COMIC and star of Mock the Week Ed Gamble is previewing his new show Stampede at Newcastle city centre venue, The Bottle Shop Bar and Kitchen on Wednesday (June 1).

The show marks a rare appearance in the North East for the fast-rising TV comic, who has most recently been seen starring in BBC America’s first original comedy commission Almost Royal. Following its success in the US, the show was later transmitted on E4 and is returning for a second series.

Gamble bagged a Chortle Award in 2014 for Best Compere, and has provided national tour support for Greg Davies’ shows The Back of My Mum’s Head and Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog. He has also supported Russell Kane and Chris Addison.

Gamble’s other TV appearances include Dave’s One Night Stand (UKTV), Virtually Famous (E4) and Sweat the Small Stuff (BBC Three) and he has written for Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2), Mock The Week (BBC2) and Ask Rhod Gilbert (BBC1) as well as writing for Man Down (Channel 4).

With two guest spots under his belt, Gamble is the only act to make a return appearance on Russell Howard’s Good News, having performed both solo and alongside former comedy partner Ray Peacock. Gamble's partnership with Peacock saw them co-write and host the iTunes chart-topping and Chortle Award nominated Peacock and Gamble Podcast.

The pair also presented programmes for BBC Radio 4 Extra’s The Comedy Club and starred in Warm Up for BBC Comedy Online. Gamble made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014 with his first solo show Gambletron 5000, and returned in 2015 with his acclaimed follow-up Lawman.

Support on the night comes from Durham stand-up David Callaghan. Callaghan took his debut solo show No Momentum to the Edinburgh Fringe last year, having previously shared a bill with fellow stand-up Amy Gledhill in 2014.

The venue's comedy night, which takes place on the first Wednesday of every month, launched in February, and since then has welcomed the likes of Jo Caulfield, Patrick Monahan, and BBC New Comedy Award winner Steve Bujega.

Bottle Shop general manager Mike Morley says: "We've had some amazing shows in the past few months and we're looking forward to continuing that level of quality with Ed's new show. Our June comedy night marks the beginning of an excellent summer of comedy events at The Bottle Shop."

The show starts at 7.30pm, with doors open from 6pm. Tickets are £5 (or £15 including admission and a ribs, wings, fries and 'slaw platter worth £15) and are available now from seetickets.com.

* Opened in October 2015, The Bottle Shop Bar + Kitchen is a craft beer bar and eatery located in the heart of Newcastle city centre. The Bottle Shop serve a vast, hand-picked and constantly changing selection of the very best craft beers from around the world, alongside a healthy stock of wines and spirits.

bottleshopbar.co.uk.

* Upcoming shows: July 6: Matt Forde and Rob Auton; August 3: Matt Reed and special guest TBA; September 7: TBA; October 5: Gein's Family Giftshop and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.

* The Bottle Shop Bar and Kitchen, Waterloo Square, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, NE1 4DN