With degrees in Drama, English and Education, Alyn began writing his own jokes via live improvised comedy in Durban, in 1993/94’s Comedy Games, a shameless Whose Line Is It Anyway? clone. He soon switched to solo stand-up and was a founder comic at the Johannesburg (formerly Civic) Theatre’s Punchline Pub in 1996. His stand-up writing drew him inexorably into the publishing industry. A three-year stint writing weekly opinion columns for the Mail & Guardian Online in the late Nineties was followed by his appointment as the staff writer for FHM magazine, upon its South African launch in 1999. Part of his actual instructions from publishers UpperCase Media (UCM) was “make it funny”. Throughout his years in a day-job, Alyn remained a popular stand-up act on the Gauteng club circuit, as well as at a host of independent gigs around the country, including Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Bloemfontein, Welkom, Roodepoort, Mbombela, PE, Knysna, Cape Town, Tshwane and even Walkerville – or Walker-Texas-Ranger-ville, as it’s known to most comics. He’s equally at home as an MC, having hosted several venues around the country, including The Blues Room (Sandton). Alyn is still active as an improv comic, most recently with Starship Improvise in Johannesburg. He also works as part of the Joburg Comedy Cartel troupe, comprising himself, Vittorio Leonardi, Warren Robertson and Shaun Wewege. They launched the JCC with a successful tour to Durban in October 2010, followed by a series of gigs throughout 2011 and 2012 at Houghton’s Foxwood Theatre. They are available for corporate bookings, either individually, or as a four-hander.