2014 Edinburgh Fringe

Joz Norris: Awkward Prophet

Joz Norris: Awkward Prophet. Joz Norris. Copyright: Baby Cow Productions / Sprout Pictures
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300: Udderbelly, Bristo Square

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Having delivered one of Time Out's Top 10 Free Shows of the Fringe 2013, Joz Norris is doing a show as himself this year, but he's easily distracted so he might occasionally disappear into a tangent where he's been married for 20 years. Essentially, this is about an asexual boy who desperately wants to be in a relationship but has no idea why, other than that he saw it in a Richard Curtis film. 'Quality moments of silliness' (LondonIsFunny.com). 'Norris has created a genuinely brilliant character ... the audience loves every second' (Skinny).

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How NOT to flyer + act goes nude in Cosmo to plug show

So, yesterday I was rushing (oh yes I was) round the edge of Bristo Square to get to a comedy show when this young and rather dodgy-looking bloke came at me. He looked coked-up and aggressive and I thought was going to ask me for money. In fact, he grabbed me strongly by the arm, did not tell me about any show but told me I had to take a flyer for the undescribed and un-named show he was pushing. Apparently I had to take the flyer, I had to touch fists with him and I had to tell him that 100% I was going to go to the show.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th August 2014

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Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Joz Norris

Last year Joz Norris let three of his character creations do the talking. He's here this year, in all his actual human-being glory, ditching the characters to take to the stage as himself (and maybe other versions of himself).

Laugh Out London, 17th June 2014

Joz Norris interview

"I started off doing stand-up as myself but got bored with what I was saying cos I think I was copying other people I'd seen."

John Fleming, , 10th June 2014

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The boy behind one of Time Out's Top 10 Free Shows of the Fringe 2013 is returning with something bigger, better and less fictional. This time, there are no wigs and no capes and no silly voices. Just a shed-load of naïve enthusiasm and a collection of anecdotes about girls.

In his first full-length non-character show, Joz Norris sets out to tell the story of an asexual boy who really wants to be in a relationship but has no idea why, except that he once saw it in a Richard Curtis film. It is the story of a boy who was coerced into his first kiss before he knew what a kiss was, setting him back years, and who has never been naked for longer than an hour.

A stand-up show with elements of sketch and clowning, Awkward Prophet is a hilarious and endearing glimpse into the bits and pieces that make up the brain of a young man trying to work out what he wants from the world, how to get it and just how much his own naivety gets in the way.

Norris is a regular performer on the stand-up, clowning and character comedy circuits, and a member of the Chortle Award-nominated Weirdos Collective. His previous show Joz Norris Has Gone Missing was featured as one of Time Out's Top 10 Free Shows of the Fringe 2013. As well as his own live comedy and theatre work, he has performed in sketches for companies including Turtle Canyon Comedy, Yalli Productions and Off Key Creatives, and provided backing vocals for a Rolf Harris album in 1997.

Performances

Date Time Venue
30th Jul 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
31st Jul 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
1st Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
2nd Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
3rd Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
4th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
5th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
6th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
7th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
8th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
9th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
10th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
11th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
13th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
14th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
15th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
16th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
17th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
18th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
19th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
20th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
21st Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
22nd Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
23rd Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
24th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
25th Aug 2014 16:20 Udderbelly, Bristo Square

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