Joz Norris
Writer. Actor. Comedian. Maker of Stuff.
Welcome to the website of writer, performer and fool Joz Norris. Make yourself at home! (No need to remove your shoes, 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:
- Touring my latest show, You Wait. Time Passes, which is launching a UK tour from late 2025 to summer 2026, including a second run at Soho Theatre in April
- Starring in The Wolf Of Poyais at the Golden Goose Theatre in October 2025
- Launching the crowdfunded sitcom pilot The Happiness Chain which explores the pursuit of happiness and was nominated for several writing awards in 2023-4, and is now in development for TV
- Curating, programming and hosting the smash hit short film and new writing night Eggbox at the Pleasance Theatre in London
- Developing several scripted comedy projects with various production companies, including comedy-mystery whodunnit The Last One You’d Expect
- Developing a new solo show, Joz Norris Is Hugh Jackman Is The Phantom Of The Opera, and a new collaborative show with John-Luke Roberts, Barry & Tony: The Baritones, as works-in-progress for comedy festivals in 2026
- Writing on the brand new CBBC show Horrible Science
- Co-writing a smash hit webseries about Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and various other cult fandoms for impressionist Charlie Hopkinson
- Co-writing and devising Radio Summerisle, a comedy-horror survival game with Elf Lyons and Matthew Highton
Listen to Joz
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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!
Tape 193: I’m In A Play!
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 […]
Tape 192: Features Creatures
I missed a week! I can’t believe it. I’ve opened Substack only to find my dashboard now inhabited by a little blue owl avatar, wings broken, one eye swollen shut, lying sprawled in its own piss. “You broke your Substack streak!” it croaks. “Kill me! Kill me!” “I don’t even remember Substack having a streak […]
Tape 191: A Cool Party
This week I went to a Cool Party for the first time in many years. Now I don’t want to do a disservice to my street cred in my very own newsletter, so let me clarify – I haven’t stopped going to parties entirely. I still party. Sometimes I even party hard. “Wow, Joz,” some […]





















































































































