Alexander Knott

Alexander Knott is a South London-based theatre maker who works as a writer, director and creative producer.

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Primarily a writer/director making visceral, highly theatrical work in which the ordinary world slowly gives way to the surreal, comic and unsettling, Alexander brings projects from first idea to full production, as well as teaching and facilitating emerging artists

 

He was Artistic Director of the historic and acclaimed Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington and is Joint Director of theatre collective Bag of Beard. 

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He has been Resident Writer & Co-Director for BoxLess Theatre since 2016.

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His work as a director includes multiple collaborations with BoxLess and Bag of Beard, including Buried (Tristan Bates Theatre), Nuclear War by Simon Stephens and Buried by David Spencer (as two thirds of the Triptych at the Old Red Lion, as well as serving as Creative Producer for the project, which also included Graceland by Max Saunders-Singer). The triple bill was Offie nominated for Best Production and Best Lead Performance (James Demaine).

His outdoor staging of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful opened in August 2020, as part of BarnFest and transferred to the main space of The Barn Theatre by popular demand.

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His current work focuses on his training under Katie Mitchell at Royal Holloway University, fusing psychological realism, minimalism and new writing.

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