New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Beyond funny JO’S BRAVE ROUTINE

By day, Joanna Prendergast is a psychiatrist working to help her clients improve their wellbeing. But by night, she transforms into her alter-ego Jo Ghastly and takes to the stage to perform comedy for audiences across the country.

It’s an unusual combination, but for the 54-year-old, it’s the life she has always dreamed of. When Joanna was a teenager deciding her future, she was torn between studying acting or medicine. With

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