Award-winning music comedy duo show GRIEF-SEX-RACE is coming to Christchurch, brought to you by stand-up comedian Jess Karamjeet (NZ Comedy Trust's One To Watch) and Sophie Gibson, an NZ On Air funded singer songwriter.

Guitar in hand, stand-up comedian Jess Karamjeet - a thirty-something, mixed-race, bisexual immigrant – navigates the awkward intersections of her identity

while grieving the loss of her dear, departed dad.

Riding shotgun is Sophie Gibson, an NZ ON AIR funded singer/songwriter with over 800K Spotify streams, whose songs often have a comedic spin - so she’s made the side-step into stand-up comedy. Because some say tragedy + time = comedy... and Grief-Sex-Race takes out the middle (wo)man. So get your running shoes on, then prepare for your socks to be knocked off. This taboo-busting, stereotype-subverting hour is a workout for your mind and your sides (you know, from all the laughter.)

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Originally from Scotland, Sophie is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter whose songs often explore the loss of her brother to suicide in 2015, and her music is revered as an important vessel for mental health awareness. She's segued into comedy songwriting, and also plays in popular punk band Club Ruby as 'Bubbles the Barbarian.'

A self-proclaimed ‘chicken tikka sandwich,’ Jess’s punch-lines pack more punch than a kid’s packed-lunch and - as the cultural rainbow of yummy-mummys know - that’s a lot of flavour. She's a solid feature of the New Zealand Comedy circuit, performing at the NZ comedy festival's Best Comedy Show On Earth alongside Hayley Sproull and Eli Matthewson. Her solo show REDUNDANT were also chosen for the New Zealand and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals. She's also the founder of PACSA, the Pan-Asian Comedy School Aotearoa, bringing more unheard voices into the comedy scene. Jess was also recently chosen for the Women About Sound songwriting scheme, and will be recording her debut song which is, very much, not funny.

Trigger warning: suicide and euthanasia