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Wikipedia / Ché Walker

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

Among his notable works, his 1998 play "Been So Long" has been successfully adapted in other genres. As a musical for which Walker wrote the book, Been So Long played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Young Vic Theatre in 2009. It was later developed as a feature film of the same name starring Michaela Coel and released by Netflix in 2018.

As an actor, Walker has appeared on television, with credits including The Office and EastEnders. His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell. Walker lives in Camden in London.

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; film, Netflix, 2018
Jack and the Beanstalk, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London, 2009
translation of Sophocles' Iphigenia, Southwark Playhouse
Flesh Wound, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London,
Crazy Love, Òran Mór, Glasgow, 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, Shakespeare's Globe, London, 2008
The Lightning Child, Shakespeare's 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 (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)

Acting credits

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)