“His anecdotes are well-crafted and peppered with smart, self-deprecating humour… Gamble is not short of gusto, pumping every rant full of bracing bursts of physical humour…” ★★★★
Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard
“…a consummate comedian. Slick delivery, efficient gag writing, great rapport with the audience.”
Mark Wareham, Mail on Sunday
“Well-spun jokes and great audience rapport…Hot Diggity Dog may be as good as comedy can be.”
Brian Logan, The Guardian
Following his extended and biggest UK and Ireland stand-up tour to date, which included five consecutive nights at London’s iconic Hackney Empire plus a sold-out performance at the London Palladium, award-winning comedian, co-host of chart topping Off Menu podcast, judge on BBC2’s Great British Menu, Taskmaster champion, and host of Taskmaster the Podcast, and The Traitors: Uncloaked, Ed Gamble is bringing his latest show Hot Diggity Dog to Australia and New Zealand. Ed is set to perform 17 shows across major cities including Melbourne (with six consecutive nights), Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. This will be Ed’s second tour down under, following the sell-out success of his Electric tour in April 2023. The 2025 Hot Diggity Dog tour kicks off on 15th April at Melbourne, Athenaeum Theatre 1 and ends in Auckland’s, Bruce Mason Centre on 7th May.
Ed Gamble has minced a load of meat (thoughts), piped it into a casing (show) and it’s coming to a bun (venue) near you. There will be all your classic Gamble ranting, raving and spluttering but he’s doing fine mentally. Promise.
Ed said, “I’m delighted to once again be packing all my underwear into my little satchel and making the journey to Australia and New Zealand. Last time I was over, a woman was late to the show because a chicken pecked her in the eye. That will be hard to top, but we’ll do our best.”
Tickets go on general sale on Friday 6th December at 10am AEST via www.edgamble.co.uk
Ed has seen a very busy period having brought his multi award winning Off Menu podcast with co-host James Acaster to the live stage, as well as his first book Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy being released last autumn. He also hosted BBC2’s The Traitors: Uncloaked podcast. Crowned the series nine champion of the award-winning TV show Taskmaster (Dave/Channel 4), Ed was featured on the second Champions of Champions episode in 2022 and is the current host of the Taskmaster Podcast. He has been a contestant on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer and appeared in over 30 episodes of the hit satirical panel show Mock the Week between 2015 to 2021, making him one of the most frequent regulars on the show. He is also a judge on BBC Two’s Great British Menu and co-hosts his Sunday morning show on Radio X with Matthew Crosby. Ed additionally served as one of six rotating guest-hosts for Pointless (BBC One) – alongside Alexander Armstrong. Other stand-up appearances include Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One), Live at the Comedy Store (Comedy Central) and Conan (TBS). His numerous guest appearances include QI (BBC Two), Would I Lie To You (BBC One), Hypothetical (Dave), The Apprentice: You’re Fired (BBC Two), I’ll Get This (BBC Two), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC Two), Jon Richardson’s Ultimate Warrior (Dave), Insert Name Here (BBC Two) and Roast Battle UK (Comedy Central). Ed first came to prominence playing Georgie Carlton in two series of Almost Royal (BBC America/E4/Netflix) and co-wrote series 3 and 4 of Greg Davies’ sitcom Man Down (Channel 4), as well as appearing in two episodes. On the stage, his previous stand-up tour, Electric, was given an Autumn extension after his twice-extended 2019 show, Blizzard, and his 2019 Amazon Prime special, Blood Sugar.
More of what the press has said about Hot Diggity Dog
“…amusing, energetic, self-deprecating…Gamble is never too far from some neat line or other… he’s good at what he does…”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
“Hot Diggity Dog is filled with light but tasty morsels from a skilled raconteur, serving up animated escapism.”
Rachael Healy, The i
What the press has said about Electric
“Mesmerically funny and original…consistently eye-wateringly hilarious” ★★★★
Rachel Aroesti, The i
“Platefuls of stand-up talent…You can bet on Gamble to deliver laughs”
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“A Class Act. Comedy Gold” ★★★★
Saffron Swire, Time Out
“Gamble shows masterful comedy skills” ★★★★
Steve Bennett, Chortle
“It’s easy to enjoy Ed Gamble”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
“his set is slick and, as expected, electrifyingly excellent.” ★★★★
Christine Stanton, Reviews Hub
“There were a lot of laughs throughout the show…It was nice to see Ed Gamble return to his comedy roots and see him do it justice.”
Tanya Howard, The Live Review
Other things the press has said about Ed Gamble
“he is on irresistible form”
Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph
“If he keeps up this momentum he’ll be playing arenas in a few years”
British Comedy Guide
“a seriously strong show…Gamble is a powerful, compelling orator”
Paul Fleckney, Chortle
“a hugely likeable performer…an excellent comic”
Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman
“a fully-rounded stand-up fiesta”
Brian Donaldson, The List
“Gamble holds the audience in the palm of his hand…never falters in his creative and clever humour that leaves the audience in stitches”
Adam Thornton, Edinburgh Festivals
“crudely inventive and very funny…bursting with great lines”
Jay Richardson, Fest
“Superb stand-up”
Ben Williams, Time Out
Hot Diggity Dog Australia and New Zealand runs from 15th April – 7th May 2025
For more information and interview requests, please contact: Lucy Plosker – [email protected]
