Comedian back on stage

The self-described New Messiah Of Godzone is a self-made failure expert and she is here to take on orthodox religion, the patriarchy and colonisation all in one go, with a musical comedy.

Jaqi Taimana weaves clever musical parodies and stand-up comedy together to put a comical, feminist spin on first-hand failure in her show Jaqi Taimana The Coming 2nd, which will be staged tomorrow from 7.30pm at the New Athenaeum Theatre, The Octagon.

After starting out in comedy in Christchurch during the 1990s and working as a professional musician, Taimana is taking up the reins again after 21 years of solo parenting twins and 13 years of full-time early childhood teaching.

Qualified to teach both early childhood and primary school, Taimana stepped back from full-time teaching to concentrate on producing and performing standup comedy, bilingual children’s music performances and adult literacy education. — APL