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Psychiatrist comedian finds the humour in her tumour!
Jo Prendergast is an award-winning Ōtautahi-Christchurch based stand-up comedian, best known for her smash-hit comedy show Jo Ghastly: The Cool Mum.
Psychiatrist comedian finds the humour in her tumour!
Jo Prendergast is an award-winning Ōtautahi-Christchurch based stand-up comedian, best known for her smash-hit comedy show Jo Ghastly: The Cool Mum.
As seen on ABC and Channel Nine.
Bring your teens, your mum, your gran!
The Cool Mum is an award-winning, clean comedy show which has sold out around New Zealand and at Adelaide Fringe!
BIO
Jo is a Ōtautahi /Christchurch based comedian, improviser, and actor.
Previous career highlights include being a Canterbury 3ZB cheerleader last century and being typecast on stage and screen as everyone’s neurotic mother. Comedy provides welcome relief from peri-menopausal mood swings and the tortures of parenting teenagers.
Jo also performs regularly with improvisation troupe Impulse Theatre. Recent screen appearances include feature film “The Stolen” and TV’s “Adam and Eve Show”.
“I wish you were my Mum “– Most comedians
“I wish you weren’t my Mum” – Jo’s kids
REVIEWS
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5 stars for a ‘lit’ show. Parents of tweens, teens and beyond, this is one show you don’t want to miss!” – Jo Parkinson, Play & Go Adelaide
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Will delight parents, teenagers and everyone in between – Cool AF” – Justine Hall, See Do Eat Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “The room is filled with laughter…I would recommend this show to anyone who just wants to have a good laugh” – Michelle Nightingale, The Adelaide Show Podcast
★ ★ ★ ★ “Relatable, funny and a great night out for parents of teens, tweens and everything in between.” – Tim Cooper, kidsinadelaide
“had the audience in stitches…..thoughtful, well-paced, sharply observed comedy grist and the mixed age group audience was totally on board” – Lisa Lanzi, Theatre Travels
COMEDY AWARDS
Winner Best Achievement – Good Times Comedy Club Awards 2022
Nominated Breakthrough Comedian of the Year – NZ Comedy Guild Awards 2020
Winner Best Solo Show and Audience Favourite Show- Nelson Fringe Festival 2020.
Winner Best Line-up Show, Most Sold-Out Shows, Spirit of The Fringe- Christchurch Comedy Carnival 2019.
Winner Comedy Roast Battle Dunedin Fringe and Christchurch 2018.
3rd Place South Island RAW Comedy Competition 2018.