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What Are The Fruit Salad Therapy Tapes?

I’m a comedian, writer, actor and comedy director. I’ve made live comedy shows, radio sitcoms and specials and short films. I’ve tried making short-form online content the way you’re supposed to as a comedian, but it’s not a great fit for my brain. I miss having the space to explore ideas in more depth, and properly engage with people about them. So this newsletter started out as a sort of creative lockdown diary where I would chat with my audience about the ideas I was exploring, and it’s slowly evolved into something bigger and more varied.

Sometimes it’s funny short stories, like this one about the Traitors, other times it’s reflections on some specific aspect of comedy making and creative practice, like this one about making things from a place of positivity, other times it’s reflections on the creative or comedy landscape more generally, like this one about the myth that “You couldn’t make such-and-such nowadays.” Often it’s something in between those three. I love to hear from readers about which bits resonate with them, so let me know what you think as we go!

If you’re a fan of my comedy work - live, radio, film, whatever - then subscribing to the newsletter is a great way to be kept informed on what I’m up to and get early access to shows and other perks. If you don’t follow my comedy work and are just in it for the writing, I try to avoid this feeling like a conventional comedian’s newsletter that’s just full of updates and plugs, and instead I try to write about things that I hope will resonate with a wider readership. If any of this sounds like you’d enjoy it, then I’d love you to subscribe!

Joz xx