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Not My Mother

Not My Mother is a one-woman comedy, written and performed by Scottish playwright and actor, Lorella Loftus, about a grown-up daughter’s relationship with her Scottish mother. Told within the framework of the woman’s encounters with a “friend,” the story is about how she deals with her mother’s eccentricities. The daughter must achieve a new understanding of the relationship with her mother and find a way to mend it. This show includes original music by Vikki Schwarz. It is produced by the Austin Celtic Festival and Interwoven Theatre Company.

"Me: Wouldn't you like a new one, mother?

Mother: Oh no dear. I like my old cracked one."

Not My Mother will run each day of the festival. Performance is approximately 30 to 35 minutes long.

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Lorella Loftus

Lorella Loftus has been a producer, actor, writer and director for the past 20 years, and is based in Austin, Texas. She has worked with a diversity of performance companies around Austin, but mostly for Renaissance Austin Theatre. She has produced/performed in/written and/or directed shows far too numerous to mention. Her favourites include her original play Elizabeth: Heart of a King (Elizabeth Regina), Shakespeare’s MacBeth (Lady MacBeth), and Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane. She has received a B. Iden Payne acting award, and several nominations. Lorella comes from Glasgow, Scotland and is a teacher.