Natalie is a Playwright, Poet, occasional Performer, Song Lyricist, Dramaturg, Producer of Arts and Heritage Projects. Including; Co-Director of Dreadnought South West who produce Occupy the Airwaves and the Rebellious Sounds Archive. She was also a Co-Director of Out and About Queering the Museum at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery. Most recently Natalie was…
Latest projects
Out and About: Queering the Museum at RAMM (Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter). A University of Exeter and RAMM partnership led by Professor Jana Funke, Writer Natalie McGrath and Engagement Officer from RAMM Eleanor Coleman. Writer in Residence throughout the duration of this project, the aim is to produce a queer poetic heritage…
Plays
Blessed This lyrical and immediate play moves between Scotland and a Twenty-First Century city under siege, where women in a war zone fight to stay alive, conjuring up memories, fragments of love and loss, as the night sky is lit up by heavy fire shaking them to their core. Blessed was originally ignited by the…
We’ll Meet In Moscow
A Traverse Theatre Company Production Available on demand until 29th September It is both beautiful and brutal Lyn Gardner – read the review a raw but beautiful listening experience Lorna Irvine, The List – read the review ‘Look at me. I am waiting for my woman. Look at my boldness My butchness My queerness.’ Dascha…
All the Things We Grieve
Watch All The Things We Grieve Originally I had planned to walk and talk with people in person to find out more about how they were during the in-between times of lockdowns and tiers. New restrictions prevented this. Instead, I invited a range of LGBTQIA+ people to answer questions about what they were missing during…
The Beat of Our Hearts
In collaboration with the University of Exeter’s Wellcome Centre for the Cultures and Environments of Health (WCCEH), in partnership with Exeter Northcott Theatre and the Intercom Trust. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). It is one of only 10 E.D.I (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion awards nationally in 2021). Natalie has been commissioned…
Dartington Writing Residency
Monday 28th January 2018 So I arrive at Dartington with fragments of writing. Moments rather than scenes if you like. In each one I know there is something to discover even if it isn’t dialogue I will eventually use. I know it is dialogue I will not eventually use. But in there I know there…
Natalie McGrath - Writer 