Noble has been performing stand-up since appearing in his local comedy club at the age of 15, despite licensing laws that prohibited him working there and forced him to leave through the kitchen. Coming from Cramlington, a new town, "the ultimate in dullness" helped him with his career, he said. "There was nothing to do so I used my imagination a lot, otherwise I would have started climbing the wall."

Noble's distinctive stand-up routine often turns into an improvised and surreal performance based on informal conversation with the audience and a stream of consciousness delivery. Although he does often have a few set topics which he performs throughout a tour, he describes the planning for the entire show as "about four words on a piece of scrap paper"...

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