Friday, 6 August 2010

La JohnJoseph's Underclass Hero



His very kind comments
" The unstoppable Chris Sutton not only stage managed the whole thing beautifully, installed the set and pinned on the button holes, but also photographed the whole thing too!"

&

"Images from the show by the one man creative industry that is Christopher Auf Der Sutton"

too kind.. It was such a fun night, and i always wanted to have friends who inspire me.

REVIEW OF UNDERCLASS HERO...

Here's the first review from the debut performance of my new hit show "Underclass Hero", from the esteemed cultural junkyard that is Loserville.

"LV was feeling pretty thirsty at this point, so we chugged down more of the good stuff and then made ourselves comfortable for the arrival of Liverpool’s own La JohnJoseph, whose Underclass Hero began with our transdrogynous (I can’t take credit for this word) titular starlet channelling Tina Turner from a table in the front row. Let it be said here and now that we just don’t hear “We Don’t Need Another Hero” anywhere near enough these days – any song that manages to squeeze in the lyric “all we want is life beyond the thunderdome” deserves undying admiration.

An hour later, as La JJ (ably supported throughout by The Desperate Housewives on keyboard and guitar) finished things off with a rousing rendition of Bowie’s “Heroes”, LV reflected on what had been a roller-coaster ride of emotions – there had been laughs, there had been quiet reflection, there had been an amusing segment where La JJ addressed the audience from the toilets. The rabble at the back, who chatted throughout, may not have noticed, but the RVT had just played host to a quite beautiful cabaret-monologue which not only erased the memory of Lembit Opik’s grinning mug, but also thoroughly distracted LV from the lure of the bar – this achievement can not be overstated!"




Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Studding Rubber & Whiskey




must mean its nearly my Birthday...

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Rough & Dandy Exhibition..



This is what happens when my friends find my portrait at the Rough& Dandy exhibition.

funny fuckers arent they :)

i like it.

4* Review London

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Tonight

I had such a nice surprise.

Gillian Anderson came to see my show, and stayed and chatted after. This is special. She ( the woman not the fame) has always been someone i really admired and had the most respect for. We have met many times and each time it has been at a very pivotal moment in my life and her advice has come at the right time. Many years have past, her support that i go to drama school meant so much. Her words a year ago telling me to grit my teeth and keep going meant even more to me as i was having a very hard time in london.

And tonight, nearly a year exactly to the day since i used my last 20 quid to get a ticket to see her perform in Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' she came, and sat in the audience in my play.

There are really no words for the moment when someone you look up to, gives you that support. Im very happy, and its a dream come true to be quite honest. To have her come back stage and talk to me and to spend that time talking to the person i used to idolise so much as a young man.. to now be a lady i can speak with about performing and as a real person.

well there are no words for that.

and in my personal life, this week has been hard.

but a line from ' A Dolls House' always stuck in my mind '

"I have another duty equally sacred...My duty to myself." -Nora Helmer, Act III

and its with that in mind, that i move forward. Im working hard, and people are noticing that. I will move forward.

And to Gillian. Thank you, your support tonight and kindness you always show me means the world to me.

With that in mind.

Im heading to bed to read and relax, and to put the personal heart ache im assuming i will face tomorrow behind me.

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

with Time Out magazine ( and author ) Paul Burston




after our post show discussion ' The Herd Like Amnesia of HIV'