About me

Catherine McDonald is a creative writer with a flair for evoking mood and occasion. Having worked as a copy writer for Jo Malone, Estee Lauder, Ohal Econometric Analysis, Cabbell Publishing and extensively in theatre, Catherine is ready for the next challenge.

Catherine McDonald completed David Edgar's Playwriting Masters Degree and has enjoyed a number of successes with play scripts and musicals being produced across the country and on ITV1. Her play Once Upon A Winter is published by Eldridge Editors in the US, and in January 2014 she won the nationwide Mardibooks World War One Short Story competition for her story Homecoming.

Catherine received critical acclaim for her musical adaptation of Peter Pan Never Land at the Edinburgh Fringe, which went on to be performed outdoors in Kensington Gardens, and was then featured on ITV1's Fortune, winning £15,000 to donate to Gt Ormond St Children's Hospital. After being commissioned by The Bronte Society to adapt Jane Eyre for the stage

Skills

Advertising, Character Design, Creative Direction, Editing, Event Management, Film, Fine Arts, Journalism, Proof Reading, Public Speaking, Radio, Television, Writing

Sector Experience

Marketing, Retail, Theatre

Clients

Estee Lauder, Jo Malone, Ohal Ltd, Through The Window Theatre Company