Natasha Hodgson

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Natasha Hodgson
Natasha Hodgson at Operation Mincemeat’s opening night on Broadway in 2025
Born (1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 38)
Alma materWarwick University
Years activeearly 2000s–present

Natasha Hodgson (born 26 November 1986)[1] is an English actress, singer, writer, podcaster and artistic director.[2] She co-created and performed the musical Operation Mincemeat with the comedy troupe SpitLip.

For her work on Operation Mincemeat, Hodgson won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical alongside SpitLip and received three Tony Award nominations for the show for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

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Hodgson grew up in Croft, Cheshire and attended Croft Primary School.[6] At the age of 12, her first professional acting work was a role in an episode of the CITV sci-fi series Life Force,[7] after appearing in the directory for a child casting agency owned by the parent of her friend.[8] She later graduated from the University of Warwick, where she was involved in extra-curricular theatre.[9]

Career

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Writing

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Hodgson authored articles for various media outlets including MookyChick,[10] Best for Film,[11] and SFX magazine. She also wrote for the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared television series, Dogs in Space, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Bravest Warriors.[12]

Kill the Beast

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Hodgson co-founded Kill the Beast Theatre with David Cumming, Ollie Jones, Zoe Roberts, and Clem Garritty. The group originally met in university. Kill the Beast produced four stage productions, including The Boy Who Kicked Pigs[13] (2013), He Had Hairy Hands[14] (2014), Don't Wake The Damp[15] (2016), and Director's Cut[16] (2019).

Operation Mincemeat

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Kill the Beast members Hodgson, Roberts, and Cumming, in addition to Felix Hagan, co-founded the comedy group SpitLip in 2017.[17] The group collaboratively wrote and composed the musical Operation Mincemeat, which first premiered at the London Fringe New Diorama Theatre in 2019.[18] Operation Mincemeat also played in Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios. The show opened in the West End on 29 March 2023, and has been renewed there fourteen times.[19] The show opened on Broadway 20 March 2025,[20] and in May 2025 was nominated for four Tony Awards, with three of these afforded to Hodgson and her SpitLip colleagues, the first time anyone has had their first three Tony nominations all come at once.[citation needed]

Audio drama

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Hodgson created and starred in the audio drama The Sink: A Sleep Aid, which was released by BBC Sounds. The Sink was nominated for the "Best Podcast/Online Audio" Audio Drama Award in 2021, and was listed as a "Top 20 Podcast of 2020" by The Guardian.[21] She also co-wrote the Kill the Beast production "Eglantine Whitechapel: Supernatural Detective" and the Kill the Beast/Fremantle production "Who Exploded Viven Stone?",[22] and voiced several characters in three episodes of Doctor Who Redacted for BBC Sounds.[23][24][25]

She is a regular contributor to the Beef and Dairy Network Podcast, writing and starring in a Halloween special.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Kill The Beast Limited" (PDF). Registrar of Companies For England and Wales. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  2. ^ DKC/O&M (24 February 2025). "Natasha Hodgson". DKC/O&M. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Olivier Awards 2024 Winners Announced". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Nominations in full: 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". 7 December 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  5. ^ Evans, Greg (1 May 2025). "Tony Awards Nominations: 'Buena Vista Social Club', 'Maybe Happy Ending' And 'Death Becomes Her' Lead Way – Complete List". Deadline. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ^ Morgan, David (25 October 2016). "Neon comedy and monster mash-up of pop culture hits Lowry in time for Halloween". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ^ "The Village That Dreamed Itself to Death (2000)". bfi.org.uk. BFI. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Natasha Hodgson on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  9. ^ "The Quartet Behind Operation Mincemeat". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  10. ^ Hodgson, Tash (3 September 2014). "Jumpy Review". Mookychick. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Natasha Hodgson". Best For Film. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Who is Natasha Hodgson?". Theater Mania. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  13. ^ Wicker, Tom (16 March 2013). "The Boy Who Kicked Pigs". Exeunt. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  14. ^ "He Had Hairy Hands". Kill the Beast. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Don't Wake The Damp". Kill the Beast. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  16. ^ Worsley-Carter, Lorraine (31 October 2019). "Kill The Beast: Director's Cut at The Lowry: Review". Quays Life. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  17. ^ "Who is SpitLip?". WhatsOnStage. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  18. ^ "Operation Mincemeat – see inside the first Broadway performance". WhatsOnStage. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical". www.thefortunetheatre.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  20. ^ Lyall, Sarah (10 March 2025). "How 'Operation Mincemeat,' a Very British Hit, Was Fine-Tuned for Broadway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  21. ^ "Natasha Hodgson". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  22. ^ "Who is Natasha Hodgson? Musicals, Operation Mincemeat etc". WhatsOnStage. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  23. ^ "Doctor Who: Redacted - Series 1 - 2. Hysteria - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Doctor Who: Redacted - Series 1 - 3. Lost - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Doctor Who: Redacted - Series 1 - 7. Requiem - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  26. ^ "Episode 115 – Milky Man". maximumfun.org. Retrieved 4 October 2025.