Fringe run and autumn tour

Alan Davies has announced his first UK tour in 12 years.

The QI regular will take to the road with his Life Is Pain stand-up show this autumn, following a stint at the Edinburgh festival.

It follows a series of gigs in Australia, which revived his interest in live performance.

He told Graham Norton on his BBC One show tonight: ‘Im going on tour later this year.

‘I haven’t done a stand-up tour for 12 years. We went out to Australia and we did QI live, and while I was there I did a stand-up tour. It was great, I really loved it.

‘I used to tire of touring and all the hotels... but actually now i’ve got small children and I’m always exhausted I like being on my own. Plus they provide half the material for this show.’

Davies is playing the EICC while at the Edinburgh Fringe. The venue’s programme will also include Jimmy Carr, Jason Byrne, Jimeoin and Daniel Sloss – whose tickets have all gone on sale already.

Davies last appeared at the festival in 2005 alongside Bill Bailey in an adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple at the Assembly Hall. He performed stand-up at the festival in 2001, but didn’t take the show on the road.

Click here for Alan Davies’s tour dates.

Published: 27 Jan 2012