There's one thing UK comedian Sarah Callaghan really wants to do while she's in New Zealand.
"I want to paraglide because I've heard it's amazing with all the views and stuff," she grins. "When I went to Australia I did two parachute jumps, skydives, and that was amazing. I thinkI've got a taste for it now."
When I say that most people come here to bungy jump she shudders.
"I did a bungy jump in London. It was absolutely terrifying I would never, ever do it again," she says. "A skydive I'd do again. But that? No."
These are all fairly high octane activities. Is she an adrenaline junkie?
"Now, yeah," she laughs. "When I first started doing comedy I used to get really nervous. Now it's natural. Because I gig so much I've lost the fear. So I needed to find something else to get scared about, ya know? Those things are the next best things really."
After critical raves for her shows Elephant in 2016 and A Pigeon Dying Under the Bush in 2017 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Callaghan has ascended as an exciting new voice in the Brit comedy scene.
She's onstage tonight and tomorrow as part of the Auckland Comedy Fest and, perhaps once again looking for a comedy adrenaline shot, will be debuting a whole new show, The Ballad of Sarah Callaghan.
"It's all brand new material, yup. I've tried a few little bits at gigs but I've never done the show completely. I'm so excited to see what the New Zealand audiences think of it.
"I'm doing something different as well. It's got a lot of jokes in there, a lot of heart, but I'm mixing it up with poetry as well. It's pushing me out of my comfort zone but I think it's going to be good."
Wait, what? Poetry?
"Poetry is such a big thing at the minute. Its becoming very relevant, very current. And kinda cool. Especially young people are really getting onboard with it," she says. "I thought if I could mix that, merge that with my comedy, then happy days! Because it's two art forms that I really love.
"The thing with poetry is you put yourself in a very vulnerable position. When you're telling jokes there's a mask, you can hide behind bravado. But with poetry it's your soul you're baring. It's a huge thing emotionally to put yourself out there. But there's still a lot of jokes in there"
That's a relief. It was starting to sound like she was getting into candle lit emo territory...
"No! Nothing like that," she laughs. "It's a lot of fun. It's really upbeat. And yeah, it's funny."
Callaghan's been a stand-up for eight years and has based all her shows on her personal experience. Not for much longer.
"I've had quite a colourful life but as I'm getting older and going through a different stage I think this will be the last personal show I do," she says. "I want to start reflecting on what's going on in the world more so I thought I might as well use up all the stories I have. I'm 27 this year so I think I'll definitely change it up. It's been good though. It's been nice."
As her mind ticks over some of the crazier stories she's told on stage she quickly adds an addendum.
