Aisling Bea (Tasting Menu – Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
6/22/20261 hr 23 min
We’re back with a b-b-b-b-bonus episode, the first live show from our (recording-breaking) run at the Royal Albert Hall. We did 6 live ‘Tasting Menu’ episodes at the iconic London venue, where we got fan favourite guests back on the podcast to be served the menu of other fan favourite guests. And our first diner to return to the Dream Restaurant is stand-up superstar, actor and friend of the podcast (way back from episode 10), Aisling Bea!
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Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.
Produced and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.
Recorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Royal Albert Hall.
Video production by Ben Williams and Megan McCarthy for Plosive.
Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).
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First 90 secondsEd Gamble· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to the Off Menu Podcast. It's a bonus ep.
James Acaster· Host0:17
Bonus.
Ed Gamble· Host0:19
Wowee, so loud. Uh, yes, this is a bonus live episode of the Off Menu Podcast. James, do you remember this? It was all the way back on the 13th of March, 2026.
James Acaster· Host0:28
In the Royal Albert Hall, no less.
Ed Gamble· Host0:30
No less than the Royal Albert Hall. We- we'll only perform in the Royal Albert Hall now.
James Acaster· Host0:34
Yes, we did six shows at the Royal Albert Hall.
Ed Gamble· Host0:38
Mad.
James Acaster· Host0:38
Um, which should've been illegal, but they let us do it.
Ed Gamble· Host0:41
Yes.
James Acaster· Host0:41
And they were all tasting menus where we get an old guest back.
Ed Gamble· Host0:45
Yes.
James Acaster· Host0:46
A fan favorite- Yes ... and we give them the menu of another fan favorite.
Ed Gamble· Host0:49
Yes.
James Acaster· Host0:49
So, yeah.
Ed Gamble· Host0:50
Very exciting for us to trawl through our multiple episodes and go, "We'd like to speak to this person again."
James Acaster· Host0:55
Yeah, we listened to every single episode we've ever done- Mm-hmm ... again in order to choose the best guests- Yes ... for the Royal Albert Hall.
Ed Gamble· Host1:01
But no offense if you're, uh- No offense ... listening to this and you, you weren't one of the ones selected.
James Acaster· Host1:07
Yeah.
Ed Gamble· Host1:07
Your time will come next time we do the Royal Albert Hall.
James Acaster· Host1:10
Of course. We actually liked all the episodes that we listened back to, and we listened back to all of them.
Ed Gamble· Host1:14
Yeah, all of them.
James Acaster· Host1:14
Every single one of them was great.
Ed Gamble· Host1:16
Yeah.
James Acaster· Host1:17
Mm. Apart from one.
Ed Gamble· Host1:19
But we, we decided to go alphabetical. So- Alphabetical? Alphabetical. We went in alphabetical order. [laughs] And the first guest on these Tasting