Ed Gamble — host of the Taskmaster podcast, Off Menu co-host, acclaimed comedian and soon-to-be-published author — has announced a new solo standup tour for spring and summer 2024.
Titled Hot Diggity Dog, Ed's new tour starts in March in Canterbury and concludes with a five-night residency at the Hackney Empire in east London in June.
Tickets go on general sale this Friday (July 28), with pre-sales on Ticketmaster and for members of Ed's mailing list.
Ed Gamble: Hot Diggity Dog tour tickets
"I'm absolutely delighted to once again slog around the UK to perform another one of my best shows ever," said Ed.
"Standard sort of day will be: arrive, get peri chicken delivered backstage, do the show. I can't wait."
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Ed's new standup show follows on from his sold-out Electric tour. If you want to get a taste of what to expect, his 2019 stand-up special Blood Sugar is available to stream now.
In addition to his obligations to the Taskmaster podcast and Off Menu, co-hosted with his friend James Acaster, Ed has recently appeared on Celebrity Hunted. Paired with James, they were able to evade the Hunters for several days, even luring them into a face-to-face confrontation at the Taskmaster house.
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Ed is also a judge on the BBC's Great British Menu and has previously been a guest host on Pointless.
His memoir Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy will be published on October 26.
Ed Gamble's Hot Diggity Dog tour will call at the following venues:
• March 12: Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
• March 14: Colchester, Charter Hall
• March 15: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
• March 16: Ipswich, Regent Theatre
• March 17: Norwich, Theatre Royal
• March 20: Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
• March 21: Buxton, Opera House
• March 22: Dunfermline, Alhambra
• March 23: Aberdeen, Music Hall
• March 24: Glasgow, Theatre Royal
• March 28: Crawley, The Hawth
• March 29: Swansea, Grand
• March 30: Cardiff, St David's Hall
• April 4: Leeds, Grand Theatre
• April 5: Sheffield, City Hall
• April 6: Newcastle, Tyne Theatre
• April 7: York, Grand Opera House
• April 11: Aylesbury, The Waterside
• April 12-13: Dublin, Vicar Street
• April 14: Belfast, Usher Hall
• April 18: Northampton, Royal & Derngate
• April 19: Portsmouth, Guildhall
• April 20: Bath, Forum
• April 21: Cheltenham, Town Hall
• May 22: Liverpool, Philharmonic
• May 23: Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Theatre
• May 24: Kings Lynn, Corn Exchange
• May 25: Leicester, De Montfort Hall
• May 26: Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
• May 29: Manchester, Opera House
• May 30: Halifax, Victoria
• May 31: Lincoln, Engine Shed
• June 1: Birmingham, Alexandra Theatre
• June 5: Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
• June 6: Stoke, Victoria Hall
• June 7: Harrogate, Theatre Royal
• June 8: Hull, City Hall
• June 9: Peterborough, New Theatre
• June 13: Brighton, Dome
• June 14: Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Theatre
• June 15: Lowestoft, Marina Theatre
• June 16: Nottingham, Theatre Royal
• June 19: Guildford, G Live
• June 20: Poole, Lighthouse
• June 21: Yeovil, Westlands
• June 22: Oxford, New Theatre
• June 23: Reading, Hexagon
• June 25-29: London, Hackney Empire
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