<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=720" rel="attachment wp-att-720"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-720" title="alan-davies(nov12)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/alan-daviesnov12.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>The thing about reviewing an event for me is to try to recapture the essence of what you were expecting and what you experienced. Well, as someone who doesn't watch Qi on TV I haven't really followed Alan Davies since he was the magician's assistant in Jonathan Creek. He seems a genuinely nice guy and so we booked our tickets.

A bit scarey really because we were only 5 rows from the front and Jane was in an aisle seat so she could stretch her gammy leg out but we needn't have worried because he didn't really pick on anyone unless they were asking for it, and he didn't embarrass anyone, except the woman who got up half way through the first session to go to the toilet. Didn't she have any control?

On to the comedy - it was brilliant!!! The first half flew by and there weren't many minutes when we were not laughing. For the first part he just talked to people about where they'd come from, the problems they had getting there, especially for the late-comers. His humorous story telling was excellent. By definition (<em>Raconteur</em> definition, a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly) he is a master raconteur and so, so funny (that's not "so so" as in dodgy but as in "extremely").

So in conclusion it was a excellent and highly recommended.