{{Short description|English actor, playwright and director}} {{Use British English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}'''Ché Walker''' is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, and teacher. His musical ''Been So Long'' played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Young Vic Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/20141-been-so-long/|title=Been So Long|date=19 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=209&name=Che%20Walker |title=Che Walker - Latest news reviews and interviews |access-date=15 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106223417/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=209&name=Che%20Walker |archive-date=6 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was later developed into a feature film of the same name starring Michaela Coel and released by Netflix in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Ann|date=2018-10-22|title=Michaela Coel On London and Love in Netflix Musical 'Been So Long'|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/michaela-coel-i-like-having-intimate-relationships-but-im-ok-being-by-myself/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=Culture Trip}}</ref>
As an actor, Walker has appeared on television, with credits including ''The Office'' and ''EastEnders''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Che Walker|website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907610/}}</ref> His mother is the actress Ann Mitchell.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/che-walkers-revolutionary-birthday-party-at-wac-arts|first=Steve|last=Barnett|publisher=New Journal Enterprises|title=Che Walker's revolutionary birthday party at Wac Arts|work=Camden New Journal|accessdate=4 August 2022|date=23 April 2018}}</ref> Walker lives in Camden in London.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nick |last=Curtis|date=1 July 2008|title=Che Walker is Camden's chronicler|work=Evening Standard|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/che-walker-is-camdens-chronicler-6822412.html|url-status=live|access-date=15 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080725/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23504126-che-walker-is-camdens-chronicler.do|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jasper |last=Rees|date=29 June 2008|title=Che Walker brings The Frontline Shakespeare's Globe|work=The Sunday Times|location=London|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4213556.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521123913/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4213556.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 May 2009}}</ref>
==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 *''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 <ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4213556.ece| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521123913/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4213556.ece| url-status=dead| archive-date=21 May 2009| title=Che Walker brings The Frontline Shakespeare's Globe| work=Times Online| access-date= 18 September 2008 | location=London | first=Jasper | last=Rees | date=2008-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/walker-che.html|title=Che Walker}}</ref> * ''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)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Time Of Our Lies |url=https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-time-of-our-lies |website=Park Theatre |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref>
=== 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)
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.chewalker.com/ Ché Walker's official website] *[http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/features/che-walker_0608.htm "Interview: Ché Walker", ''Music OMH'', Natasha Tripney, 6/2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919124108/http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/features/che-walker_0608.htm |date=19 September 2012 }} *[https://archive.today/20130204040309/http://www.theatrevoice.com/listen_now/player/?audioID=703 "INTERVIEW: CHE WALKER"], ''Theatre Voice'', 24 June 2009
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