Deborah Frances-White
| Deborah Frances-White | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brisbane, Australia |
| Medium | Stand-up, improvisation |
| Nationality | British, Australian |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Genres | Observational humour, Self-help, storytelling |
| Subject(s) | Feminism, religion |
| Website | www |
Deborah Frances-White is a comedian and writer who also delivers seminars to women in business on subjects including charisma, diversity and inclusion. She has both British and Australian citizenship. She hosts the podcasts Global Pillage and The Guilty Feminist.
Deborah was born in Australia and adopted at ten days old. She moved to the UK and attended Oxford University and founded improv theatre company The Spontaneity Shop of which she is a director.
Deborah became a Jehovah's Witness while still a teenager. Her years in the religion and how she left it were the focus of her 2012 Edinburgh Fringe stand-up comedy show and two of the episodes of her BBC Radio 4 show Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice.
After developing a number of improvisation formats at The Spontaneity Shop (including the improvised romantic comedy DreamDate which had a pilot made for ITV) Deborah turned to stand-up comedy. Her first significant solo show was How to Get Almost Anyone to Want to Sleep With You which she performed at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 and at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2008 where she also hosted The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow.
Deborah's recent shows have been more personal. Cult Following (2012) dealt with her experiences as a teenage Jehovah's Witness,Half a Can of Worms (2013) was about tracking down her biological family and Friend of a Friend of Dorothy (2015) was about feminism, sexism and homophobia.
Deborah has continued to develop new improvisation formats. Voices in Your Head is a show which allows comedians, improvisers and actors to create comedy characters while the audience watches. Guests have included Phill Jupitus, Sara Pascoe, Russell Tovey, Mike McShane, Hannibal Buress and others. In 2015 she created The Beau Zeaux a long-form improvised comedy featuring a rotating cast including , Thom Tuck, Rachel Parris, Brendan Murphy, Ed Coleman, Milly Thomas and Pippa Evans. Guests have included Russell Tovey and Dan Starkey.
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