An interview about the work I do!

The Bio:

Deborah Kimmett, is not just a funny face. An accomplished author and story- teller, she loves teaching people how to find their best self as creative beings. This is why she travels speaking and writing and holding writing retreats from Vancouver to Peru.

She is heard regular sparring on CBC Radio and Television Show, The Debaters.  Deborah performs often at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and a twenty -year veteran of the SECOND CITY theatre, where she taught people how to build on ideas and say yes to the next right thing. A Governor General Award nominated playwright she also writes for magazines such as More for which she has been nominated two years in a row for National Magazine Awards for Humour.

She is, the author of two books Reality is Over Rated, and That which Doesn’t Kill you Makes you Funnier and has written a movie called The Hole, about female prison guards which is in development.
Richard Side producer of CBC RADIO’s The Debaters  “ Kimmett is witty and wise and just plain hilarious.”

Five Things I Know for Sure:

• After you say yes, life gets interesting.
• Changing our minds is the hardest thing we do as humans.
• Humour opens minds. It interrupts the negative chatter and gives us perspective.
• If you want to lead an authentic life, doubt will be a constant companion.
• That which doesn’t kill you will make you funnier.

All-Time Cool Gigs

1. Any keynote where I can deliver a message of hope and laughter to people who are stressed.
2. Repeat performances on CBC “Debaters”. Both the radio and TV show. I finally get to argue for money…instead of arguing about money.
3. Being nominated for Governor General Award for play “Miracle Mother” about my daughter’s birth.
4. Performing at The  Winnipeg Comedy Festival when I was 45. Best birthday ever!
5. Writing my first novel, Outrunning Crazy. (No, it’s not about my  relatives and I’ll say that in court.)
6. The part of a life-time Mom. Without my kids, I’d have no comedic material.

All-Time Funny Gigs

1. The murder mystery where they didn’t tell the kitchen staff there was a murder mystery happening. A Serbian dishwasher came out with a tray of glasses during a “shooting.”
2. The fundraiser I did where they sold tickets at the funeral home. I expected them to answer the phone “Marquis Funeral Home and Comedy Club.”
3. Then there was the cruise ship. I went on to play a character for a new yeast infection product in a musical called “Beauty and The Yeast”.

Special Interests

After taking a Palliative Care workshop, PELA : www.pelacfdc.ca  help funded me to write and produce a humorous film called Talking to Sick People. Rowan Media shot and directed it.  Check it out under Shop. I’m proud of this one. I play both parts in the film. Yes, it was low-budget.

Special Projects

New Webinars on Using Humour to deal with the new Stress Factor. Being funded for a new movie I’ve been working on about female prison guards.