Pierre Novellie
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Pierre Novellie

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 20261 hr 27 min
  • Interview
  • Food

Stand-up, podcaster, and Ed's wine club buddy Pierre Novellie has a table booked this week. They chat dream meals, getting trapped in caves, and whether the Queen in Narnia was fit. Pierre Novellie is at London’s Soho Theatre with his new show ‘OK, One More Then Bedtime’ until Thu 1 Oct 2026. Get tickets at sohotheatre.com Pierre will be announcing a tour very soon – sign up to his mailing list to find out tour dates at pierrenovellie.com Pierre’s book, ‘Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism’ is out...

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Welcome to the Off Menu podcast, taking the beef of conversation, drying it in the hot air of humor, creating the Bora Vos of podcasting. It's thematic for our guests. That is a gamble. My name is James A. Caster.

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That was for our guests. And every single week we invite in a guest and we ask their favourite ever start at main course Dessert Side dish and drink.

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Not in that order and this week our guest is... Sorry to any South Africans out there. I'll get your dried meats mixed up. Pienaveli!

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