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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

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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 124: Elf On The Self

Tape 124: Elf On The Self

Joz Norris • Friday, December 1st, 2023

Warning – this newsletter has nothing to do with elves. But Christmas is coming, and it IS about selves, so the title was inevitable, really. Anyway. On we go. They got me onto The Now Show to pretend to be Jeremy Clarkson and a Dalek and Boris Johnson and Professor Brian Cox, among others. I had such […]

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Tape 123: Deep Void

Tape 123: Deep Void

Joz Norris • Friday, November 17th, 2023

I was working in the cafe of a large public building. I had just met my dad for lunch. We had been trying to find an Italian restaurant we had eaten at a few years before, but it was no longer there, so instead we ate a fry-up at a very nice greasy spoon on […]

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Tape 122: Filming Live Comedy Differently (Part II)

Tape 122: Filming Live Comedy Differently (Part II)

Joz Norris • Friday, November 10th, 2023

Mea culpa. Mea culpa. (This means “My apologies” in French). It has come to my attention that last week I used this newsletter to announce EGGBOX, a night of comedy short film screenings and script readings I’m organising at King’s Place in early December, and failed to actually specify in the body of the email what the […]

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What People Say?

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

The Guardian.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.

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

TV Bomb.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.