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Joz Norris

Writer. Actor. Comedian. Maker of Stuff.

Welcome!

Welcome to the website of writer, performer and fool Joz Norris. Make yourself at home! (No need to remove your shoes, we’re a shoes-on household, you do you). Here you can watch my films and videos, listen to my radio programmes and podcasts, read my news and essays, and delve into my archive of past projects.

For those who just want a quick update on what I’m currently up to,  I am presently:

  • Developing several scripted narrative comedy projects (one about happiness; one about parenthood and paths not taken; one about murder mysteries; one about an ice cream van and one about the gig economy)
  • Submitting my latest short film to film festivals and developing my next short
  • Co-writing an audio podcast project about a spooky island
  • In pre-production for a new chat podcast about randomly generated conversation
  • Directing three live shows
  • Developing a new solo show which will be playing at various comedy and arts festivals over the spring and summer

Listen to Joz

Radio, Podcast & other audio things...

Nobody Panic - August 2nd, 2022

Nobody Panic

The Best Video Game You’ve Never Played - June 24th, 2023

The Best Video Game You’ve Never Played

Insane In The Men Brain - September 30th, 2021

Insane In The Men Brain

Born Yesterday - October 18th, 2023

Born Yesterday


Past Projects

Welcome to the Archive! Here you can find out a bit more about every major project I’ve authored over the last 10 years, from live shows to short films to radio shows and so on. If you’re a long-time fan then maybe you’ll remember some of these! And if you’ve found my work more recently, then perhaps it’ll be interesting to go back and see what you’ve missed. Where possible, I’ve included links to be able to see the project itself. Enjoy!


The Fruit Salad Therapy Tapes

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Tape 134: Writing About Real People

Tape 134: Writing About Real People

Joz Norris • Thursday, March 14th, 2024

Let’s start with the plug, because this week’s Tape is at least vaguely connected to it. Those readers who’ve been enjoying the Mr Fruit Salad show on Youtube over the last couple of weeks might be interested to know that I’ve put together a little bonus feature for the Go Faster Stripe store in the form of […]

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Tape 133: Absurdism Is A Language

Tape 133: Absurdism Is A Language

Joz Norris • Thursday, February 29th, 2024

Hello! Hope you’re all doing well. Just a quick Tape this week, as I’ve actually been moonlighting, writing for a DIFFERENT publication! Sacrilege! Betrayal! How could I do such a thing? The good folks at Psyche Magazine, which commissions writers to explore the intersection between their own fields and psychology and mental health, approached me at […]

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Tape 132: New Comedy Special

Tape 132: New Comedy Special

Joz Norris • Thursday, February 29th, 2024

Hello! I hope you’re all well. May God bless you and keep you (what? What am I on about? I dunno.) I’m going to get right to it this week, because I’m doing a lot of scurrying around plugging stuff, and am scribbling this down on the back of a napkin in between bouts of […]

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What People Say?

A sort of absurdist Simon Amstell…seldom can half an hour have been so densely packed with meta comedy and existential…

The Guardian.

A skilful and thoughtful writer who fastidiously avoids boring or obvious choices and excels at being unselfconsciously daft.

TV Bomb.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.
★★★★

A brilliant show that is not short of ambition…it packs a terrific punch.

The Evening Standard.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.