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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 a brand new live show, You Wait. Time Passes, which is playing several comedy and arts festivals in 2024 ready for a full launch in 2025
  • 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)
  • Submitting my latest short film to film festivals and developing various other short-form projects
  • Co-writing an audio podcast project about a spooky island
  • Directing three live shows

Listen to Joz

Radio, Podcast & other audio things...

Why Is Harriet Crying? - January 31st, 2022

Why Is Harriet Crying?

EyreLeigh Doors - July 30th, 2021

EyreLeigh Doors

Spieling The Beans - August 30th, 2021

Spieling The Beans

The Skewer - July 30th, 2021

The Skewer


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

A weekly creative newsletter. The Tapes function as an interactive notebook/sketchpad exploring comedy, art, creativity, making stuff, etc.. Sign Up Below, or click for More Info.

Tape 166: Trust

Tape 166: Trust

Joz Norris • Thursday, December 12th, 2024

We’re wrapped! Last week we finished off shooting my comedy pilot and, as I said last week, I’m so enormously grateful to all of you who generously donated and enabled us to make it. I’m so proud of all the hard work from so many incredibly talented people, and I can’t wait to see what we’ve […]

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Tape 165: Letting Other People Be Funny

Tape 165: Letting Other People Be Funny

Joz Norris • Friday, December 6th, 2024

We’re currently halfway through shooting the pilot for my sitcom The Happiness Chain (thank you so much again to everyone who donated to the crowdfunder to enable us to make it, we couldn’t have done it without you!) and I’m so proud of how it’s all been coming together so far. The actors are all phenomenal, the crew […]

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Tape 164: We Hit Our Target!

Tape 164: We Hit Our Target!

Joz Norris • Thursday, November 28th, 2024

I keep saying “Just a quick newsletter this week, because I’m so busy” then writing quite lengthy essays. It’s a bad habit. If I want to write a short one I should just do it! But I seem incapable of it. Only last week I bumped into the amazing John Kearns and Adam Riches at […]

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A weekly creative newsletter. The Tapes function as an interactive notebook/sketchpad exploring comedy, art, creativity, making stuff, etc.. More Info.

What People Say?

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.

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

The Guardian.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

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.