BAY OF PLENTY TIMES
Tuesday, Nov 4th, 2003
FESTIVAL REVIEWS

HUNGRY FOR MORE OF A MOVEABLE FEAST

Whatever you do don't go to see FILLER UP! without first eating dinner – and plenty of it.

Expatriate New Zealander Deb Filler’s comic and confessional play is a delicious homage to food in which she sings, tells stories and bakes a loaf of traditional challah bread.

Interspersing song and storytelling, she recounts the story of a life spent battling her weight under the loving but critical eye of her kiwi Jewish family.

Written and performed by Filler, the solo show has a delicate balance of humour and poignancy, self-deprecation and mimcry.

She plays a multitude of characters who bring the story to life... as the smell of baking bread wafts through the audience, Filler explores her relationships, her familial responsibility and acceptance of who she is - weighty messages that were carried lightly.