Ché Walker
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, he has appeared on television, with credits including The Office and EastEnders.[4] His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell.[citation needed] Walker lives in Camden in London.[5][6]
Accolades[]
- 2003 George Devine Award
- 2003 Arts Council Young Writers Award, for Flesh Wound
List of works[]
Writing credits[]
- 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
- , Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London,
- , Glasgow: Oran Mor, Scotland, 2007
- , Webber Douglas, 2004
- Translation of 's Car Thieves, Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London, 2004
- The Frontline, Globe, London, 2008 [7][8]
- The Lightning Child, Globe, London, 2013
- Been So Long, film screenplay, 2018
Directing credits[]
- (Finborough Theatre)
- (Finborough Theatre)
- (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)[9]
Acting credits[]
- Othello (Shakespeare's Globe)
- The Pitchfork Disney (Citizens Theatre)
- (Citizens Theatre)
- Sunshine (Southwark Playhouse)
- Biloxi Blues (Salisbury Playhouse)
- Wait Until Dark (Plymouth Theatre Royal)
- (Interchange Studios)
References[]
- ^ "Been So Long". 19 August 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Lee, Ann (22 October 2018). "Michaela Coel On London and Love in Netflix Musical 'Been So Long'". Culture Trip. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Che Walker".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rees, Jasper (29 June 2008). "Che Walker brings The Frontline Shakespeare's Globe". Times Online. London. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- ^ "Che Walker".
- ^ "The Time Of Our Lies". Park Theatre. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- English male stage actors
- English theatre directors
- English dramatists and playwrights
- Living people
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- Translators of Ancient Greek texts