I am freelance writer, editor, producer and marketer based in Manchester. I have worked on a variety of projects over a six year freelance period, from PR and marketing to editorial to theatre and film commissions.
I am a playwright and screenwriter and last year won the Channel 4 Writing for Television Award 2022, where I developed a TV pilot with Rollem Productions. I was one of six writers selected for the LOOP Audio Fund with Screen Yorkshire and Free Turn to create a new audio drama pilot and was part of the 2023 BFI Script Lab.
I am also the Editor-in-Chief of Flourish Magazine, a magazine by and for the cancer community, as well as working with several clients in marketing & PR and running regular writing workshops.
I love being a multi-hyphenate and believe that my diverse skill set enhances all of the work I do. I'm driven by a challenge and am open to taking on work in new territories, so if you are looking for help with writing, creating content or communications, get in touch!
Projects
- Issue 3 - Flourish MagazineThe third issue of Flourish Magazine, the magazine by and for the cancer community from integrative cancer care charity Yes to Life and creative health charity Artlift, is out now. For our third issue we explored the theme of ‘Movement’. How do we move through our experience of cancer, spirtually, emotionally, physically? This issue busts our ideas of movement wide open, with creative submissions with those from lived experience of cancer, and articles and interviews with creative practitioners
- Flourish Magazine Issue 2: The Connections IssueIssue 2 of Flourish Magazine, a magazine by and for the cancer community, from charities Artlift and Yes to Life. This issue was on the theme of 'Connections' and featured creative submissions selected through an open call, alongside features and interviews on the integrative and creative approach to cancer. Read it here: https://artlift.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ISSUE-TWO-CONNECTIONS-DIGITAL.pdf
- Flourish Magazine - Issue 1I am the Editor-in-Chief of Flourish Magazine, a joint venture between integrative cancer care charity Yes to Life and creative health charity Artlift and funded by National Lottery Awards for All, by and for the cancer community. The magazine is created with the support of a steering group that includes people living with cancer and partners Macmillan, Macmillan Next Steps and Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. It features a range of creative responses, expert information a
- Why it's so hard and awkward to ask for a pay rise at work | The C WordArticle for online platform The C Word, published 23 February 2022. Read in full here: https://www.thecwordmag.co.uk/business-advice/why-its-so-hard-and-awkward-to-ask-for-a-pay-rise-at-work Excerpt: "Asking for a pay rise at work is classic boss bitch domain, the kind of thing you’d see a ShEO do a TEDTalk on, titled ‘How to get paid what you’re worth’ or ‘How I negotiated my six-figure salary’. She’s wearing a remote mic. She’s got a millennial pink suit on. She has a professional blow-dry
- Recommendations of the Week: 21-27 February 2022 - Insights of an Eco ArtistRecommendations article for online platform Insights of an Eco Artist. Read the full article here: https://insightsofayoungecologicalartist.com/recommendations-of-the-week/ Image: This is where I travelled by Portia Zvavahera. Image courtesy of David Zwirner.
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Projects credited in
- EUROPEANSOur new series of events EUROPEANS celebrates iconic European artists across the centuries and across art forms (writers, composers, filmmakers, visual artists, choreographers – the list goes on) who have through their work and legacy contributed to the creation of a European cultural narrative. EUROPEANS is part of Dash Arts' wider season of work EUTOPIA, investigating what it means to be European. EUTOPIA emerged as a direct response to the 2016 EU Referendum. As the UK voted to leave the EU1
- Myths of EuropeA Dash TransNational Theatre production A new work for the theatre by director Tim Supple and writer/dramaturg Katie Ebner-Landy produced by Dash TransNational Theatre with partners across Europe and a trans-European, multi-lingual cast and creative team. In September 2019 we began a traveling workshop of research and development with actors, theatre-makers, thinkers, activists and members of the public across Europe, searching for an understanding of how and why Europe became a Union and what1
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Work history
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WriterSelf Employed
Manchester, United KingdomFreelance
Writer of scripts and articles on a freelance basis. See my work at www.nataliebeech.com
Scriptwriting credits include full-length play Collegiate, which had sold-out runs at The Bread and Roses Theatre and Attenborough Arts Centre, receiving four star reviews, as well as a commission from the international HeforShe Campaign to write my play Quiet Earthquakes. I was also nominated for the Young Pleasance Playwriting Award in 2019.
Articles include interviews with Stewart Lee, Isy Suttie, Richard Herring, Ryan Gander and more. See my full portfolio on my website.
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Marketing ManagerXtrax Arts
- Manchester, United KingdomFreelance
Devising and leading on communications strategies that promote the brand, values and activities of XTRAX and Without Walls.
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Skills
- Copywriting
- Public Relations
- Script Writer
- Playwriting
- Editing
- Script Editing
- Creative Workshops
- Digital Marketing
- Communications
- Social Media Marketing
Education
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Merit in Playwriting and Screenwriting MAThe City University of London
- London, United Kingdom
First Class BA (Hons) Creative Writing and JournalismDe Montfort University
- Leicester, United Kingdom
Awards
Channel 4 Writing for Television AwardsNew Writing North
Recipient of the Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards 2022, where I will work with Rollem Productions on placement to develop an original pilot.