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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.


EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CELYA AB: SECOND RODEO, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CELYA AB: SECOND RODEO, Pleasance
August 29, 2023

As a child, all she wanted was to be an adult. Now she's at the table, she wants out. Following her acclaimed, sell-out debut hour, Celya returns: expect tales of romance, a hologram, and a near-death experience in Thorpe Park.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: AN AFTERNOON WITH ANTON DU BEKE, Underbelly
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: AN AFTERNOON WITH ANTON DU BEKE, Underbelly
August 29, 2023

Strictly Come Dancing legend and judge, Anton Du Beke, takes to the stage with his live band, a guest singer and his dancers; expect a fab-u-lous afternoon of song, dance and laughter.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MAGGIE CRANE: SIDE BY SIDE, Underbelly
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MAGGIE CRANE: SIDE BY SIDE, Underbelly
August 29, 2023

Maggie Crane's older brother had it all: a purple sparkly wheelchair and everyone's attention. This darkly funny stand-up show is an autobiographical coming-of-age story about disability, death, and Dunkin' Donuts. Aiden was Maggie's best friend and biggest rival. In their family, hospital visits felt like Disneyland and drug smuggling trips were international vacations. Maggie's first crush was a doctor and her first love was... the lead singer of Panic at the Disco? Side by Side will break your heart, make you laugh, and get you to call your brother.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BLOWHOLE, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BLOWHOLE, Pleasance
August 29, 2023

Meet Him. He's gay, twenty-something, and aspiring to be Billie Piper circa 1999. For now though, he's still single, still horny, and still perfecting the bum-hole selfie in the work toilets. Rock bottom's never been so fabulous. Blowhole is a screengrab of the pitfalls of swipe-right culture.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: YOGA WITH JILLIAN, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: YOGA WITH JILLIAN, Pleasance
August 29, 2023

A new screwball comedy about how Gwyneth Paltrow, guru culture, green juice and your best downward-facing dog can save us all!

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SCAREDY FAT, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SCAREDY FAT, Pleasance
August 29, 2023

Scaredy's working the late shift at the cinema. Tonight's schedule? The horror-movie sexual awakenings of yesteryear. Stuffed with steamy recollections of Carrie and Candyman, Scaredy should be in ecstasy but evil horror host Count Calories keeps cutting in on the fun. It's time for Scaredy to face their fears and stop being such a big Scaredy Fat. Come to the movies with Scaredy as they poke fun at fat and queer representation in the horror genre, asking what it means to love a genre that doesn't love you back. We're gonna need a bigger shirt...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: I'VE GOT SOME THINGS TO GET OFF MY CHEST, Gilded Balloon
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: I'VE GOT SOME THINGS TO GET OFF MY CHEST, Gilded Balloon
August 26, 2023

According to Google, Eva's boobs weigh the same as: two and a half bottles of tequila; two bricks; or the average newborn baby. Quite a weight on your back and finding bras off the rack for a rack that size is near impossible. Despite being an ideal candidate, misogynistic medical standards leave Eva feeling like a tit for asking for a boob reduction - will the whole thing be a bust?

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: STRING V SPITTA, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: STRING V SPITTA, Pleasance
August 27, 2023

A kids party... but for adults. Soho Theatre's smash-hit musical comedy about two rival children's entertainers, starring Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts, Taskmaster, Stath Lets Flats) and Ed MacArthur (Bad Education, Dreamland, The Now Show).

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, Underbelly
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, Underbelly
August 27, 2023

'Who are you Jamie!?' 'I'm that bitch!' Jamie is not in fact, that bitch. Jamie has just been dumped for a man who goes to the gym. Jamie is a hot mess. Jamie needs to reinvent himself. Celebrating the dizzying romance and heart-breaking tragedy of friendship, Jamie Finn blends storytelling, comedy and original music as he explores the chaotic wilderness of platonic love and searches for someone who will finally talk about Jamie!

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: PUBLIC- THE MUSICAL, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: PUBLIC- THE MUSICAL, Pleasance
August 26, 2023

Usually avoid public bathrooms? Here's one you won't want to miss! This award-winning new musical follows four unlikely strangers who find themselves trapped together in a gender-neutral public toilet. With an hour to kill until maintenance arrives, the group navigates unexpected challenges, pungent opinions and some seriously sticky conversations. Created by queer-led theatre collective Stroud & Notes, Public – The Musical explores stories of identity, connection and compassion, alongside an electrifying pop/rock score. This will be a trip to the bathroom you'll never forget!

