Danny Scott was born in London, England. He trained at The London Mime Centre (1984) then at the London Centre for Theatre Studies, The Academy of Performing Arts, Canada, and Shared Experience Theatre Company/Theatre de Complicité, (London).

 

After winning an unprecedented double-scholarship to The London Mime Centre, where he specialised in contemporary mime-theatre and interdisciplinary theatre-arts, Danny graduated with a double-distinction in Mime and Physical Theatre.  Following this, he devised and then embarked on a number of solo performances around Europe before going on to study further, specialising in Acting, Devising and Directing at The Academy Of Performing Arts, Ontario, Canada (1990 –1993), where he became head of the Mime and Physical Theatre department;  Academy Vice-Principal, and later founder and Artistic Director of Diakonos Physical Theatre (1992 – 2000). 

 

In addition to his work with his professional company, Danny also established himself as a freelance director, consultant and performer in 2002 and has continued to be in demand both in the UK and Europe, as well as internationally ever since, performing, directing and teaching in over 20 different countries to date.  Danny founded PointZero Physical Theatre in 2009. He is Co-Founder and Director of CORE theatre arts lab and Phoenix Performing Arts Trust