Nutty Noah is a family and children's entertainer, and singer-songwriter, based in

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, England. As an entertainer, he performs a mixture of magic, music, and comedy. As a singer-songwriter, he has recorded several albums of children's music. Noah studied Performing Arts at

Weston College Weston College of Further and Higher Education is a general college of further and higher education in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It provides education and vocational training from age 14 to adult. The college provided education to ...

of Further and Higher Education. He performed his first gig on New Years's Eve 1995 at Center Parcs. He has performed for over 20 years at

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, and at many other venues including Pennywell Farm,

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Bath and Brighton,

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Bristol, Tropicana Weston-super-Mare, and Finkley Down Farm. Ben Elton describes Noah as "The king of all things silly". Nutty Noah plays many unusual instruments, including the hornophone, Boomwhackers, flexatone,

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, and the Alphasphere. He has also invented many musical instruments, including the Buzzoffaphone (featured on '' Britain's Got Talent''), the Boobaphone, and the Horny Cowbells ( hornophone with added

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). In 1996, Noah appeared on The Big Big Talent Show presented by

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, Takeover TV,

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, What's My Line,

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, and

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. In 2003, as a parody of the "Frozen in Time" stunt by illusionist David Blaine, Nutty Noah encased himself inside 16 blocks of Cheddar cheese, each weighing 20 kg, for 2 days. Radio 1 DJ

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was on "Cheese Watch" during the stunt. In 2011, Nutty Noah was banned from appearing on '' Britain's Got Talent'' because his juggling balls were too large. In 2012, Nutty Noah starred as Ambrose, the Grecian Pizza Parlour's new apprentice, in the BBC Learning Zone's "Let's Do Maths!" series. In 2014, Nutty Noah appeared on BBC children's TV talent show ''

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'' where he was covered in sloppy ploppy porridge. Also in 2014, Nutty Noah appeared on ''Britain's Got Talent'' with the Buzzoffaphone. In 2017, Nutty Noah debuted at the

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, with a run in the Pleasance Courtyard from 21 to 28 August. In February 2018, Nutty Noah won UK Family Entertainer of the Year at the Blackpool Magic Convention, which took place at the

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. In 2018, Nutty Noah performed a new show called "You Might Die" at

Brighton, as part of the Brighton Fringe, and the

. In 2020, Nutty Noah performed on

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episode 8, broadcast on 6 March. Noah also wrote a song about the difficulties of putting up with the

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pandemic called "Isolation Blues". In 2021, Nutty Noah performed again on

episode 9, broadcast on 26 February. Noah also wrote a

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inspired song, Feel the Beat, and was interviewed as part of the YouTube series "Your Take". In 2022, Nutty Noah doubled for Jimmy Carr in episodes 3-5 of season 22 of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown playing an instrument made out of pipes and

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, wearing a balloon on his head, and playing the hornophone. In 2023, Nutty Noah played the genie of the lamp in the

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version of

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at the Grantham Guildhall Arts Centre. Nutty Noah was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and three times in 2020.

Discography

Nutty Noah has also recorded four albums of children's music, and one album in 2021 with a more adult theme. As a musician, he is described as displaying "enormous talent". Nutty Noah has also recorded a number of singles.

References

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