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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...

The Comedy Club Interviews - April 30th, 2022

The Comedy Club Interviews

EyreLeigh Doors - July 30th, 2021

EyreLeigh Doors

The Dream Factory - September 13th, 2023

The Dream Factory

Quantum Leopard Podcast - May 31st, 2023

Quantum Leopard Podcast


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 162 – Corporate Zoom Gig

Tape 162 – Corporate Zoom Gig

Joz Norris • Thursday, November 14th, 2024

After last week, it has become increasingly clear that Twitter/X is a binfire that no longer offers the least benefit whatsoever. It’s awash with hate speech and is now playing an active role in the rise of totalitarianism across the world, and my old arguments of “Oh, but I built up a decent-sized audience there […]

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Tape 161: From Theatre To Comedy, And Back Again

Tape 161: From Theatre To Comedy, And Back Again

Joz Norris • Thursday, November 7th, 2024

The reason I ended up doing comedy is because I once did theatre. When I was a kid, I joined a youth theatre called Stage ‘65 in Salisbury and learned to love performing, and making stuff. I played “Nasty Man At The Fair” in The Elephant Man, a role which required me to berate and terrify a group of […]

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Tape 160: The Happiness Chain Cast

Tape 160: The Happiness Chain Cast

Joz Norris • Thursday, October 31st, 2024

First up, a huge thank you to everyone who’s donated to the crowdfunder for The Happiness Chain, the sitcom pilot I’m making with Ben Kent at the end of the year. I was also really happy to read how many of you connected with the things I talked about in my last newsletter, namely the idea of taking ownership […]

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What People Say?

★★★★★

Young Perspective.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.

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

TV Bomb.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.

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

The Guardian.
★★★★

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

The Evening Standard.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.