Ché Walker
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Ché Walker is an English actor, playwright, theatre director and teacher at the Identity Drama School.
Walker lives in Camden
in London and his play The Frontline
deals with street life outside Camden Town tube station
.
As the first contemporary play to be staged at the Globe, the play received praise from critics for its writing and its acting.
He wrote it in the Globe theatre, while playing in Othello.
His musical Been So Long played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Young Vic.
His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell
.
His credits as a director include:
As an actor, he has appeared in:
He has also appeared on television, credits including The Office
and Eastenders
.
Walker lives in Camden
London Borough of Camden
In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough were already developed and had a total population of 96,795. This continued to rise swiftly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 270,197 in the middle of the century...
in London and his play The Frontline
The Frontline
The Frontline, commonly known as Frontline, is a rap duo from Richmond, California consisting of Left and Locksmith, also known as Lock. The group is associated with West Coast hip hop music.-History:...
deals with street life outside Camden Town tube station
Camden Town tube station
Camden Town tube station is a major junction on the Northern Line and one of the busiest stations on the London Underground network...
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As the first contemporary play to be staged at the Globe, the play received praise from critics for its writing and its acting.
He wrote it in the Globe theatre, while playing in Othello.
His musical Been So Long played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Young Vic.
His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell is one of Britain's leading stage and television actresses. In 2011, she was cast as Cora Cross in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, the mother of Tanya Jessop and Rainie Cross. She was only to appear originally for 4 episodes but returned on 28 July 2011 as a regular character...
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Awards
- 2003 George Devine Award
- 2003 Arts Council Young Writers Award, for Flesh Wound
Career
His writing credits include- Been So LongBeen So LongBeen So Long is a soul/funk musical with music and lyrics by Arthur Darvill and book by Ché Walker. The musical is based on the 1998 play of the same name....
, 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 (play), Globe, London, 2008
His credits as a director include:
- Etta Jenks (Finborough Theatre)
- Achidi J's Final Hours (Finborough Theatre)
- Rootz Spectacula (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry)
- MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
(Southwark Playhouse) - The Glory of LivingThe Glory of LivingThe Glory of Living is a 1998 play by Rebecca Gilman. The play received its first production at the Circle Theater in Forest Park, Illinois. The play has won many awards and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.-Plot:...
(Battersea Arts Centre) - Balm in GileadBalm in GileadBalm in Gilead is a 1965 play written by American playwright Lanford Wilson.-Dramatic structure:Wilson's first full-length effort, Balm in Gilead centers on a cafe frequented by heroin addicts, prostitutes and thieves...
(RADA) - A Mouthful of BirdsA Mouthful of BirdsA Mouthful of Birds is a 1986 play with dance by Caryl Churchill and David Lan, with choreography by Ian Spink. Drawing its themes from The Bacchae of Euripides, it is a meditation on possession, madness and female violence.-Synopsis:...
(RADA) - A Prayer for Owen MeanyA Prayer for Owen MeanyA Prayer for Owen Meany was the seventh published novel by American writer John Irving when it appeared in 1989. It tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New England town during the 1950-60s...
(Corbett Theatre) - A Flea in Her EarA Flea in Her EarA Flea in Her Ear is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque.-Plot:...
(Corbett Theatre) - The Hot L Baltimore (Corbett Theatre)
As an actor, he has appeared in:
- OthelloOthelloThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
(Shakespeare's Globe) - The Pitchfork DisneyThe Pitchfork DisneyThe Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991...
(Citizens Theatre) - Old Rose (Citizens Theatre)
- SunshineSunshineSunshine is sunlight, the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Sun, especially in the visible wavelengths.Sunshine may also refer to:-Film and television:*Sunshine , a historical film directed by István Szabó...
(Southwark Playhouse) - Biloxi BluesBiloxi BluesBiloxi Blues is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The second chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy, it follows Brighton Beach Memoirs and precedes Broadway Bound....
(Salisbury Playhouse) - Wait Until DarkWait Until DarkWait Until Dark is a play by Frederick Knott.-Synopsis:Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for the heroin hidden in a doll, which her husband Sam innocently transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered...
(Plymouth Theatre Royal) - Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Interchange Studios)
He has also appeared on television, credits including The Office
The Office (UK TV series)
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
and Eastenders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
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Reviews
From 9 July 2008 to 17 August 2008. Theatre goers to the venue got the unique, some might say shocking, experience urban drama crafted by Che Walker who offers in ‘The Frontline’ a brave new presentation of 21st century London.