[2] Booton appeared in many secondary school and sixth form college productions, including playing the role of Mr. Toad in Alan Bennett's stage adaptation of Kenneth Graeme's The Wind in the Willows.
During his time at school, Booton and a classmate wrote, directed and starred in their own two-man comedy show, which was performed for an audience of 400 and raised over £1,500 for a local charity.
After leaving sixth form college Booton went on to study Drama & Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London where he was a part of the numerous productions that took place there, including playing Cheswick in Dale Wasserman's stage adaptation of Ken Kasey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Mosca in Ben Jonson's Volpone; an open-air production in the 19th Century Founder's Building.
[8] He also filmed a lead role in a pilot episode for a new television comedy entitled Gradulthood, based on the struggle facing graduates seeking jobs in the post-recession market place.
[9] The pilot was mentioned in the London Evening Standard newspaper as part of a wider discussion on young people's struggle to secure employment following the global recession.
[13] As a performer of Punch & Judy, Booton is one of the last few remaining practitioners of this traditional art form and a member of one of the oldest organisations of its kind.