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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.


Review: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, Theatre Royal
Review: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, Theatre Royal
September 18, 2025

This major new production from Scottish Ballet’s choreographer-in-residence Sophie Laplane and co-creator, James Bonas (The Crucible), draws on the complex relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I of England. Laplane’s bold choreography blends classicism with modernity, reshaping a familiar story with powerful originality.

 An Evening with Dr Louise Newsom Comes To The Pavilion Theatre
An Evening with Dr Louise Newsom Comes To The Pavilion Theatre
September 17, 2025

As part of World Menopause Month 2025, Dr Louise Newson, known across the UK as “the medic who kick-started the menopause revolution” is coming to Glasgow for one night

Review: BALLAD LINES IN CONCERT, Cottiers
Review: BALLAD LINES IN CONCERT, Cottiers
September 16, 2025

The musical began in 2014, commissioned jointly by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project. An earlier iteration of the musical received its world premiere in 2023 at Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling under its former title A Mother’s Song.

Review: OUR BROTHER, Òran Mór
Review: OUR BROTHER, Òran Mór
September 14, 2025

Inspired by a true story, Our Brother is a high-stakes political drama by Jack MacGregor about the language of denial, centring on a fateful interview with one of the bloodiest dictators of the 20th-century.

Review: SMALL ACTS OF LOVE, Citizens Theatre
Review: SMALL ACTS OF LOVE, Citizens Theatre
September 13, 2025

In the wake of the Pan Am 103 atrocity in December 1988, the people of Lockerbie responded with heartwarming acts of kindness for the relatives of people who died on board. In the face of the most extraordinary adversity, these two distant communities from Southwest Scotland and New York State built a lasting connection through friendship, compassion and humanity.

Drive Official Announce A Nightmare on Great Western Road
Drive Official Announce A Nightmare on Great Western Road
September 12, 2025

Drive Official announce their Halloween musical theatre concert at Oran Mor.

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Festival Theatre
Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Festival Theatre
September 10, 2025

It’s 1905 in the tiny village of Anatevka and Tevye, a Jewish milkman, lives his life by their proud traditions. For his five daughters, that means a visit from the matchmaker. As each daughter challenges his beliefs, against the backdrop of a changing world, can Tevye hold on to his roots, or must he bend to the will of his children and learn to embrace the unfamiliar?

Review: WALLACE, Oran Mor
Review: WALLACE, Oran Mor
September 6, 2025

Three performers take the mic to retell the life of William Wallace — from birth to his brutal death and beyond, in this thundering new musical featuring original hip hop music.

Review: 2:22 A GHOST STORY, King's Theatre
Review: 2:22 A GHOST STORY, King's Theatre
August 26, 2025

Following seven West End seasons, a record-breaking UK and Ireland tour and thirty productions across the globe, the stage phenomenon 2:22 A Ghost Story now comes to Glasgow.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THANYIA MOORE: AUGUST, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THANYIA MOORE: AUGUST, Pleasance Courtyard
August 25, 2025

After 10 years of comedy, Thanyia was finally set to do her long-awaited, anticipated debut hour at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Everything was going to plan. Then August happened. A show about mental strength, the female body and how awesome the NHS is in Scotland.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LAST RITES, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LAST RITES, Pleasance Courtyard
August 25, 2025

A stunning visual epic of love and loss that transcends language. Multi award-winning collaborators Ad Infinitum (Beautiful Evil Things, Translunar Paradise) and Ramesh Meyyappan (Love Beyond) return to EdFringe. Arjun's father never learnt sign language. Now he's gone, Arjun must find his own way to honour him, but how do you say goodbye when words were never there? Ancient traditions meet modern reality in a journey from the UK to India, with electrifying storytelling, movement and sound

 Glasgow celebrates as Citizens Theatre reopens with Homecoming Festival
Glasgow celebrates as Citizens Theatre reopens with Homecoming Festival
August 24, 2025

The Citizens Theatre reopened its doors today after a 7-year redevelopment welcoming everybody to its Homecoming celebrations.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: 24 WEEKS, Gilded Balloon
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: 24 WEEKS, Gilded Balloon
August 25, 2025

Something's wrong with Becca. Like really wrong. She's left with little choice over what to do. With last night's house party raging outside the door, Faye and Georgie must decide how to care for their friend and how much they're willing to lose.

Review: JACQUELINE WILSON, Edinburgh International Book Festival
Review: JACQUELINE WILSON, Edinburgh International Book Festival
August 24, 2025

an you imagine writing 100 books? Jacqueline Wilson doesn’t have to imagine: she’s done just that! In fact, The Seaside Sleepover is book number one-hundred-and-thirty-something. From Tracey Beaker, Hetty Feather, and now to Daisy, Lily, and Scruff, how does Jacqueline create the characters that fill her many stories? Find out from the beloved author herself as she chats about her remarkable books and life as a writer.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: KRYSTAL EVANS- A STAR IS BURNT, Monkey Barrel
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: KRYSTAL EVANS- A STAR IS BURNT, Monkey Barrel
August 24, 2025

Following her critically acclaimed debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal has a brand-new hour about her years in hospitality and finally finding comedy. A tale of struggle, celebrity gossip, murder attempts, and musical theatre.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: 1,2,3. SHIT THAT'S MY OCD, Gilded Balloon
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: 1,2,3. SHIT THAT'S MY OCD, Gilded Balloon
August 24, 2025

I really need to touch that 3 times. 1, 2, 3. F*ck. Did anyone see that? In a world full of ugliness, desperation and people touching you with dirty hands, a young girl tries to hide her OCD symptoms, but it's in her DNA and the world starts noticing. But relax. It's a comedy. Fine, tragicomedy. A monologue full of 1,2,3's, changing from verse to prose focused on the PTSD of sexual abuse, which worsened the girl's OCD and developed it to a place where she didn't feel 'normal'.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: GOD IS DEAD AND I KILLED HIM, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: GOD IS DEAD AND I KILLED HIM, Pleasance Courtyard
August 23, 2025

How do you rebel against parents who are already rebels? Form a band? Cool. Smoke some weed? Whatever. But finding Jesus? Now that's hardcore... Despite the yoga and therapy, Callum's past isn't done with him, and neither are the ghosts he conjured. Through live underscoring, razor-sharp storytelling and a whole lot of holy sh*t, Callum dives into belief, regret – and the things that refuse to stay buried

Review: DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE, Edinburgh International Book Festival
Review: DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE, Edinburgh International Book Festival
August 23, 2025

Podcaster, comedian, and bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White wants to know when we stopped talking and, more importantly, listening to each other. In Six Conversations We're Scared to Have, she considers the art of conversation and suggests it's time we agree to disagree. Join Frances-White for this funny, illuminating event that takes a deep-dive into topics such as freedom of speech, and explores ways to discuss the trickiest matters.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY, Underbelly
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY, Underbelly
August 23, 2025

Henry Cyril Paget was one of the world's wealthiest men, until he lost it all by being too damn fabulous. This fierce and tragi-gorgeous comedy musical is a true story about expectations, masculinity, privilege and failure on an epic scale. It's about feeling desperately weird and alone but knowing that to fit in would cost you everything.

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: OHIO, Assembly
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: OHIO, Assembly
August 23, 2025

When Shaun turned his back on the church, he found a new home in music. Confronted now with acute degenerative hearing loss, he’s making the choice to live joyfully in the face of life's many unanswerable questions. An exhilarating and celebratory true story about losing faith and finding hope in the darkest of places. The Olivier Award-winning producers of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer bring you this intimate and rousing new musical experience featuring creative captions. From Obie-winning indie-folk duo The Bengsons.



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