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Bruce Dessau

Trevor Noah at The O2 review: the audience's roars of laughter nearly lifted the roof off

Welcome to the world of Trevor Noah. And I mean world. The well-travelled stand-up’s latest tour, Off The Record, finds him telling tales about time spent on numerous continents. From America to South Africa. India to London. What every story had in common was that they all elicited roars of laughter that almost took the roof off the O2.

The former host of The Daily Show, who quit partly to get back to his first love of live comedy, made his job look frighteningly easy as he strolled seemingly casually around the arena stage, barely breaking sweat as he slipped in and out of accents, pulled faces, acted out punchlines and dispensed with the script for a fruitful Q&A session.

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