Alexander McConnell trained as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He co-founded the Little London Theatre with the help of Sir Derek Jacobi and Richard Wilson among others, to create a platform for new writing-led theatre. The company boasts 20 productions with an emphasis on new writing, working with award winning writers and directors including Trevor Griffiths, Andrew Neil, Olwen Wymark, Alan Drury, Seamus Finnegan, Keith Washington, Steve Marmion and Sebastian Graham-Jones. As a director credits include The Dumb Waiter and Held at the Soho Theatre.