Danny Robins is a familiar face these days. Having made a name for himself as part of BBC Radio 1's The Milk Run, he enjoyed two sell out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe with his DJ Danny character perfectly encapsulating the life of teacher by day and wannabe superstar DJ by night. Such was the success of the show that the first run in 2005 was recorded live for Radio 1, whilst the follow up show a year later - DJ Danny: Music Therapy - inspired a BBC Radio 4 series and took in dates overseas.

So where did he get his musical powers from? "When I was a child I was bitten by a radioactive DJ" Danny tells us. "It gave me supernatural abilities to want to mash together strangely mismatched tunes."

In recent times we've seen real-life Danny coax mediums into false claims about their supernatural powers on BBC Three and prank people into believing they were about to witness the world's first reality television baby in Mischief's Let's Make a Baby. He's also fronted his own BBC Radio 4 show, Danny Robins Music Therapy, and can be currently heard on BBC 6 Music as part of Lauren Laverne's show.

The two dates as part of the Five Pound Fringe will bring together the best bits of DJ Danny - a prospect that should have audiences flocking. "It's kind of a 'Greatest Hits' show with some of the best bits from my two previous DJ Danny shows alongside some new material," he says. "I'd say it's about 60% best of and 40% new. If you haven't seen the character before, he's a frustrated schoolteacher by day and an aspiring superstar DJ by night."

For thirty-somethings, this show could realize some of their own frustrations in settling for alternative careers. "I think it taps into the desire of a lot of people (often men) to be a hero on the wheels of steel," he continues. "It's that strange thing about DJ'ing - the kudos you get just from playing other people's records. Fatboy Slim on Brighton beach with thousands of people - and all he's doing is pressing 'play'."

"The aim of these shows is to work up a really solid hour with just me and the mixer - previously I've had projectors and computers and all sorts - with a view to maybe taking it on tour or around festivals in the future. Sadly I'm not joined by Mr Walker this time around - Head of Music and RE and the Falvour Flav to DJ Danny's Chuck D. He's busy elsewhere having got himself a proper job as a comedy producer!"

Given his successes, it would have been relatively easy for Danny to embark on a month-long run at the Fringe that would have been sure to earn both audience and critical acclaim. So why didn't he? "I wanted to pop up, but I didn't fancy doing the whole month," he explains. "I got married at the end of May and a lot of my focus has been on that this year so I didn't want the commitment of a whole month at the Fringe on top of that. I was really impressed by the way the Five Pound Fringe operated last year - I think it's a great addition to the Edinburgh comedy landscape and they offered me a couple of nights at the Tron so I thought let's go for it. And it's fun to do DJ Danny again. It's a while since I did the character and it's nice getting back into the tracksuit and fiddling with the mixer."

"I'm also doing some radio and TV stuff whilst I'm up in Edinburgh so I will be around for about a week in total, and yeah I'll definitely go and see lots of shows. I'm really looking forward to seeing my friend Doc Brown and also Frisky Mannish and Tom Wrigglesworth - I saw both their shows last year and was really inspired."

Thankfully for those that miss out on DJ Danny this August, there could still be opportunities to watch one of the best characters to hit the Edinburgh Fringe at a later date. "I would like to tour and that's partly the aim of doing these shows - to work up something I could tour," he adds. "I'm a bit hectic this autumn but I would love to do it at some point. I guess it depends how these gigs go. If it's really fun, I'll try and make it happen."

So if you're in Edinburgh on 12th and 13th and want to enjoy an expertly crafted hour of comedy, one show you certainly ought to pencil in is DJ Danny. He's at the Tron at 10:20pm.