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The Relevant Deborah Kimmett

February 2, 2010

C OMEDIANDeborah 

Kimmett admits that it isn’t easy per- 

forming in front of a home- town crowd. “I actually get more 

stressed (than doing a 

show elsewhere) because 

everybody knows you,” 

Kimmett says with a 

laugh. 

Nevertheless, the 

comic with local roots is 

once again bringing her 

funny act to the Napanee 

stage at the Lion’s Hall on 

Feb. 4. 

One year ago, Kimmett 

was performing at the 

same venue to raise money 

for her educational video, 

‘Talking to Sick People’. 

The video is a light-hearted 

examination of a serious 

subject,and will be used to 

help caregivers develop 

better communication 

techniques when speaking 

with people who are sick. 

She said she got the 

idea to develop the video 

after taking a palliative 

care course through 

Lennox and Addington 

Hospice. She worked with 

Hospice Executive Direc- 

tor Peggy Sunstrum as 

well as L&A County Gen- 

eral Hospital’s Brenda 

Luffman and staff from 

Kingston General Hospital 

in developing the video. 

She also said that last 

year’s fundraiser was key 

in helping her finish the 

video. 

“I couldn’t have done it 

at all without the emotion- 

al and financial support of 

people in this community,” 

she said. 

Kimmett’s efforts have 

not gone unnoticed, or 

unappreciated. “Our 

research team is fortunate 

to have the ‘Talking to 

Sick People’ video as a 

resource to enhance com- 

munication and patient 

safety,” said Anne O’Rior- 

dan, a clinical educator at 

Queen’s University. 

Kimmett said that, so 

far, she has received good 

feedback from the instruc- 

tional video. She will be 

showing the eight-minute 

video at the Napanee per- 

formance. 

Part of the proceeds 

from the Napanee show 

will go to benefit Hospice 

L&A. 

Kimmett says next 

week’s show will have new 

material and new charac- 

ters. She’ll also have local 

singer Kim Pollard shar- 

ing the stage with her as 

well, adding that there 

will be some interaction 

between herself and Pol- 

lard during the perform- 

ance. 

“Kim will have you 

singing, I’ll get you laugh- 

ing.Who can ask for a bet- 

ter way to beat the mid- 

winter blues?,”she said. 

Kimmett has been a 

regular on CBC Radio on 

the show ‘The Debaters’, 

and has performed at the 

Winnipeg Comedy Festi- 

val. Kimmett also teaches 

communications and writ- 

ing workshops around 

North America, and is 

sought-after motivational 

speaker. 

Tickets for ‘The Rele- 

vant Deborah Kimmett’ 

are $25 each and can be 

picked up at Gray’s IDA in 

Napanee, or  purchased 

online at www.kimmett.ca 

under ‘Buy Stuff’. 

The video can be 

viewed online by visiting 

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