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Corinne Walker: Bringing Play to the stage
Today's guest is Corinne Walker.
Corinne is passionate about telling diverse, local stories with a political edge which shine a light on the South West and champion regional, underrepresented talent. She has also written for audio, animation and stage. Corinne recently completed the Channel 4 New Writers Scheme where she wrote her first full-length drama pilot. Her BFI NETWORK-funded film Homegrown has screened at BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying festivals including Encounters and Norwich and internationally at festivals in Canada and the U.S. She is an alumni of We are Parable’s Momentum scheme, BFI Network SW’s New Voices scheme, BFI Network’s Script Development Lab and was commissioned by BBC New Creatives for her first short film, a comedy short which she wrote and directed. Her Arts Council funded play The Fight Well Project premiered in September 2024 and toured to London, Bristol and Plymouth. It is now in further development.
I loved our conversation so much! Corinne and I talked about:
- Her journey as an actor, eventually leaning into her writing for film and theater
- Her desire to bring a sense to play to more serious topics and how this led to the video game format of her fight well project
- Her process of translating the video game format to a stage show
- Bringing theater and well-being into community discussions around Black women’s health
- Performing Fight Well and the response from the public - as well as from educational institutions
- Bringing together creativity and learning in healthcare
- How she handled and balanced the roles of being writer, producer and the main actor in the performance
- The highs and lows of bringing a show together
- The extra layer of joy that the audience can bring to a live performance
Follow Corinne on instagram over at https://www.instagram.com/corinneswalker
And find out more about her projects at corinneswalker.co.uk
Also - head over to www.writingblackjoy.com and leave me a voicenote - letting me know what is bringing you joy right now.
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By Safiya RobinsonToday's guest is Corinne Walker.
Corinne is passionate about telling diverse, local stories with a political edge which shine a light on the South West and champion regional, underrepresented talent. She has also written for audio, animation and stage. Corinne recently completed the Channel 4 New Writers Scheme where she wrote her first full-length drama pilot. Her BFI NETWORK-funded film Homegrown has screened at BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying festivals including Encounters and Norwich and internationally at festivals in Canada and the U.S. She is an alumni of We are Parable’s Momentum scheme, BFI Network SW’s New Voices scheme, BFI Network’s Script Development Lab and was commissioned by BBC New Creatives for her first short film, a comedy short which she wrote and directed. Her Arts Council funded play The Fight Well Project premiered in September 2024 and toured to London, Bristol and Plymouth. It is now in further development.
I loved our conversation so much! Corinne and I talked about:
- Her journey as an actor, eventually leaning into her writing for film and theater
- Her desire to bring a sense to play to more serious topics and how this led to the video game format of her fight well project
- Her process of translating the video game format to a stage show
- Bringing theater and well-being into community discussions around Black women’s health
- Performing Fight Well and the response from the public - as well as from educational institutions
- Bringing together creativity and learning in healthcare
- How she handled and balanced the roles of being writer, producer and the main actor in the performance
- The highs and lows of bringing a show together
- The extra layer of joy that the audience can bring to a live performance
Follow Corinne on instagram over at https://www.instagram.com/corinneswalker
And find out more about her projects at corinneswalker.co.uk
Also - head over to www.writingblackjoy.com and leave me a voicenote - letting me know what is bringing you joy right now.
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