
Local Montreal actress Johanna Nutter delivers the goods; her one-woman Fringe production, My Pregnant Brother is a touching and comic examination of a dysfunctional family brought to the edge of disintegration by the birth of an unexpected child. Nutter is a gifted and charismatic actress who had the packed house at the Geordie Space hanging off her every word. Her story about her transsexual sibling who embraces life as a man twists and turns between suspense and comedy. When at the apex of her sister/brother's gender identity-confusion, he/she accidentally becomes pregnant, the Nutter family dynamic undergoes a profound upheaval. Johanna's story-telling is as compelling as it is intelligent and as witty as it is dramatic. She had the audience eating out of her hand. Three cheers for My Pregnant Brother. Nutter you rock! (FFFF)