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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...

Pappy’s Beef Brothers Cold Cuts - May 31st, 2022

Pappy’s Beef Brothers Cold Cuts

Countercurrent - July 21st, 2023

Countercurrent

Sound Heap - February 10th, 2024

Sound Heap

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

The Best Video Game You’ve Never Played


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 171: February Is The WIPest Month

Tape 171: February Is The WIPest Month

Joz Norris • Thursday, February 6th, 2025

During the 12 Days of Christmas, Miranda and Nat Luurtsema and I took part in a 12 Days of Christmas Tarot project to receive divinely inspired glimpses of the year ahead. Each day you draw a Tarot card and that card shows you what the corresponding month of the year will be like for you […]

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Tape 170: Find Your Position Of Strength

Tape 170: Find Your Position Of Strength

Joz Norris • Friday, January 24th, 2025

I’m enjoying 2025 so far. It’s the first year since 2022 where I’ve gone into January pretty much knowing what the year has in store for me, or the first half of it at least. The last two Januaries very much played out in a spirit of “I’ll just sit on my hands for a […]

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Tape 169: The Traitors, But In Real Life

Tape 169: The Traitors, But In Real Life

Joz Norris • Friday, January 24th, 2025

Martin had become completely enraptured by The Traitors. The deception, the intrigue, the sheer human drama! He couldn’t stop thinking about it. “It was so funny when Linda turned her head,” he thought to himself just as he was falling asleep. “And it was so funny when Linda burst into tears at breakfast,” he thought to himself […]

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What People Say?

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.

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.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.