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 in 2026, including a second run at Soho Theatre in April
- 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 and devising Radio Summerisle, a comedy-horror survival game with Elf Lyons and Matthew Highton
- Working on a film adaptation of You Wait. Time Passes.
- Co-writing a smash hit webseries about Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and various other cult fandoms for impressionist Charlie Hopkinson
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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 202: Processing The Phantom Of The Opera
Some of you may know that I’m currently working on a new show about The Phantom Of The Opera (playing at the Pleasance in London this Saturday, and in Leicester next Friday!) As the show began to take shape, it became pretty clear that if I was serious about making this, I needed to go and see Phantom again for the […]
Tape 201: Jokes, Magic Tricks, Whodunnits
A few years ago I made a comedy show about magic. Perhaps you remember it? The one that ended with me and Ben Target dancing to AC/DC and telling the audience to go fuck themselves, shortly after I’d removed all my clothes, smeared myself in pickle juice and shouted “Fresh fish!” at the audience to […]
Tape 200: What Do You Mean, 200???
I’m not quite sure how this happened. If I hadn’t made a habit of sticking a number in the title of every one of these, I doubt I’d even realise that it had. This newsletter stopped being something I actively plan and became an unconscious part of how I organise my time about three years […]