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
“…and rock and roll.”
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“…and rock and roll.”
missing my dog back home, so got a cheap fix at a Japanese dog cafe
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
missing my dog back home, so got a cheap fix at a Japanese dog cafe
Finally - some instructions. I can’t believe I’ve been doing it wrong all this time.
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Finally - some instructions. I can’t believe I’ve been doing it wrong all this time.
Well the Japanese Something Rotten was great! I never imagined when we were writing this show in a cafe in Clapham, that one day we’d be meeting a wonderful cast in Tokyo.
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Well the Japanese Something Rotten was great! I never imagined when we were writing this show in a cafe in Clapham, that one day we’d be meeting a wonderful cast in Tokyo.
Nice Japanese poster for our musical. Seeing it tomorrow - don't tell me what happens.
December 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Nice Japanese poster for our musical. Seeing it tomorrow - don't tell me what happens.
Clapham Common looking lovely this morning…
December 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Clapham Common looking lovely this morning…
On this 100th anniversary of Christopher Robin, please enjoy this picture of me playing him on the West End stage when I was 10.
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
On this 100th anniversary of Christopher Robin, please enjoy this picture of me playing him on the West End stage when I was 10.
Is it "How to turn on Google Maps?"
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Is it "How to turn on Google Maps?"
It’s weird how the news sometimes isn’t news. “Farage the school racist” was in the public domain five years ago, but it just wasn’t getting any traction. (Tweets below from 2020) Sometimes a story just has to wait until its time has come…
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s weird how the news sometimes isn’t news. “Farage the school racist” was in the public domain five years ago, but it just wasn’t getting any traction. (Tweets below from 2020) Sometimes a story just has to wait until its time has come…
Scotland prediction. Heroic draw with Brazil. Then lose to Haiti.
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Scotland prediction. Heroic draw with Brazil. Then lose to Haiti.
Actually I think you'll find that a 'septopus'.
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Actually I think you'll find that a 'septopus'.
Tub of Nocellara olives just burst all over the contents of my Waitrose bag. Don’t tell me the middle classes are not suffering under Starmer.
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tub of Nocellara olives just burst all over the contents of my Waitrose bag. Don’t tell me the middle classes are not suffering under Starmer.
Don’t say Fulham haven’t made any signings. Billy the Badger has got a girlfriend.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don’t say Fulham haven’t made any signings. Billy the Badger has got a girlfriend.
The suggestion that my co-writer and I kept eating Nando’s while we were writing the sequel is a monstrous libel and we will sue anyone who suggests it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The suggestion that my co-writer and I kept eating Nando’s while we were writing the sequel is a monstrous libel and we will sue anyone who suggests it.
Temporary boards up around the church; 'A thrill of hope. The weary world rejoices'. Maybe the builders came when they said they would.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Temporary boards up around the church; 'A thrill of hope. The weary world rejoices'. Maybe the builders came when they said they would.
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..."