Ché Walker
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Ché Walker is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, and teacher. His musical Been So Long played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Young Vic Theatre.[1][2] It was later developed into a feature film of the same name starring Michaela Coel and released by Netflix in 2018.[3]
As an actor, Walker has appeared on television, with credits including The Office and EastEnders.[4] His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell.[5] Walker lives in Camden in London.[6][7]
Accolades
[edit | edit source]- 2003: George Devine Award
- 2003: Arts Council Young Writers Award, for Flesh Wound
List of works
[edit | edit source]Writing credits
[edit | edit source]- Been So Long, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1998; Young Vic Theatre, London, 2009
- Jack and the Beanstalk, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London, 2009
- translation of Sophocles' Iphigenia, Southwark Playhouse
- Flesh Wound, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London,
- Crazy Love, Òran Mór, Glasgow, Scotland, 2007
- Dance for Me, Webber Douglas, 2004
- A Passion for Mayhem
- Greenskin Gal
- Inner City Magic
- Translation of Akos Nemeth's Car Thieves, Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London, 2004
- The Frontline, Shakespeare's Globe, London, 2008 [8][9]
- The Lightning Child, Shakespeare's Globe, London, 2013
- Been So Long, film screenplay, 2018
Directing credits
[edit | edit source]- Etta Jenks (Finborough Theatre)
- Achidi J's Final Hours (Finborough Theatre)
- Rootz Spectacula (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry)
- Macbeth (Southwark Playhouse)
- The Glory of Living (Battersea Arts Centre)
- Balm in Gilead (RADA)
- A Mouthful of Birds (RADA)
- A Prayer for Owen Meany (Corbett Theatre)
- A Flea in Her Ear (Corbett Theatre)
- The Hot L Baltimore (Corbett Theatre)
- The Time Of Our Lies (Park Theatre)[10]
Acting credits
[edit | edit source]- Othello (Shakespeare's Globe)
- The Pitchfork Disney (Citizens Theatre)
- Old Rose (Citizens Theatre)
- Sunshine (Southwark Playhouse)
- Biloxi Blues (Salisbury Playhouse)
- Wait Until Dark (Plymouth Theatre Royal)
- Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Interchange Studios)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ché Walker's official website
- "Interview: Ché Walker", Music OMH, Natasha Tripney, 6/2008 Archived 19 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- "INTERVIEW: CHE WALKER", Theatre Voice, 24 June 2009
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