John O’Farrell
@johnofarrell.bsky.social
Author/comedy scriptwriter.
Recent stuff: Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical, Family Politics (novel), Chicken Run - Dawn of the Nugget, Mrs Doubtfire musical, Something Rotten! opening in June
Recent stuff: Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical, Family Politics (novel), Chicken Run - Dawn of the Nugget, Mrs Doubtfire musical, Something Rotten! opening in June
I am in Germany for the premiere of ‘Mrs Doubtfire Das Musical’ (whatever that means)
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I am in Germany for the premiere of ‘Mrs Doubtfire Das Musical’ (whatever that means)
That'll teach him.
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
That'll teach him.
If only there was some visual metaphor for what the current incumbent at the White House was doing to the great office of President.
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If only there was some visual metaphor for what the current incumbent at the White House was doing to the great office of President.
I like to think of myself as tolerant and open minded. However I do think there should be a swift and brutal police response to stop these young adults playing Quidditch on Clapham Common.
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I like to think of myself as tolerant and open minded. However I do think there should be a swift and brutal police response to stop these young adults playing Quidditch on Clapham Common.
That pub in Bloomsbury has changed its name to just ‘Andrew’.
October 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
That pub in Bloomsbury has changed its name to just ‘Andrew’.
This is probably the judge being arrested because he had to say the words 'Palestine Action'
October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is probably the judge being arrested because he had to say the words 'Palestine Action'
"For the Conservatives loved their country so much, they could almost spell it..."
October 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"For the Conservatives loved their country so much, they could almost spell it..."
We'll never forget where we were when we first heard the news.
October 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We'll never forget where we were when we first heard the news.
'Volunteering' when it is not voluntary.
September 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Volunteering' when it is not voluntary.
Fantastic performance tonight by the cast of Just For One Day - a real highlight of Magic at the Musicals - as they blew the roof off the Albert Hall*.
*Metaphorically. For real would be a shame.
*Metaphorically. For real would be a shame.
September 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Fantastic performance tonight by the cast of Just For One Day - a real highlight of Magic at the Musicals - as they blew the roof off the Albert Hall*.
*Metaphorically. For real would be a shame.
*Metaphorically. For real would be a shame.
If you are going to start playing deportation bingo, we could just as easily say 'You can't live in the UK if you have a foreign sounding surname and a non-British partner - Farage, pack your bags - you're out.'
September 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you are going to start playing deportation bingo, we could just as easily say 'You can't live in the UK if you have a foreign sounding surname and a non-British partner - Farage, pack your bags - you're out.'
If you are at all interested in our experiences at Spitting Image etc, here's what I said in my speech at the memorial (shared with permission of the family).
September 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you are at all interested in our experiences at Spitting Image etc, here's what I said in my speech at the memorial (shared with permission of the family).
Very moving (and funny) tribute to the great Bill Dare at the BBC Radio Theatre today. If you ever laughed at Dead Ringers or Spitting Image, that's probably thanks to Bill.
September 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Very moving (and funny) tribute to the great Bill Dare at the BBC Radio Theatre today. If you ever laughed at Dead Ringers or Spitting Image, that's probably thanks to Bill.
Proud to see we have passed a million raised for the Band Aid trust which is all going towards building a new hospital in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.
September 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Proud to see we have passed a million raised for the Band Aid trust which is all going towards building a new hospital in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.
I’m worried about Billy the Badger. He might want to get that cough checked out.
August 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m worried about Billy the Badger. He might want to get that cough checked out.
Here we go for the new season.
With a really good run, I really believe we could make 14th… 🤞🏆#FFC
With a really good run, I really believe we could make 14th… 🤞🏆#FFC
August 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here we go for the new season.
With a really good run, I really believe we could make 14th… 🤞🏆#FFC
With a really good run, I really believe we could make 14th… 🤞🏆#FFC
Journalists used to write M.R.D.A. - short for “Mandy Rice-Davies Applies” whenever someone said something that they obviously would do.
August 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Journalists used to write M.R.D.A. - short for “Mandy Rice-Davies Applies” whenever someone said something that they obviously would do.
It's the new marketing challenge for authors - which television show did you star in?
August 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's the new marketing challenge for authors - which television show did you star in?
You can actually buy it in the UK (but not my favourite bookshop!)
August 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You can actually buy it in the UK (but not my favourite bookshop!)
Hey everyone, A.I. has worked out all the results and final standings for the Premier League next season, so there is no need for all the players and fans to turn up to all those games.
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hey everyone, A.I. has worked out all the results and final standings for the Premier League next season, so there is no need for all the players and fans to turn up to all those games.
I understand that Simon from 'Trevor and Simon' went to see my Live Aid musical the other night.
August 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I understand that Simon from 'Trevor and Simon' went to see my Live Aid musical the other night.
My dog would not do this.
(I would not get the ball, just a withering stare)
(I would not get the ball, just a withering stare)
July 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My dog would not do this.
(I would not get the ball, just a withering stare)
(I would not get the ball, just a withering stare)
This giant sign was to inform the Luftwaffe that they had flown too far - and please not to drop their bombs on neutral Ireland.
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This giant sign was to inform the Luftwaffe that they had flown too far - and please not to drop their bombs on neutral Ireland.
Just watching Mrs O’F swimming from the Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire. Setting for the opening of James Joyce’s Ulysses or Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, depending on your literary tastes
July 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just watching Mrs O’F swimming from the Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire. Setting for the opening of James Joyce’s Ulysses or Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, depending on your literary tastes
Clapham Common looking lovely this morning.
July 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Clapham Common looking lovely this morning.