Joz Norris

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Dog House Completes Its Festival Run - November 2024 November 27th, 2024

Last one! Dog House got a Special Mention at the London Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival! That’s the end of the festival run for this short. We made this very much for nothing, and at the end of production we scraped together a bit of budget to put it into a small handful of festivals, […]

Dog House is an Award Winner! - November 2024 November 18th, 2024

DOG HOUSE is the WINNER of the Best Comedy Short Film category at the UK Film Awards! So proud of everyone who helped us to make this strange, sad, ridiculous, daft little film. Here’s to making good funny stuff! You can watch the (award-winning!) film here if you’ve not seen it yet.

Wonderfull Discoverie at the Lowry – Thank You! - November 2024 November 4th, 2024

The reason I do comedy now is because I once did theatre. I spent years in a youth theatre learning to love performing, and to care about making stuff, and then eventually I decided to go off and do something similar, but where the job is to just be stupid all the time. It was […]

Edy Hurst’s Wonderfull Discoverie Opens Tonight! - October 2024 October 31st, 2024

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve spent the last year-and-a-bit working with the brilliant Edy Hurst on his comedy theatre show Edy Hurst’s Wonderfull Discoverie Of Witches In The Countie Of Himself, and it opens tonight at the Lowry! It’s been such an honour this week to bring this brilliant show to such a wonderful venue, and to […]

Eggbox 3! - October 2024 October 21st, 2024

Eggbox, mine and Miranda Holms’s showcase of the best new work from the scripted comedy community, is back at the Pleasance on the 28th of January 2025! We’ll be curating another night of some of the best short films and most exciting new scripts, which will be read by a cast of amazing comedy actors. […]

Edy Hurst’s Wonderfull Discoverie Of Witches at the Lowry - October 2024 October 9th, 2024

Since the end of last year I’ve been working with the wonderfull Edy Hurst as the director of his excellent new show about the Lancashire Witch Trials and neurodivergence. After a WIP run at the Fringe this year, it launches properly at the Lowry on Hallowe’en before embarking on a nationwide tour! I’m so proud […]

Eggbox 2.0 – Thank You! - October 2024 October 3rd, 2024

Eggbox 2.0 is in the bag! After our first show at King’s Place at the end of last year, Miranda and I were so happy to bring our short-film-and-new-writing night to the main house of the Pleasance Theatre for a lovely sell-out show. We’re very excited to keep building this show as a space for […]

Eggbox – First Lineup Announcement! - July 2024 July 29th, 2024

We’re excited to announce the first glimpses of the programme for Eggbox at the Pleasance in October! We’ll be screening short films, including premieres of brand new work, from these amazing filmmakers: Aruhan Galieva Luke McQueen Ada Player & Bron Waugh Alison Thea-Skot & Kat Bond Joz Norris & Miranda Holms There’ll be a couple […]

Eggbox Cast Additions - November 2023 November 27th, 2023

GIDDY with excitement to announce two final additions to the cast for Eggbox at Kings Place next week – the amazing Bec Hill and Tom Bell will be gracing us with their presence! Book your tickets before they’re gone! They’re available here and, as a reminder for those who aren’t up to speed, the evening […]

The Wonderfull Discoverie Of Witchcraft In The Countie Of Edy Hurst…R&D Part 2! - November 2023 November 25th, 2023

Huge congrats to Edy Hurst for another really successful week of R&D on The Wonderfull Discoverie Of Witchcraft In The Countie Of Edy Hurst, this time at Attenborough Arts Centre. I’m very proud to be directing this show and am loving watching it grow into something brilliant. Lovely as ever to work with collaborators Cerys […]