JoJo Sutherland Stands Up For Herself

JoJo Sutherland has more than a few tales to tell in her stand-up routine. She grew up in a castle, her father was a WWII veteran and a celebrated writer, her parents drank away their riches in whisky and she recently had a near-fatal stroke. It's a tale of upper class decline, but also a deeply personal story that's made all the more intimate by the small venue. Within five minutes, Sutherland is on first name terms with the entire audience and knows who's married, who's divorced and who's a smug bastard with a BMW. Her acute social intelligence characterises the set – at one point she laments the fact that her father used to be able to extend his considerable overdraft by the power of his elocution alone, but that for working class people the slightest financial indiscretion is deemed a case for social services. JoJo may be worrying about the bailiffs but her acerbic, pathos-laden wit is something that can never be repossessed.