Alan first started storytelling with the Montreal Storytellers' Club. After moving to Ottawa and diving into stand-up comedy, theatre and dance, Alan was re-introduced to the soft, gentle ways of storytelling in 2001. His debut performance was at the Fourth Stage of the National Arts Centre as part of a program presented by Ottawa Storytellers. He has since toured to professional storytelling events throughout North America including the First Night festival in Vermont and the Canmore Children’s Festival in Alberta. He is an active member of the Ottawa Storytellers, has performed each year at the Ottawa Storytellers’ Festival between 2002 and 2007, has appeared regularly at the Fourth Stage of the National Art Centre’s since 2001 and was one of the few invited guests to the Toronto Storytellers’ Festival in 2004.

Alan has studied storytelling with Jan Andrews, the Toronto Storytelling Festival, Ottawa Storytellers, and the School of Storytellers. He is a master at shaping his material so that listeners cannot help but enter into the world of his stories evoking laughter, pain, joy, and personal discovery.