Ché Walker is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, and teacher. His musical ''

Been So Long ''Been So Long'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Arthur Darvill and book by Ché Walker. The musical is based on Walker's 1998 play of the same name. ''Been So Long'' premiered at the Young Vic on July 11, 2009 and then transferred to Tra ...

'' played at the

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and the

Young Vic theatre The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 2018 ...

. It was later developed into a feature film of the same name starring

Michaela Coel Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born 1 October 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British screenwriter and actress. She is best known for creating and starring in the E4 sitcom ''Chewing Gum'' (2015–2017), for which she won ...

and released by

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in 2018. As an actor, he has appeared on television, with credits including ''

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'' and ''

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''. His mother is the actress

Ann Mitchell Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British stage and television actress. She came to prominence in the 1980s when she starred as Dolly Rawlins in the crime series ''Widows'' as well as the sequels '' Widows 2'' and ''She's Out'', all writte ...

. Walker lives in Camden in London.

Accolades

* 2003

George Devine Award George Alexander Cassady Devine (20 November 1910 – 20 January 1966) was an English theatrical manager, director, teacher, and actor based in London from the early 1930s until his death. He also worked in TV and film. Early life and education ...

* 2003 Arts Council Young Writers Award, for ''Flesh Wound''

List of works

Writing credits

* ''

'', Royal Court Theatre, London, 1998; Young Vic Theatre, London, 2009 *''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London, 2009 * translation of Sophocles' ''

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'', 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 * ''

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'', Globe, London, 2008 * '' The Lightning Child'', Globe, London, 2013 *''

'', film screenplay, 2018

Directing credits

* ''

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'' (Finborough Theatre) * '' Achidi J's Final Hours'' (Finborough Theatre) * '' Rootz Spectacula'' (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) * ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'' (Southwark Playhouse) * ''

The Glory of Living ''The Glory of Living'' is a 1996 play by Rebecca Gilman. The play received its first production at the Circle Theatre Chicago in Forest Park, Illinois. The play has won several awards and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Pl ...

'' (Battersea Arts Centre) * ''

Balm in Gilead ''Balm in Gilead'' is a 1965 play written by American playwright Lanford Wilson. Dramatic structure Wilson's first full-length play, ''Balm in Gilead'' centers on a café frequented by heroin addicts, prostitutes, and thieves. It features many unc ...

'' (RADA) * ''

A Mouthful of Birds ''A Mouthful of Birds'' is a 1986 play with dance, written 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. Sy ...

'' (RADA) * ''

A Prayer for Owen Meany ''A Prayer for Owen Meany'' is the seventh novel by American writer John Irving. Published in 1989, it tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New Hampshire town during the 1950s and 1960s. ...

'' (Corbett Theatre) * ''

A Flea in Her Ear ''A Flea in Her Ear'' (french: La Puce à l'oreille) is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. The author called it a vaudeville, but in Anglophone countries, where it is the most popular of Feydeau's play ...

'' (Corbett Theatre) * ''

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'' (Corbett Theatre) * ''The Time Of Our Lies'' (Park Theatre)

Acting credits

* ''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

'' (Shakespeare's Globe) * ''

The Pitchfork Disney ''The Pitchfork Disney'' is a 1991 stage play by Philip Ridley. It was his first professional stage work, having also produced work as a visual artist, novelist, filmmaker, and scriptwriter for film and radio. The play premiered at the Bush Theat ...

'' (Citizens Theatre) * '' Old Rose'' (Citizens Theatre) * ''Sunshine'' (Southwark Playhouse) * ''

Biloxi Blues ''Biloxi Blues'' is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. It portrays the conflict of Sergeant Merwin J. Toomey and Arnold Epstein, one of many privates enlisted in the military stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, seen through the eyes of E ...

'' (Salisbury Playhouse) * ''

Wait Until Dark ''Wait Until Dark'' is a play by Frederick Knott, first performed on Broadway in 1966 and often revived since then. A film version was released in 1967, and the play was published in the same year. Synopsis Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich V ...

'' (Plymouth Theatre Royal) * ''

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' is a play by John Patrick Shanley. The production, a one act play, revolves around two troubled characters, Danny and Roberta, who meet and strike up a conversation in a bar. John Turturro and June Stein originat ...

'' (Interchange Studios)

References

External links

Ché Walker's official website
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