Directing & Dramaturgy:
“A symbol of resurgence in the arts” - Sir Michael Morpurgo on Knott’s ‘Private Peaceful’
“A modern masterpiece that could define the future of fringe theatre” - Theatre Weekly on Knott’s ‘A Triptych of Plays’
Alexander Knott is a South London based, Off West End Award winning theatre maker who works as a writer, director and creative producer. He has written and directed productions at the Bristol Old Vic, The Barn Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 53Two Manchester, the Underbelly Edinburgh, the Old Red Lion Theatre and numerous venues across London.
His reimagining of ‘Private Peaceful’ won the 2022 Off West End Award for Theatre for Young People, Families and Those with Special Needs. His work has been nominated for multiple other Off West End Awards, LPT Standing Ovation Awards and Off West End commendations.
He was appointed Artistic Director of the historic and acclaimed Old Red Lion Theatre in 2019 and is Joint Director of theatre collective Bag of Beard.
He has been Resident Writer and Co-Director for BoxLess Theatre since 2016, and he is Producer of The Bread & Roses Theatre, Clapham.
His plays include: Loop (BoxLess, Theatre Royal Stratford East, national tour & Edinburgh Fringe), Bath (Bag of Beard, The Bread & Roses Theatre), Blue Blue (WoLab, Kings Head Theatre), Brenda from UKIP (Proforca, The Space/The Lion & Unicorn Theatre), Renaissance Men (Joint Writer/Dramaturg, Old Red Lion Theatre/Square Chapel Arts Centre & northern tour), Hedgehog (BoxLess, The Lion & Unicorn Theatre), At Last (Joint Writer, Proforca, Lion & Unicorn and tour), Nothing Between Friends (Joint Writer, West Avenue, Waterloo East Theatre), Yesterday’s Dreams (Katzpace), December - A New Play for Christmas (Old Red Lion Theatre), Cratchit (Park Theatre) and Ballooniana! (New Wimbledon Theatre)
As a director, his credits include Bath, Loop, Cratchit, Ballooniana!, The Messiah Complex and the nationally acclaimed, gender-flipped and award winning Private Peaceful (BoxLess, Barn Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Offie Winner 2022), David Copperfield (Barn Theatre, BoxLess Theatre), Dracula (Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts) and a new version of The Birds by Aristophanes (Italia Conti/Buzz Theatre, Victoria Place).
He is an Associate of New York/Chicago playwrighting studio collective, Telling Humans. In Summer 2023, he will direct a dynamic reimagining of ‘The Birds’ by Aristophanes.
The film adaptation of his play ‘Cratchit’ is in active development with Blue Orb Productions, and in December 2023 the Princess Royal Theatre in Guernsey will stage a new production of that play.
Previous work:
2020
Private Peaceful (Bristol Old Vic, Barn Theatre, Autumn 2020 - Garrick Theatre (Currently Postponed due to Covid-19) )
Private Peaceful (Director, Barn Theatre, 2020 BarnFest Outdoor Summer Festival)
Old Red Lion Triptych - Nuclear War/Buried/Graceland (Project & Venue Artistic Director & lead producer) - Director, Buried/Nuclear War
2019
At Last (Associate Director, Lion and Unicorn Theatre)
Almost, Maine (co-director, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 & tour)
Buried (Director, John Thaw Studio, Tristan Bates Theatre)
2018
Renaissance Men (Joint Writer & dramaturg, Old Red Lion Theatre & tour)
LOOP (director, Edinburgh Fringe 2018, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 53two Manchester)
Tipping the Velvet (co-director, Edinburgh Fringe 2018)
2017
An Absolute Turkey (co-director, Italia Conti BA)
Last Man Standing (co-director, Theatre N16)