She nurtured and promoted many of Australia's leading directors John Bell,[1] Jim Sharman, Gillian Armstrong, Jane Campion, Neil Armfield,[2] and Baz Luhrmann.

[3] Linstead studied performing arts at Francis Holland School in London and Cheltenham Ladies' College.

[2] The company cast stage productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Rocky Horror Show, as well as the Australian films My Brilliant Career (1970), Sunday Too Far Away (1975) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975).

[3] In 1973, Linstead founded the first agency in Australia to represent a cross-section of talent required for performing arts.

[2] She produced The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin with the Nimord Theatre Company, starring Gordon Chater.

Linstead produced Bootmen (2000), and its inspiration, Tap Dogs by Dein Perry (creator and director).

[1] She and Elizabeth Davies, her friend, wrote Growing Old Outrageously, a memoir of Linstead's life, in 2013.