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Lynette Linton

Director, Directors, Writer

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    About Lynette Linton

    Lynette Linton is a writer and BAFTA-nominated director for theatre, TV, and film, and is the outgoing Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, which she took over in 2019. Her programming at the Bush has centered on ground-breaking debuts from UK and Irish writers. It has seen four consecutive Olivier Award wins for Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer, Igor Memic’s Old Bridge, Waleed Akhtar’s The P Word, and Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s Sleepova, plus the West End transfers of both Tyrell Williams’ Red Pitch and Benedict Lombe’s Shifters in 2024.

    She is elected as 1 of 8 Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature for 2025.

    Lynette is currently developing screen projects with Home Team, Wychwood Media, Pot Boiler, and SeeSaw Films.

    TV

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • MY NAME IS LEON
      • Douglas Road Productions/Ringside Studios/BBC
      • 90’ Single Film for BBC 2 based on Kit de Waal’s debut novel
        Nominated – Emerging Talent: Fiction, BAFTAs 2023
        Winner - Best TV Movie, C21 Drama Awards 2022
        Winner - Best Single Drama, ITalkTelly Awards 2022
        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – The Guardian. “My Name is Leon is an astounding, transfixing film… If awards don’t follow then the world isn’t right,” Lemn Sissay, OBE.
      • LOOK AT ME
      • Greenacre Films
      • Writer- As part of ITV’s Unsaid Stories collection.

    Theatre

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
      • RSC / Swan Theatre 10 Feb - 28 Mar 2026
        Soho Place 25 Apr - 18 Jul 2026
      • Director
      • NOT YOUR SUPERWOMAN
      • The Bush Theatre
      • Director & co-creator with Dennis-Edwards. Staring Letitia Wright and Golda Rosheuvel
      • INTIMATE APPAREL
      • Donmar Warehouse
      • Director - Written by Lynn Nottage - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Telegraph - “Linton proves once more why she is so highly regarded”
      • ALTERATIONS
      • National Theatre
      • Director - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian / ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Evening Standard / ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Financial Times
      • BARCELONA
      • ATG / Duke of York's
      • Director - Written by Bess Wohl. Starring Lilly Collins & Álvaro Morte
        ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Whatsonstage
        "Lily Collins makes a sensational stage debut" - The Times
      • SHIFTERS
      • West End & The Bush Theatre
      • Director - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- London Theatre Reviews /⭐⭐⭐⭐ – TimeOut /⭐⭐⭐⭐ – The Telegraph /⭐⭐⭐⭐ – The Guardian /⭐⭐⭐⭐ – The Times /
      • CLYDE’S
      • Donmar Warehouse
      • Director - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian, The Stage, The Telegraph, WhatsOnStageDirector - The sequel to the West End hit SWEAT, by Lynn Nottage.
      • AUGUST IN ENGLAND
      • The Bush Theatre
      • Director - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Times, Evening Standard, The Stage, iNews, TimeOut / Co-Director with Daniel Bailey
      • BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY
      • National Theatre
      • Director - Winner - Best Director, 32nd Annual Critics' Circle Theatre Award
        Winner - Best Director, Evening Standard Theatre Award
        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Broadway World, iNews / ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian, Financial Times, Evening Standard, The Telegraph, TimeOut, The Stage, WhatsOnStage
      • HOUSE OF IFE
      • The Bush Theatre
      • Director - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Evening Standard
      • CHIAROSCURO
      • The Bush Theatre
      • Director - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Evening Standard.
      • RICHARD II
      • The Globe
      • Co-directing with Adjoa Andoh / ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Times, The Guardian, The Observer, The Stage, WhatsOnStage, Time Out, Evening Standard
      • SWEAT
      • West End & Donmar Warehouse
      • Director - Written by Lynn Nottage
        Winner - Best Director, Black British Theatre Awards
        Winner - Best Creative West End Debut, Stage Debut
        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Observer, The Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Time Out “Lynette Linton’s superbly calibrated production excels from start to finish” – The Guardian
      • FUNCTION
      • National Youth Theatre
      • Director - Written by Sophie Ellerby
      • THIS IS
      • Arts Ed
      • Director - Written by Roy Williams
      • ASSATA TAUGHT ME
      • Gate Theatre
      • Director - Written by Kalungi Ssbandeke
      • ASSATA: SHE WHO STRUGGLES
      • Young Vic
      • Director - Written by Kalungi Ssbandeke
      • NAKED
      • The Vault Festival
      • Director - Written by Jessica Burgess
      • THIS WIDE NIGHT
      • Albany Theatre/ Stonecrabs
      • Director - Written by Chloe Moss
      • HASHTAG LIGHTIE
      • Arcola Theatre Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair
      • Writer
      • CHICKEN PALACE
      • Theatre Royal Stratford East
      • Writer, Producer & Director
      • STEP
      • Theatre Royal Stratford East/various schools
      • Writer
      • THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
      • Noel Coward Theatre
      • Directed by Michael Grandage - Assistant/Associate Director
      • THE YORK REALIST
      • Donmar Warehouse
      • Directed by Rob Hastie - Assistant/Associate Director
      • BELLEVILLE
      • Donmar Warehouse
      • Directed by Michael Longhurst -Assistant/Associate Director
      • LADY FROM THE SEA
      • Donmar Warehouse
      • Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah -Assistant/Associate Director
      • KNIVES IN HENS
      • Donmar Warehouse
      • Directed by Yael Farber -Assistant/Associate Director
      • TORN
      • Royal Court
      • Directed by Richard Twyman -Assistant/Associate Director
      • THE VIEW FROM THE MOON- LIVE LUNCH
      • Royal Court/ Birmingham Rep
      • Directed by Hamish Prie -Assistant/Associate Director
      • ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
      • Donmar Warehouse
      • Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah -Assistant/Associate Director
      • THE CHRISTIANS
      • The Gate, Traverse
      • Directed by Christopher Haydon -Assistant/Associate Director
      • IMAGE OF AN UNKNOWN YOUNG WOMAN
      • The Gate
      • Directed by Christopher Haydon -Assistant/Associate Director
      • GUTTED
      • Theatre Royal Stratford East
      • Directed by Rikki Beadle- Blair -Assistant/Associate Director

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