Linden Walcott-Burton is a British actor, director and producer from London and the West Midlands. He made his stage debut in the Channel 4 documentary series 'Ballet Changed My Life - Ballet Hoo ...Show More
Linden Walcott-Burton is a British actor, director and producer from London and the West Midlands. He made his stage debut in the Channel 4 documentary series 'Ballet Changed My Life - Ballet Hoo!', which saw 200 disadvantaged young people from the West Midlands take part in an 18 month course to see if the arts could transform lives, culminating in a performance of Kenneth Macmillan's ballet of Romeo and Juliet alongside Birmingham Royal Ballet. Having never previously acted or danced before, Linden went on to play the role of Tybalt, to 2000 people at the Birmingham Hippodrome, and 4 million viewers on TV; all at the age of 16.He then went on to achieve scholarships to attend the National Youth Theatre and the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, where he was further supported by both the Wayne Sleep and Cameron Mackintosh Foundations, before enjoying a varied career on stage for companies such as Punchdrunk, the Sherman Cymru, the Royal Court, The Globe and Soho Theatre; while also running workshops for the National Theatre, the Unicorn Theatre and the Old Vic. He made his television debut in 'Eastenders', followed by season 2 of the critically acclaimed BBC drama 'The Split', before going on to work on the upcoming HBO/Sky drama 'The Third Day', starring Emily Watson and Jude Law.His skills and advocacy for the arts has seen him venture into more than just performing - having been an advisor for the Arts Council West Midlands for the London 2012 Olympics, the producer of the esteemed free actor's showcase 'MonologueSlamUK' at Theatre Royal Stratford East, leading on the diversity and inclusion work for SEND young people as an Associate Artist for the National Youth Theatre, and being elected as a Councillor for Equity in 2018; which has seen him speak in Parliament several times on the benefits of diversity in the arts and to champion arts funding. Hide
