Lynette Linton
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January 1990 (age 36)
Director
Artistic Director at the Bush Theatre
Lynette Linton | |
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| Born | Lynette Margaret Linton January 1990 (age 36) |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex National Youth Theatre |
| Occupation | Playwright Director Artistic Director at the Bush Theatre |
Lynette Margaret Linton FRSL (born January 1990)[1] is a BAFTA-nominated British playwright, director, dramaturg and the artistic director at The Bush Theatre. She directed the award-winning Donmar Warehouse production of Sweat. In 2019 she was named as one of Marie Claire's "Future Shapers".
Linton is of British Caribbean heritage and grew up in Leytonstone, East London.[2] Her father is from Guyana and her mother is from Northern Ireland.[3] Linton became interested in theatre and writing as a child. She has said that she wanted to be Malorie Blackman.[3] At the age of eight she moved to Ballymena, where she and her brothers experienced racism.[2] She studied English at the University of Sussex and soon afterwards joined the National Youth Theatre. Here she met Rikki Beadle-Blair, who encouraged her to write a play.[3][4] The play she wrote – Step – was about a young man working out his sexuality, inspired by James Baldwin. It was programmed at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.[3] Linton's writing explores who she is and where her family are from.[3] She trained as a Director at StoneCrabs in 2013.[5][6][7]