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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, 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 a brand new live show, You Wait. Time Passes, which is playing the Edinburgh Fringe in August at Pleasance, and playing several arts and comedy festivals in the lead-up, including the Buxton and Berlin Fringes.
  • Launching a crowdfunded sitcom pilot, Just Be Happy, which explores the pursuit of happiness and was nominated or longlisted for several writing awards in 2023-4.
  • Working on a scripted comedy audio project with Desiree Burch and Miranda Holms about cross-cultural differences and entrepreneurship
  • Curating, programming and hosting the smash hit short film and new writing night Eggbox at the Pleasance Theatre in London
  • Directing five live shows at EdFringe 2025, by Edy Hurst, the Mayor & His Daughter, Lulu Popplewell, Andy Barr and Tara Boland
  • Writing on the brand new CBBC show Horrible Science
  • Co-writing a smash hit webseries about Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and various other cult fandoms
  • Co-writing an audio podcast project about a spooky island

Listen to Joz

Radio, Podcast & other audio things...

The Comedians’ Tea Party - July 18th, 2020

The Comedians’ Tea Party

A Small Talk on Small Talk - August 17th, 2023

A Small Talk on Small Talk

Quantum Leopard Podcast - May 31st, 2023

Quantum Leopard Podcast

Holly Burn’s Dream House - April 22nd, 2025

Holly Burn’s Dream House


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 185: Control What You Can

Joz Norris • Friday, July 11th, 2025

Howdy! Yowza! It’s been a while. For that, I can only apologise. Did you know there are CEOs now who hadn’t even been born when I sent my last newsletter? (Admittedly their companies are doing very badly as their CEOs are month-old babies). I’ve missed you all, but I have simply been too busy. Every […]

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Tape 184: Eggbox 4.0 Lineup

Tape 184: Eggbox 4.0 Lineup

Joz Norris • Thursday, June 12th, 2025

“What’s that?” I said, “You’d like me to direct your show this year?” (this conversation is happening at the end of last year, while I’m in the middle of making my first full new show since 2022). “Sure, I can do that, I’m a huge fan of your work. Hold on, got another call coming […]

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Tape 183: I Will Keep Playing

Joz Norris • Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

A couple of warnings up top in this post – firstly, I have a feeling this will be a bit of a ramble through a lot of quite messy, disconnected ideas and I’m not all that confident of what kind of sense I’ll be able to make out of them. Apologies in advance if this […]

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What People Say?

★★★★★

The Morning Star.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.

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

TV Bomb.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

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

The Guardian.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.