- 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.[1][2] He wrote it in the Globe theatre, while playing in Othello.[3]
His musical Been So Long played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,[4] and the Young Vic.[5] His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell.
Contents
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 (play), Globe, London, 2008 [6][7]
- 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)
- 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]
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.[9]
References
- ^ Nick Curtis (01.07.08). "Che Walker is Camden's chronicler". Evening Standard. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23504126-che-walker-is-camdens-chronicler.do.
- ^ Jasper Rees (June 29, 2008). "Che Walker brings The Frontline Shakespeare's Globe". The Sunday Times (London). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4213556.ece.
- ^ http://www.globelink.org/resourcecentre/otherplays/thefrontline/chewalker/
- ^ http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/20141-been-so-long/
- ^ http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=209&name=Che%20Walker
- ^ Rees, Jasper (2008-06-29). "Che Walker brings The Frontline Shakespeare's Globe". Times Online (London). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4213556.ece. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- ^ http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/walker-che.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907610/
- ^ http://www.abesha.com/zn/zine/reviews/the_frontline/
External links
Categories:- English actors
- English theatre directors
- English dramatists and playwrights
- Living people
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