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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?

What's Joz Been Up To?

The Fruit Salad Therapy Tapes

Ongoing Therapy Tapes!

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 210: Pay Your Artists!

Joz Norris • Thursday, May 21st, 2026

I’m gonna do everything I can to not let this week’s newsletter turn into a rant, because it could definitely go that way. I’d like it to just explore some ideas rather than moan about them, but let’s see how I get on. Apologies in advance if I don’t quite stick the landing. Over the […]

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Tape 209: Getting Past “Good Enough”

Tape 209: Getting Past “Good Enough”

Joz Norris • Friday, May 15th, 2026

So I tried to film a video where I spoke sincerely to the camera about the creative process and offered a tip which I hoped might be useful to people currently making shows for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. I fuuuuuuucking hated it. It felt soooooo bad. No shade to people who genuinely share earnest and […]

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Tape 208: Some Fringe Shows For Your Consideration

Tape 208: Some Fringe Shows For Your Consideration

Joz Norris • Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Like Punxsutawney Phil sticking his meddling snout out into the cold air to tell us all it’s still cold, as of this week the programme for the Edinburgh Fringe brochure is now online and on sale (does this make sense as an analogy? Like, a fun annual tradition that heralds mixed feelings from people who […]

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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?

★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.

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.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.

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.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.
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