain about the Scottish comedy industry.


BWW REPORTS: Preview Of THE LIGHT PRINCESS, National Theatre, September 28 2013
BWW REPORTS: Preview Of THE LIGHT PRINCESS, National Theatre, September 28 2013
October 9, 2013

Our reporter Natalie O'Donoghue travels down from Scotland to catch one of the first performances of the long-awaited The Light Princess, a new musical based on the George MacDonald fairytale with music written by Tori Amos.

BWW Scotland: Autumn Preview For Glasgow & Edinburgh
BWW Scotland: Autumn Preview For Glasgow & Edinburgh
September 4, 2013

Natalie O'Donoghue tells us what she's looking forward to this season

EDINBURGH 2013 - Reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue's Awards!
EDINBURGH 2013 - Reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue's Awards!
August 26, 2013

BWW Review Natalie O'Donoghue's pick of the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe festival.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT, Queen's Hall, August 21 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT, Queen's Hall, August 21 2013
August 22, 2013

Scotland's most distinctive writers and musicians and you: a nation, awake in the dark, waiting for the light to come.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: POLE FACTOR, The Space On The Mile, August 13 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: POLE FACTOR, The Space On The Mile, August 13 2013
August 14, 2013

The beautiful Sameera Mohammed aka Coco is a reality celebrity on Pole Factor. Actively rejecting Islam, her controversial anti-mosque campaign has gone viral. The Muslims are outraged at the betrayal but she is only saying what everyone else is too scared to.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Interviews: Actress and Writer Juliette Burton!
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Interviews: Actress and Writer Juliette Burton!
August 12, 2013

Juliette Burton's show at the Edinburgh Fringe explores her setting out to achieve every dream that she had when she was a child.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: THE ADVENTURES OF CAROLINE AND MR CLOWN, Gilded Balloon, August 10 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: THE ADVENTURES OF CAROLINE AND MR CLOWN, Gilded Balloon, August 10 2013
August 10, 2013

Join Caroline Rhea of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Phineas and Ferb and her new best friend, Mr Clown, an adorable, quick-witted puppet, as they sing, play and joke their way through basic language skills, manners, and other exciting life lessons in this playful interactive multi-media show

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: WRONG SIDE OF THE DOOR, Underbelly, August 9 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: WRONG SIDE OF THE DOOR, Underbelly, August 9 2013
August 10, 2013

The Grandees present The Wrong Side of the Door, three short plays taking the imagination on a roller coaster adventure of bizarre and wonderful character comedy.

EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON SHOW, Pleasance Dome, August 9 2013
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON SHOW, Pleasance Dome, August 9 2013
August 10, 2013

With brand new tricks and a mind-reading fish, Edinburgh's favourite magical dragon returns.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: SINCERELY, MR TOAD, Pleasance Dome, August 9 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: SINCERELY, MR TOAD, Pleasance Dome, August 9 2013
August 10, 2013

Trapped in a mundane existence, Kenneth Grahame longed to write wild adventure tales and pursue his love of nature and literature. Then one day a stranger tried to put a bullet through his head and he was never the same again.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: MINNIE AND MONA PLAY DEAD, Dairy Room, August 9 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: MINNIE AND MONA PLAY DEAD, Dairy Room, August 9 2013
August 10, 2013

Minnie and Mona are best friends who are destined to end up apart. Minnie wants to play cheeky unicorns. Mona wants to be dead. Real dead. Forever. This show is about suicide.

EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: SAM ROSE IN THE SHADOWS, Bedlam Theatre, August 9 2013
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: SAM ROSE IN THE SHADOWS, Bedlam Theatre, August 9 2013
August 10, 2013

Sam Rose has been carrying a box with him for five years. His box is filled with sadness and he has to take it with him everywhere he goes.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: CAROLINE RHEA, Gilded Balloon, August 5 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: CAROLINE RHEA, Gilded Balloon, August 5 2013
August 5, 2013

Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress brings her fresh, funny and spontaneous show to Edinburgh.

EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: CHRIS MAYO'S IDENTITY CRISIS, The Caves, August 4 2013
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: CHRIS MAYO'S IDENTITY CRISIS, The Caves, August 4 2013
August 5, 2013

As an actor and a comedian Chris Mayo spends most of his time pretending to be other people. In his stand up show he aims to find his true identity.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: IF THESE SPASMS COULD SPEAK, Pleasance Courtyard, August 4 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: IF THESE SPASMS COULD SPEAK, Pleasance Courtyard, August 4 2013
August 5, 2013

On paper, a one-man show on the subject of disabilities doesn't really sound like a comedy. Very touching, utterly fascinating and surprisingly hilarious.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: ROLL IT IN SEQUINS, Underbelly, August 4 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: ROLL IT IN SEQUINS, Underbelly, August 4 2013
August 5, 2013

With dreams of Vegas in tatters, Heffernan & Fletcher find a way to deal with the post-sequin blues.

EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: MAKING NEWS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 4 2013
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: MAKING NEWS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 4 2013
August 5, 2013

After the sudden departure of the head of news at the BBC, Rachel Clarke finds herself promoted on a temporary basis. Six hours into her first day as acting Head Of News she uncovers potentially the biggest conspiracy in the history of the corporation. She is faced with the decision to either try and bury the story or expose it and implicate the Director General of the BBC.

EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: BEATS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 3 2013
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: BEATS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 3 2013
August 4, 2013

Based around mid 1990's dance culture it tells the story of 15 year old Johno's first rave.

EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: ANDREW LAWRENCE- THERE IS NO ESCAPE, Pleasance Courtyard, August 3 2013
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: ANDREW LAWRENCE- THERE IS NO ESCAPE, Pleasance Courtyard, August 3 2013
August 4, 2013

Andrew Lawrence is obnoxious, sarcastic and utterly hilarious. As a seemingly completely miserable person, he states that when he is writing material for his show he thinks 'what would I say if I rang Samaritans?'.

EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: MADE FOR EACH OTHER, Sweet Venues Grassmarket, August 3 2013
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: MADE FOR EACH OTHER, Sweet Venues Grassmarket, August 3 2013
August 4, 2013

Made For Each Other is a novel and touching approach to Alzheimer's. Gerry has just proposed to Vincent and Vincent is faced with the decision whether to tell his groom-to-be about his illness.



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