Trevor Noah is a comedian from South Africa who has achieved international acclaim. Born a mixed-race child under Apartheid in South Africa, Noah challenges the status quo through his unique perspective, breaking down cultural flaws on all sides and finding our mutual connections through laughter and his eloquent storytelling. Releasing five hour-long stand-up specials, he’s sold more DVDs than any other stand-up on the African continent; fans recite his performances verbatim, share his clips globally, and have joined him in legions on Facebook and Twitter. Noah has hosted numerous television shows in South Africa, including the country’s music, television and film awards, the South African Comedy Festival, and two seasons of his own late night talk show. He is also the subject of the award-winning film Township to the Stage which tells the story of his remarkable career in post-apartheid South Africa.
Noah made his U.S. television debut in January 2012 performing on The Tonight Show, which prompted multiple invitations to return and appear in signature sketches. He then toured America with stand-up star Gabriel Iglesias playing to packed houses in the thousands, and headlined club venues winning over audiences at every stop. At this time Noah was the subject of a Newsweek article and he was a guest on NPR’s Talk of the Nation. Most recently, Trevor appeared on NBC’s leading chat show The David Letterman Show.
Noah performed his one man show, The Racist, at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (presented by Eddie Izzard) in a month-long, sold-out run that became the buzz of audiences and journalists and prompted a Malcolm Hardee Award for the Act Most Likely To Make A Million Quid.
After completing an unprecedented three month run across South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Noah ran his show in a six-week sold-out run at London’s Soho Theatre from December 2012 through January 2013. Noah’s six-week run is the best-selling comedy show in the Soho Theatre’s history. He guested on the radio show Front Row and an extended segment of his show was also featured on BBC Radio 4.
In January Noah was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone, South Africa edition. On March 28 he opened a sold out month-long, 22-performance theatre run at the Melbourne Comedy Festival which was followed by a 5-city tour across Australia and New Zealand. He was nominated for a Barry Award for most outstanding show at the Festival.
In May 2013, Noah opened his one man show, Born A Crime, off-Broadway for a four week run at 45 Bleecker in New York City.
In the summer of 2013, Noah stared in his first U.S. stand-up TV special and performed at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival in July.