Ché Walker
Ché Walker is an English actor, playwright, theatre director and teacher at the Identity Drama School. Walker lives in Camden in London[1][2] His musical Been So Long played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,[3] and the Young Vic.[4] His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell.
Awards
- 2003 George Devine Award
- 2003 Arts Council Young Writers Award, for Flesh Wound
Career
- His writing credits include
- 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, Glasgow: Oran Mor, 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, Globe, London, 2008 [5][6]
- The Lightning Child, Globe, London, 2013
- Been So Long, film screenplay, 2018
- His credits as a director include
- 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)[7]
- As an actor, he has appeared in
- 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)
He has also appeared on television, credits including The Office and EastEnders.[8]
References
- Nick Curtis (1 July 2008). "Che Walker is Camden's chronicler". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- Jasper Rees (29 June 2008). "Che Walker brings The Frontline Shakespeare's Globe". The Sunday Times. London.
- http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/20141-been-so-long/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Rees, Jasper (29 June 2008). "Che Walker brings The Frontline Shakespeare's Globe". Times Online. London. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/walker-che.html
- "The Time Of Our Lies". Park Theatre. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907610/
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