The Cool Mum- Wellington- NZ Comedy Fest

A comedy show for all ages - bring your Mum, your teens, your Gran!

The show has sold out around New Zealand and at Adelaide Fringe with 5 star reviews!

‘The Cool Mum’ is an award-winning parody of a celebrity personal development seminar.
Jo Ghastly’s expertise comes from being a self- proclaimed “Cool Mum”

The show will help you become the coolest of cool parents (seriously, Jo is on TikTok so you know she's got the credentials!)
Don't have any kids of your own? Don't worry, Jo will be teaching you how to unlock the inner cool potential of your own parents.
Chosen to have fur babies? This show will validate your choice to never have children.

The show is recommended for tweens to 90s. Mild adult themes.

Jo is a New Zealand based comedian, actor, improviser, film maker, mother, author and psychiatrist. Jo wonders why she is often tired!

Jo has been nominated as Breakthrough Comedian at the 2020 NZ Comedy Guild Awards. ‘The Cool Mum’ won Best Solo Show and Audience Favourite Show at Nelson Fringe Festival 2020. Jo has also won Best Line-up Show, Most Sold-out Shows and Spirit of the Fringe at Christchurch Comedy carnival 2019. She is a multi-champion Roast Battle winner, so hecklers beware.

Jo has also kept two babies alive until adulthood.

www.joghastly.com

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “I’m very proud” Jo’s Mum.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 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
“Fantastic story-teller…Side- splitting videos” Backstage Christchurch.