Johnny McKnight
Johnny is an award-winning writer, director, actor and performer. He recently wrote and performed in She’s Behind You for Traverse Theatre/NTS, directed by John Tiffany. The production won both a Scotsman Fringe First Award in 2025 and the Besties Skinny Award. Previous writing work with National Theatre of Scotland includes Little Johnny’s Big Gay Wedding and Dear Scotland, performing in An Appointment with The Wicker Man, and directing Nat McLeary’s Thrown for the Edinburgh International Festival.
As a writer for musical theatre, Johnny wrote the book for the stage adaptation of 101 Dalmatians, which premiered at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre before completing a UK tour and London run.
For screen, Johnny is currently developing projects with BBC Studios, Fable Pictures and Synchronicity Films. He has also been part of the core writing team on River City (BBC), writing over 50 episodes to date. His anniversary episode of River City won Best Drama at the RTS Scotland Awards.
Johnny has been described in the national press as “the new vanguard of pantomime”, with more than 36 productions to his name and multiple UK Pantomime Awards wins and nominations (most recently winner of Best Pantomime and an award for Achievement in Innovation).
The Play
Knock Twice
There’s a nice ordinary house in the middle of a nice ordinary street.
Only there’s nothing ordinary about Number 16.
When Mikey McAdams arrives at school and announces he can hear the dead talking, Kelly Anderson calls him a liar. Then he says a name he couldn’t possibly know. Her dad’s name. And suddenly Kelly needs answers.
Knock Twice is a supernatural story about friendship, loss, and one very important question: if you got the chance to speak to someone you’d lost… what would you say?