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It begins! Nobody’s Business Theatre is on to our next production and our third theatre festival of the summer! SummerWorks opens on August 5, and tickets for Redheaded Stepchild are already on sale. They can be purchased online, by phone at 416-504-7529, or in person at Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Ave).

And now, to whet your appetite, here is our video trailer:

Via the SummerWorks blog.

Fringe has been going fabulously for old Maude-Lynne, and we’re happy to report some really exciting reviews.

From NOW Magazine:

“NNNN + Critic’s Pick
Deep in her “beloved withering depths” (read basement), Brontë sisters enthusiast Maude-Lynne prepares to auction off her treasures, while semi-boyfriend Colin provides the necessary musical accompaniment.

The auction set-up is delightful, and writer/performer Morgan Norwich is impeccably droll as Maude-Lynne, enunciating her latest tweets with the clarity of a 19th-century governess…

Peter Cavell’s Colin is a sweetly slow foil for Maude-Lynne’s campiness, providing choice one-liners and the occasional Kate Bush keyboard sting. Not a single line or gesture is wasted under Johnnie Walker’s direction.”

From Eye Weekly:

“★★★★
Morgan Norwich is both magnetic and gut-busting as Maude-Lynne, a reclusive retro-fetishist who sells bootleg movies and Victorian literature from her mom’s basement to make ends meet. An enigma, she speaks with a 19th century parlance but has her Tweets relayed to her on a futuristic headset, and pines for a Wuthering Heights-style romance yet dates a keyboard-playing comic book dork (Peter Cavell). A quirky, wit-laden script provides a solid backbone for this show, while Norwich brings it to uproarious life with her geeky grandiosity, sharp ad-libbing, and eventual character unraveling, which rivals Robert Downey Jr.’s in Tropic Thunder.”

We thought she was more like Robert Downey Jr. in Tuff Turf, but a compliment is a compliment.

UPDATE: NOW Magazine has now published their annual Fringe Highlights column, and Maude-Lynne is mentioned three times! Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Production, and Outstanding Ensemble. Nobody’s Business Theatre sincerely thanks everyone who came out and made our show such a success. And to those who couldn’t make it, well, we’ll just have to see you next time!