Eastenders bad guy Dan Sullivan may not be the flavour of the month on the BBC soap but later this week he'll be the main man at the Skydome's Ikon nightclub.

Actor Craig Fairbrass, who millions of BBC viewers have loved to hate over the last eight months, will appear at Ikon Superclub this Thursday.

Fairbrass has been inundated with requests to appear at venues across the country after holding centre stage in the Eastenders storyline for the last two months.

However, the actor who starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in action film Cliffhanger, asked his agent to try and get him an Ikon date after visiting the club socially.

SkyDome general manager Ian Knight revealed that Fairbrass' interest in Ikon came after he enjoyed a night out in the club during March.

He said:

"Craig Fairbrass had heard about Ikon and came here on a social basis.

"I know he does most of his appearances in London and I think he was quite surprised to see the size and the quality of Ikon.

"He was talking on the night about the possibility of appearing here officially and that has now been followed up by his agent.

"We are only too happy to welcome him along. Over the last few months he has been the most high profile character in the country's most watched soap opera.

"Ikon is a big club and we have always brought the top names from each industry here for personal appearances - this is no different."

The Eastenders limelight has now been taken from Dan by Gianni Di Marco and actor Mark Bannerman will do the same when he follows Fairbrass to Ikon on Thursday 27 July.