The Cool Mum
An award-winning comedy show that's sold out around NZ! Bring your Mum, your teens and your Gran - to get cool the Jo Ghastly way! Jo ’s expertise comes from being a self-proclaimed “Cool Mum” (seriously, Jo is on TikTok so you know she's got the credentials!)
Nominated Breakthrough Comedian 2020 NZ Comedy Guild Awards. ‘The Cool Mum’ won Best Solo Show and Audience Favourite Show at Nelson Fringe Festival 2020. Best Line-up Show, Most Sold-out Shows and Spirit of the Fringe Christchurch Comedy Carnival 2019. Jo has also kept two babies alive until adulthood.
“Fantastic story-teller…Side- splitting videos” Backstage Christchurch. “Hilarious” Theatreview. “I wish you were my mum” Most Comedians. “I wish you weren’t my mum” Jo’s kids. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “I’m very proud” Jo’s Mum.
Presented by: Jo Ghastly
Jo is a NZ based comedian, improviser and actor. By day she works as a psychiatrist, author and film producer.
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’s debut solo comedy show “The Cool Mum” won Best Solo Show and Audience Favourite Show at the Nelson Fringe Festival 2020 and was programmed in the 2022 NZ International Comedy Festival. Jo was nominated for Breakthrough Comedian (S.I.) at The NZ Comedy Guild 2020 Awards
Jo also performs regularly with improvisation troupe Impulse Theatre. Recent screen roles feature film “The Stolen" and "The Adam and Eve show".
Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts
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
Relatable, funny and a great night out for parents of teens, tweens and everything in between. - Tim Cooper, kidsinadelaide
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
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 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