UPCOMING UK SHOWS TBA!
I have always supported theatre with great vigour and I’m writing to endorse a very special show created by a dear friend of mine, a fine actress from New Zealand, DEB FILLER. Her show, KRAVITZ, COHEN, BERNSTEIN and ME is a do-not-miss!
Miriam Margolyes
ACTOR . WRITER . CHARACTER ARTIST . TEACHER
Deb Filler, the Kiwi/Canadian/Jewish comedienne acclaimed and multi-award-winning comedienne, wends through near-universal musical touchstones in her quest meeting ‘The Three Lennys’ in Kravitz, Bernstein, Cohen, and Me. With only a guitar and some images, these (mostly)true stories are likely to be amongst the BEST stories you have ever, ever heard. Deb has a natural connection to any audience, any age, anywhere. Her unforgettable stories and brilliant humour create a natural connection to audiences internationally. Along with her raft of lovable characters, her jam-packed, deeply humorous show is a story of empowering our true selves, embracing music and our mentors, whose impressive influence will linger long after curtain down. Whether you’re 12 or 120, you live in Whangarei or Wotford, this enchantingly intimate show is filled with gusto, charm, brilliance, talent, and great appeal. “Filler is a complete chameleon, transforming herself instantly into dozens of relatives and accents … exhilarating and liberating.” The Independent (London)
Directed by Sarah-Louise Young
EDINBURGH, AUG 3-27, ‘23
BEDFORD FRINGE, 7pm, JULY 28 ‘23
PHOENIX ARTS CLUB, SOHO, LONDON, JULY 29, 4:00pm
JW3, LONDON, SEPT 5, 7:30pm
OMNIBUS THEATRE, LONDON,
SEPT 3, 7:00 pm
Who is Deb Filler?
A Rabbi on The Handmaid’s Tale. An actor at the Stratford Festival. An Australian Marine Biologist on the FX TV hit Shark Lords. The voice of the Peg Bundy Doll. The star and playwright of the off Broadway classic, Punch Me In the Stomach.
Deb Filler has been working as an actor, character artist, singer, comic and writer, for 30 years. She’s appeared in clubs, theatres, on film, TV and in print. Nominated for the prestigious Helen Hayes Award, she’s had sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival, in London, Toronto, Berlin, Montreal, Sydney Australia, Baltimore, Washington D.C and her home town of Auckland, New Zealand.
Film and Television
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Last Laugh
Biddie Schitzerman
American God’s
Mr. Bernstein
Punch Me in the Stomach
Shark Lords
Trip
Angst
WORKSHOPS
Deb Filler has lead workshops in several countries including: Scotland, England, Canada, Australia, the US, Israel and New Zealand. Workshop clients have included private individuals, aspiring and established writers, and performers. She has also developed and produced workshops for corporate, government, educational, theatre arts and not for profit organizations.
KRAVITZ, COHEN, BERNSTEIN and ME
“A sweet tale of a life lived in the wings.” Daily Mail (4 Stars)
“Whether you like jokes or singing, get your coats on and go see it.” Get Your Coats on, Edinburgh (4 Stars)
“It’s lovely fun watching this extremely confident performer unravel and reveal her career…a performer’s performer. “ British Theatre Review (3 stars)
“Endearing and Enjoyable.” Fringe Review (3 Stars)
FILLER UP!
“Funny and affecting…She is a brilliant observer and her characterisations…are powerfully nuanced.” The Sydney Morning Herald
…utterly winning blend of humour and wistful observation… an intelligent and evocative meditation on appetite and hunger… The show…is a knockout. Miss it at your peril.” New Zealand Herald
*****
PUNCH ME IN THE STOMACH Theatrical Production
“Magnificent…hilarious…to miss her would be madness.” New Zealand Herald
“Filler is a complete chameleon, transforming herself instantly into dozens of relatives and accents … exhilarating and liberating.”
The Independent (London)
“Magnificent … Extraordinary … Dazzling … Stunning. The press note says she does ’35 plus characters’. But I was laughing, crying, thinking and feeling too hard to count.”
The Boston Globe
REVIEWS
“Extraordinary work, an extraordinary story-teller…” Village Voice
“Consistently clever … Extraordinary … Tour de force” Philadelphia Inquirer
“Filler’s overriding warmth, relaxed delivery, and level of comfort with the material is so engaging.”
The Toronto Star
“Filler has an extraordinary gift for mimicry …she has a wonderful smile, and embracing warmth… “
Globe & Mail (Canada)
“Filler, a gifted mimic…has tapped into the same vein of self-deprecating attitude many great comics that has never been more aptly applied than here”
New York Newsday
*****
“The most striking quality of Deb Filler’s performance… evokes the emotional dualism of much great humour (Issac Bashshevis Singer, Woody Allen and Bernice Reubens, among others), which implies that laughter is indispensable.” Montreal Mirror
Nomination for the Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Actress in a Non-Resident Production
For the Holocaust, ‘Second Generation,’ An Artistic Quest, NY Times
Deb Filler in Filler Up! Aviva-Berlin
Interview with Deb Filler, Aviva-Berlin
Filler Up! The Sydney Morning Herald
Birds of a Kind goes places rarely seen in English-language theatre, Toronto Star
Nostalgic Yiddish singalong @ Chutzpah!, Vancouver Observer
Review: ‘I Did It My Way In Yiddish (In English)’ by Deb Filler at MetroStage, DC Metro
“I Did it My Way in Yiddish (in English)” at MetroStage in Alexandria, The Zebra
I Did It My Way In Yiddish (In English) ~ MetroStage, The Whisk and Quill
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