UPDATE : VOTED #3 in the Top 10 Comedians in the UK by TimeOUT UK Reader last week, 23 April 2008

JANEY'S FANTASTIC WEBSITE HERE!

  Scotland's 'female Billy Connolly', Janey Godley needs little introduction after four previous appearances at the NZ International Comedy Festival including a sellout season at The Basement Theatre in 2008.

In 2009 Janey is looking forward to her first season at The Classic, New Zealand's home of live comedy , and once again, this relentlessly prolific writer, author, journalist, actress and comedienne will be bringing a new show, 'Domestic Godley'.

 In 2008 The Times UK voted Janey # 3 on their Top 10 List of UK comedians. Just the latest in a string of awards and honours that can be seen on her extensive web site www.janeygodley.co.uk where this short extract attempts to capture some of the essence that is Janey;

  'Janey was born on 20th January 1961 and brought up in Shettleston, in the East End of Glasgow. Aged 5-13, she was raped and sexually abused by her uncle. Aged 19, she married into a Glasgow gangster family; 27 years later, she remains married to her husband, who has Asperger's Syndrome - a mild form of autism. Her mother was murdered by a psychopathic boyfriend when Janey was 21. Her mother's killer, though known, was never prosecuted. For 14 years, Janey and her husband ran a pub in the Calton area of Glasgow's East End, an extraordinarily violent and drug-ravaged red-light district where even crucifixion was not unknown'.

  "The most outspoken female stand-up in Britain"  Daily Telegraph UK

"Some of the sharpest-elbowed comedy in the world" - New York Times.

 "Fully ensconced as the Godmother of Scottish Comedy... truly inspired... she's not afraid to say the virtually unsayable" The Scotsman

JANEY GODLEY - Domestic Godley

WELLINGTON - Tues 5 to Sat 9 May / 7pm
San Francisco Bath House, Cuba St.

 AUCKLAND - Mon 11 to Sat 23 May / 7pm
The CLASSIC, 321 Queen St