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An assortment of written-down-things. Bitesize news updates, long-form newsletters and essays, and an assortment of other things people have said about me, if you MUST know.

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What others have said about Joz

What others have said about Joz

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 195: Untitled Sitcom About A Time-Travelling Private Detective

Tape 195: Untitled Sitcom About A Time-Travelling Private Detective

Joz Norris • Thursday, November 13th, 2025

Last week I was delighted to receive a message from my old friend Rufus Penzance inviting me to come on his podcast The Worst Writer In The World. Years ago, when I first started doing comedy in London, Rufus co-ran my favourite open mic night, The Freedom Fridge, with his double act partner Howard. At the time, I knew […]

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Tape 194: What Goes On Tour

Tape 194: What Goes On Tour

Joz Norris • Thursday, October 30th, 2025

“What goes on tour?”, they say. You’ll have heard them say it. It’s one of those great imponderables. “Is the Pope a Catholic, and if so, would it be fair to call him their leader? Do bears shit in the woods, and do they enjoy it?” But the greatest of them all is the age-old […]

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Tape 193: I’m In A Play!

Tape 193: I’m In A Play!

Joz Norris • Friday, October 17th, 2025

It’s 2022. (Quick caveat – please do not be alarmed! You have not travelled back in time! It’s not really 2022. My use of the present tense to refer to a year three years in the past is a dramatic device frequently employed by clever writers to immerse readers into the setting of the story they’re about […]

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What People Say?

★★★★★

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 beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.

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

TV Bomb.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.