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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 176: The Evolution Of Poster Design

Tape 176: The Evolution Of Poster Design

Joz Norris • Thursday, March 27th, 2025

I’ve spent the last few weeks, on and off, working with various incredible brains (art director Miranda Holms, photographer Oliver Holms, designer Will Andrews, producer Queenie Miller) developing and constructing the poster design for my new show (it’s called You Wait. Time Passes. and it’s coming to a wonderful comedy festival near you at some point in the […]

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Tape 175: Aaaaaand Repeat

Tape 175: Aaaaaand Repeat

Joz Norris • Thursday, March 13th, 2025

I’ve sat paralysed at my laptop for some time now, trying to work out what this week’s newsletter will be about. Truth is, I’ve been a little thrown off balance by the fact that this recent entry, about people who say “You couldn’t make such-and-such any more,” has become the most-read of these things I’ve ever […]

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Tape 174: What Even IS Comedy Directing?

Tape 174: What Even IS Comedy Directing?

Joz Norris • Thursday, March 6th, 2025

Last month I was chatting to a frequent collaborator and friend about a new idea we’ve just pitched into the Gods of Radio (pray for us! Cross your fingers! Send us your best vibes! It’s a documentary about pirates, kind of!). We were catching up on what we’d both been up to and I was […]

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What People Say?

★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.

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.

A comedy legend.

To Do List.

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

TV Bomb.