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About George F Walker
 GEORGE
F. WALKER is one of Canada's most prolific and widely produced
playwrights. He has received nine Chalmers Awards, five Dora
Awards, and two Governor General's Awards. Productions of his
work have met with critical success in hundreds of productions
worldwide; many of his plays have been translated into German,
French, Hebrew, Turkish, Polish, Portugese and Czech.
In 1997, Suburban Motel - 6 plays located in
the same motel room - premiered in Canada under Walker's direction
at Factory Theatre in Toronto, and in New York at Rattlestick
Productions. Selected plays from the series are in production
in the US and the UK and all six plays will have productions
at the Schaubühne in Germany starting October 2004.
George F. Walker's latest play HEAVEN opened to rave
reviews January 2000 at Canadian Stage Company in Toronto and
has since had successful US productions at the Woolly Mammoth
Theatre Company in Washington, DC and Yale Repertory Theatre
Company in New Haven, CT. It is currently enjoying a production
at the Theatre Kammerspiele in Magdeburg, Germany.
In addition to his playwriting, George F. Walker has written
extensively for television and radio. Included in his list of
credits are Creative Consultant to CBS's "Due South"
and to Ken Finkleman's "Newsroom" for CBC. He currently
created, wrote and produced the CBC 13 x 1 hr series This
is Wonderland with his writing partner Dani Romain. He also
co-wrote with her the feature Niagara Motel for Muse/Indian
Grove Productions, based on three of the plays from his Suburban
Motel cycle as well as various television MOWS for Muse/ Bernard
Zuckerman Productions.
Most of George F. Walker's plays have been published including
Heaven, Suburban Motel , Shared Anxiety, Nothing Sacred,
Criminals in Love and Better Living.
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Show
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Tickets:
£9 / £6.5 concs
Performances
13 April - 8 May
Tues-Sat 7:45 pm
Sunday 3:00 pm
Box Office:
0207 837 7816
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Getting Here:
Tube: Angel
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Address:
418 St John Street
London EC1V 4NJ
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