CURLY-haired comedian, actor and presenter Alan Davies makes his long-awaited return to the stage tonight at the Lighthouse in Poole.

Alan first came to national prominence in the early 1990s as a stand-up comedian.

It brought him considerable fame and success which he capitalised on by moving into television by headlining the murder mystery series Jonathan Creek and as a panellist in the Stephen Fry-helmed quiz show QI. He also starred in the hugely popular teen film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Jonathan Creek, in which Davies plays a magician’s assistant with a knack for solving ‘unsolvable’ and apparently paranormal crimes, was a massive hit with viewers. It aired in series form until 2004 and then re-appeared in a few ‘specials’ before returning for three episodes earlier this year.

While a few critics were a bit sniffy about its re-appearance, its fans stayed loyal and more than six million tuned in for the first episode.

Creek’s resurgence coincides with Davies’ latest foray into the world of stand-up, which he last entered, after a 10-year gap, with his Life of Pain tour in 2012.

His latest show, Little Victories, carries on where Life of Pain left off and arrives at Lighthouse in Poole tonight.

Alan told 24Seven: “It’s a continuation of Life of Pain, which was about having babies, and now I’m on to having toddlers and talking about my own parenting and my own father.

“And how I met my wife and injured myself in the bedroom trying to impress her, that sort of thing.

“It’s stuff that everyone can relate to.”