{"id":526,"date":"2024-01-05T21:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T08:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/?p=526"},"modified":"2024-02-09T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T00:59:38","slug":"jan-24-cancer-and-cartwheels-a-show-about-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/2024\/01\/05\/jan-24-cancer-and-cartwheels-a-show-about-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 24:  Cancer and Cartwheels:   A show about life."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A comedy show about cartwheels, cancer eviction, and Bad and Better wigs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doors open 7pm,  Show starts 7.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets $25.  Tickets available from Eventfinda: http:\/\/www.eventfinda.co.nz\/2024\/cancer-and-cartwheels\/hokitika<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jo was always good at cartwheels. It was her thing.&nbsp; In 1981, Jo did a cart-wheel-a-thon for Telethon. She was that good.  &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, Jo was diagnosed with cancer.&nbsp; Her right arm was significantly disabled. Would Jo be able to cartwheel again?<br>Laugh through the tough stuff with stand-up, skits, and songs about Jo\u2019s victory over cancer and her cartwheeling ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jo is an award-winning \u014ctautahi-Christchurch based stand-up comedian, improvisor and MC.  She is known best for her smash-hit comedy show&nbsp;<em>Jo Ghastly: The Cool Mum<\/em>&nbsp;which has sold out venues across New Zealand and Australia with great reviews:<br>\u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 1\/2 \u201c<em>The room is filled with laughter\u2026I would recommend to anyone who just wants to have a good laugh\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 The Adelaide Show Podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By day, Jo is psychiatrist and author Dr. Jo Prendergast. Her book for parents about teenage mental health&nbsp;<em>When Life Sucks<\/em>&nbsp;was released by Harper Collins in September 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comedy show about cartwheels, cancer eviction, and Bad and Better wigs. Doors open 7pm, Show starts 7.30pm Tickets $25. Tickets available from Eventfinda: http:\/\/www.eventfinda.co.nz\/2024\/cancer-and-cartwheels\/hokitika Jo was always good at <a href=\"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/2024\/01\/05\/jan-24-cancer-and-cartwheels-a-show-about-life\/\" class=\"read-more button-fancy -red\"><span class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/span><span class=\"twp-read-more text\">Continue Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}