Lynette Linton

For the National: Alterations, Blues for an Alabama Sky

Lynette is a writer, and BAFTA nominated director for theatre, TV and film, and Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre. 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.

Theatre
For the National: Alterations, Blues for an Alabama Sky

Her other directing credits include: Barcelona (Duke of York’s), Shifters (Duke of York’s, Bush); Clyde’s (Donmar); As We Face The Sun (as co-director with Katie Greenall, Bush); August in England (as co-director with Daniel Bailey, Bush); House of Ife (Bush); an adaptation of Jackie Kay’s Chiaroscuro (Bush); Richard II (as co-director with Adjoa Andoh, Globe); Assata Taught Me (Gate); Function (National Youth Theatre).

She was Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse from 2017 to 2018, and is a co-founder of production company Black Apron Entertainment.

TV
As director: My Name is Leon.

Awards
My Name is Leon – Emerging Talent: Fiction BAFTA award nomination.

Blues for an Alabama Sky – Best Director, Evening Standard Theatre Award and Critics’ Circle Theatre Award, 2022.

Sweat – Best Director, Black British Theatre awards; Best Play, Evening Standard Theatre Award; nomination for Best New Play, Olivier Awards, 2019.