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: IMA, Assembly
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: IMA, Assembly
August 27, 2023

IMA (Pray) is an immersive circus experience. In the installation space reminiscent of sacred places, we participate in a unique ritual guided by the performer, who becomes a 21st-century shaman taking the audience into the unknown territories of the human mind. Bence Vági, director-choreographer of IMA worked with his team to create a magical installation inspired by the starry sky stretching over the desert; the place where human beings realise that we are merely tiny points in the infinite vastness of the universe.

Review: GREATEST DAYS, King's Theatre
Review: GREATEST DAYS, King's Theatre
August 24, 2023

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Take That’s first ever UK number 1 single Pray and coinciding with the summer 2023 release of the movie of this smash hit musical – Greatest Days is sure to be a night out you will Never Forget.

EDINBURGH 2023: A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME Q&A
EDINBURGH 2023: A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME Q&A
August 23, 2023

BWW catches up with Max Norman to chat about bringing A Pirate's Life For Me to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MARC JENNINGS: AWAY FROM HERE, Monkey Barrel
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MARC JENNINGS: AWAY FROM HERE, Monkey Barrel
August 22, 2023

Following a sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2022, Scottish Comedian of the Year winner and Some Laugh podcast host Marc Jennings returns with his most personal show to date.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE BEATLES WERE A BOYBAND, Gilded Balloon
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE BEATLES WERE A BOYBAND, Gilded Balloon
August 22, 2023

The cosy, safe world of three flatmates is rocked by a woman's murder. Now Violet's scared walking home from her late shift. Daisy's become an accidental activist drawing unwanted attention from the manosphere. And Heather just wants to get on with her life. After all, who really needs to change to make women safer? This unforgettable play by Rachel O'Regan and feminist theatre company F-Bomb returns to Gilded Balloon, having won a Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Sit Up Award for social impact in 2022.

Review: LET'S TALK ABOUT CONSENT, Edinburgh International Book Festival
Review: LET'S TALK ABOUT CONSENT, Edinburgh International Book Festival
August 20, 2023

Explore the thorny and pertinent issues faced by young people around consent. Hear from Scottish novelist and playwright Alan Bissett about his new book, Lads: A Guide to Respect and Consent; Screenwriter Emma Dennis-Edwards, who has written episodes of Casualty, EastEnders, and most recently factual drama Consent, based on hundreds of testimonies of young people; and bestselling author Holly Bourne, who shares exclusive details from her new novel, You Could Be So Pretty. Chaired by poet and performer Leyla Josephine

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BUFF, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BUFF, Pleasance
August 22, 2023

After a bad break-up from a six-year relationship, a plus-sized, gay, primary school teacher decides to sublet his flat to a buff Instagram model. Funny yet poignant, this solo-performed play tackles body image pressures, social media jealousy, and one man's journey to self-acceptance whilst navigating the toxic world of online dating. Fresh from its five-star, award-nominated run at VAULT Festival, Buff is a hilarious yet timely story about being plus-sized in the gay community. Starring Dublin-born actor and comedian Pearse Egan (In from the Side, Netflix).

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WONDER DRUG, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WONDER DRUG, Pleasance
August 20, 2023

Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus. Lovely. But with a new girlfriend and a Wonder Drug called Kaftrio coming soon, what can stop him now? A rollicking course of intravenous antibiotics set to 80s bangers!

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JESUS, JANE, MOTHER & ME, Pleasance
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JESUS, JANE, MOTHER & ME, Pleasance
August 20, 2023

Meet Daniel Valentine, the ultimate superfan whose life has been devoted to his two favourite things, Jesus... and Jane. Daniel's mother is a superfan too, but then one day her actions cause it all to go horribly wrong.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JAMES ROWLAND: PIECE OF WORK, Summerhall
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JAMES ROWLAND: PIECE OF WORK, Summerhall
August 20, 2023

James has been touring his storytelling theatre shows for half his adult life. This year was different. Returning home after his first stint away he received a letter that exploded his life and the tour became a search: for the person who sent it, for a sense of home, and to maybe save a life.



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