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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's Joz Been Up To?

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Ongoing Therapy Tapes!

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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 179: Machynlleth Rex

Joz Norris • Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

This weekend is one of the loveliest weekends of the comedy year – MachFest is back! I remember back when I started out in comedy and didn’t know how to get booked for MachFest. I hated it every time people wanged on about how good Mach was. It sounded like an exclusive club for cool people, […]

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Tape 178: The Slowly Unfolding Terror Of The Promotional Campaign

Joz Norris • Thursday, April 17th, 2025

As I wrote about last week, this year I’m returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in 3 years. 3 years can be a long time in showbiz, and I’m no fool. Audiences forget. I’m haunted by a recurring dream in which I’m running up and down the Royal Mile covered in photos […]

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Tape 177: “Are You Doing The Fringe?”

Tape 177: “Are You Doing The Fringe?”

Joz Norris • Friday, April 11th, 2025

Well, it was inevitable. Readers who’ve been subscribed to this newsletter from the very beginning will probably be able to predict my Fringe-centric entries with a certain regularity by now, like old folks rocking on the front porch sensing an oncoming storm through their knees. “Joz is going to write about the Fringe again, and […]

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What People Say?

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

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.

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

The Guardian.