Araba Walton
Encyclopedia
Ninckname " The Coffee Bean": (born 4 November 1975 in Simbach am Inn
, Germany
) is an Afro-German actress and singer.
She completed a three-year course at the School of Acting, The Arts Educational Schools
in London
after studying theater studies in Munich
, Germany.
Walton played in several West End
and Off West End productions before moving end of 2001 to Hamburg
to perform in a leading role in the musical
Der König der Löwen
(The Lion King). After two years she moved to Berlin
where she is a permanent member of the Berliner Logentheater and the theatre group abok.
She was background and lead singer in several bands (1990-1995 Occams Razor, 2003 Eruption and RITE Spirit). In April 2008 her first album Roland Appel was released by Sonar Kollektiv
.
Araba Walton is a founding member of the SFD - Schwarze Filmschaffende in Deutschland (Black Artists in German Film) association.
Simbach am Inn
Simbach am Inn is a town on the Inn in the Rottal-Inn district of Bavaria, Germany. The Austrian city Braunau am Inn lies on the opposite side of the river from Simbach.-History:Simbach was one of the first places where electricity was used...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) is an Afro-German actress and singer.
She completed a three-year course at the School of Acting, The Arts Educational Schools
The Arts Educational Schools
Arts Educational Schools, London is an independent co-educational school specialising in the performing arts and based in Chiswick, London in the United Kingdom...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
after studying theater studies in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Germany.
Walton played in several West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
and Off West End productions before moving end of 2001 to Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
to perform in a leading role in the musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Der König der Löwen
The Lion King (musical)
The Lion King is a musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral arrangements by Lebo M. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well...
(The Lion King). After two years she moved to Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
where she is a permanent member of the Berliner Logentheater and the theatre group abok.
She was background and lead singer in several bands (1990-1995 Occams Razor, 2003 Eruption and RITE Spirit). In April 2008 her first album Roland Appel was released by Sonar Kollektiv
Sonar Kollektiv
Sonar Kollektiv is a German record label founded in 1997 by the DJ and producer team Jazzanova. The intention was to create an independent record label and publisher connected to a worldwide independent distribution network...
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Araba Walton is a founding member of the SFD - Schwarze Filmschaffende in Deutschland (Black Artists in German Film) association.
Movie work (selection)
- BERLIN calling (2007)
- Sunny Hill (2007)
- Bittersüßes Nichts (2006)
- Brown Girl in the Ring (2005)
- Asudem (2005)
- A2Z (2004)
- Über das Verschwinden (2004)
- Simon (2003)
Theater work (selection)
- Garuma (2006 Arena, Berlin)
- Blutknoten (2005 Elsässisches Logentheater, Berlin)
- Decameron (2001 Cochraine Theater, London)
- Life as Lilly (2001 Museum of London)
- Geschlossene GesellschaftNo ExitNo Exit is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The original French title is Huis Clos, the French equivalent of the legal term in camera, referring to a private discussion behind closed doors; English translations have also been performed under the titles In Camera, No Way Out...
as Ines (2000 London Tabard) - Three sistersThree Sisters (play)Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
as Masha (2000 London Tabard) - Pentecost as Antonia (2000 The Space, London)
- Edmond (2000 The Space, London)
Musical work
- König der LöwenThe Lion King (musical)The Lion King is a musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral arrangements by Lebo M. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well...
as Queen Sarabi (2001-2002 and 2004 Hafentheater Hamburg) - HairHair (musical)Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
(2001 Brighton Pavilion)