Alexander Knott is an Off West End Award winning theatre maker, who works as a writer, director and creative producer. He has written and directed productions at Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Stratford East, The Barn Theatre, 53Two Manchester, Underbelly Edinburgh, the Old Red Lion Theatre (where he was Artistic Director) and numerous venues across London.

 

He has taught Acting and Writing at Italia Conti and LAMDA, and was most recently Producer of The Bread & Roses Theatre and Founding Producer of the Lambeth Fringe Festival. He makes dynamic, lyrical, physicalised theatre, combining surrealism, minimalism and humour to draw audiences into the everyday before revealing the dark, strange, mythic forces beneath it.

 

Writing

His plays include Bath (Bag of Beard, The Bread & Roses Theatre), Loop (BoxLess, Theatre Royal Stratford East, national tour and Edinburgh Fringe), Blue Blue (WoLab, King's Head Theatre), Brenda from UKIP (Proforca, The Space / Lion & Unicorn Theatre), Renaissance Men (joint writer/dramaturg, Old Red Lion Theatre / Square Chapel Arts Centre and northern tour), Hedgehog (BoxLess, Lion & Unicorn Theatre), At Last (joint writer, Proforca, Lion & Unicorn Theatre 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), Ballooniana! (New Wimbledon Theatre), The Messiah Complex (VAULT Festival), The Tales of the Giants (Wilton's Music Hall Studio), The Highgate Vampire (VAULT Festival, Omnibus Theatre and Cockpit Theatre) and Remember The Porter (Golden Goose Theatre). His plays are published by PlayDead Press.

 

Directing

As a director, his work includes the productions of Bag of Beard and BoxLess Theatre, alongside numerous freelance credits. Selected directing credits include the nationally acclaimed and award-winning Private Peaceful (BoxLess, Barn Theatre and Bristol Old Vic); the first professional revival of Simon Stephens' Nuclear War (Old Red Lion);The New History of David Copperfield (BoxLess, Barn Theatre); Dracula (Italia Conti, Landor Space); The Birds by Aristophanes (Italia Conti, Victoria Place Theatre); Alice in Wonderland (Italia Conti, Courtyard Theatre); The Tales (LAMDA and tour); In the Middle of the West (Italia Conti, Courtyard Theatre); and Incantations (National Gallery Lates). His recent work includes concept and dramaturgy direction on a reimagined production of Harold Pinter's final play, Celebration, at The Caryl Churchill Theatre.

 

Awards

Off West End Award Winner - Theatre for Young People, Private Peaceful, Bristol Old Vic

Stephen Joseph Award Winner - Theatre in the Round, The Highgate Vampire, The Cockpit Theatre

London Pub Theatre Award Winner -  Best New Writing, At Last, Lion & Unicorn Theatre

Off West End Award Commendation - December, Old Red Lion Theatre (2020)

Off West End Award Commendation - Ballooniana!, New Wimbledon Theatre (2022)

London Theatre Critics' Choice Award Nomination - The Highgate Vampire, Omnibus Theatre

Origins Award Finalist - Outstanding New Work, The Messiah Complex, VAULT Festival

 

The Highgate Vampire, which Knott co-wrote and performed in, received the Stephen Joseph Award for Theatre in the Round and was subsequently nominated for the London Theatre Critics' Choice Award. He is currently completing an MA in Theatre Directing at Royal Holloway University, studying under internationally renowned director Katie Mitchell.

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Directing & Dramaturgy (Director unless otherwise specified):

On It (Sheridan Studio Theatre)

John Florian’s Circus of the Night & The Four Travelling Players (Devised/Immersive, Hammerton Hall) 

Bath (The Bread & Roses Theatre)

Loop (Theatre Royal Stratford East & tour/Edinburgh Fringe)

A Christmas Tale (Dramaturgy, Kenton Theatre)

Last Man Standing (Associate Director, Theatre N16)

Renaissance Men (Joint Writer & dramaturg, Old Red Lion Theatre & tour)

Buried (John Thaw Studio, Tristan Bates Theatre/Old Red Lion Theatre)

At Last (Associate Director, The L&U Theatre)

Old Red Lion Triptych - Nuclear War/Buried/Graceland (Project & Venue Artistic Director & lead producer) - Director, Buried/Nuclear War

Private Peaceful (Barn Theatre, BarnFest Summer Festival, Bristol Old Vic, Garrick Theatre) - 2022 Off West End Award for Theatre for Young People, Families and Those with Special Needs

December - A New Play for Christmas (Old Red Lion Theatre Online)

Private Peaceful (Film, BoxLess Digital, Barn Theatre Online)

The Blandscape (Film, ORLOnline/co-

commissioned by BBC Scotland) 

Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield (BoxLess Theatre, Barn Theatre) 

Cratchit (Park Theatre, Bag of Beard/MZG Productions)

Dracula, (Italia Conti, Avondale Theatre/Landor Space) 

Ballooniana! (BoxLess Theatre, New Wimbledon Theatre)

Dorothy & Friends - A Judy Garland Cabaret (Crazy Coqs at Zedel) - Script & Dramaturgy 

The Messiah Complex (Bag of Beard, Network Theatre/VAULT Festival)  

The Birds by Aristophanes (Italia Conti/Buzz Theatre, Victoria Place)

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Writing: 

On It (Sheridan Studio Theatre)

Mashed (Short Film, Dir: Chris Rogers)

The Golden Sparrow (Short Film, Dir: Simon Naylor)  

Bath (The Bread & Roses Theatre)

Loop (Theatre Royal Stratford East & tour/Edinburgh Fringe)

Renaissance Men (Joint Writer, Old Red Lion Theatre & tour)

Hedgehog (The Lion & Unicorn Theatre)

Blue Blue  (WoLab/King’s Head Theatre)

Brenda from UKIP - (Feel More, The Space Arts Centre/Lion & Unicorn)

RunderTisch (Joint Writer, Rehearsed Reading, Tristan Bates Theatre)

Nothing Between Friends (Joint Writer, Waterloo East Theatre, West Avenue/Subtext Theatre/Bag of Beard)

At Last (Joint Writer/Associate Director, The Lion & Unicorn Theatre & tour)

Yesterday’s Dreams (Katzpace)

December - A New Play for Christmas (Old Red Lion Theatre) 

Cratchit (Park Theatre, Bag of Beard/MZG Productions) 

Ballooniana! (BoxLess Theatre, New Wimbledon Theatre)

Dorothy & Friends - A Judy Garland Cabaret (Crazy Coqs at Zedel)

The Messiah Complex (Bag of Beard, Network Theatre/VAULT Festival)  

 

Teaching & Facilitation:

Dramaturgy - BA Tutorials, Playwriting Dissertation Module

Devising & Producing - Cert HE Acting Workshops

Screenwriting Workshops - Central Film School