Perhaps because Alan Davies is now a stranger to the one-man show scene, he enlisted the help of old friend, author Louise Rennison, to help him talk through his new book My Favourite People And Me, 1978-1988, which documents his adolescence.

However, Louise’s prompting led to an often disjointed discourse and although an interesting backstory emerged from this “interview” – Alan’s mother died when he was young, he couldn’t relate to his father and found escape by joining every “anti” society out there (he was annoyed he couldn’t become a radical feminist lesbian) – it was the Q & A part of the evening which delivered the real laughs and revelations.

Alan shared how his decision not to read bad reviews of a West End play, which apparently “worked in Edinburgh”, became futile when fans started shouting “don’t worry about the reviews Alan”, and sending him cut-outs with letters of support.

He also held ambitions of becoming a chat-show host, but was turned down point-blank by the BBC.

Does he want to be the new Parky? “He didn’t give a toss about me when I went on his show, then when Warren Beatty came on he disappeared up his a***.”