Ché Walker is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, and teacher. His musical '' Been So Long'' played at the

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and the

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

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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 '' EastEnders''. His mother is the actress

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. Walker lives in

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in London.

Accolades

* 2003

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* 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' ''

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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 * ''

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'' * '' Greenskin Gal'' * ''

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'' * Translation of Akos Nemeth's ''Car Thieves'', Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London, 2004 * ''

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'', Globe, London, 2008 * ''

The Lightning Child ''The Lightning Child'' is a 2013 play by Ché Walker, freely adapting ''The Bacchae'' by Euripides. Its premiere production at Shakespeare's Globe in London ran from 14 September to 12 October 2013 - the same theatre has previously put on Walker ...

'', Globe, London, 2013 *'' Been So Long'', film screenplay, 2018

Directing credits

* '' Etta Jenks'' (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'' (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 u ...

'' (RADA) * '' A Mouthful of Birds'' (RADA) * ''

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'' (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 Cyp ...

'' (Shakespeare's Globe) * '' The Pitchfork Disney'' (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 Greenwic ...

'' (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 origina ...

'' (Interchange Studios)

References

External links

Ché Walker's official website
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