JANE WENHAM (1927-  2018) Jane, who very sadly died in November, was an actress and singer of enormous talent whose performances will always be remembered by, among many other, Bristol audiences and members of the the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company of the early  and mid 1950s. She was also a great […]

REVIEW EXCERPTS FRINGEREVIEW UK 2018 (Brighton Theatre Royal Sept 5-8) ‘It’s the happiest post war show……..For pure silliness Broadway could never dream up anything like this. Two appealing and fresh young graduates, Tim and Jane, after a choral send off  (from university) agree to meet to discuss how to avoid their pre-ordained fates, marriage with a list of eligibles […]

No. Not Julian, but his first cousin, playwright and librettist Laurie Slade.  Laurie has recently written the libretto  for a one act chamber opera  ‘Juliana’  based on Strindberg’s play ‘Miss Julie’ . The music for the opera has been composed by Joseph Phibbs., described recently by BBC Music Magazine as ‘one of the most successful composers of […]

  Katie Moore  has had a busy acting life since she won the first Julian Slade Award in 2008. Twice (2011 and 2013) she was highly praised in  the lead part of Jane in the London Riverside Studios production of ‘Salad Days’. Twice she has played key parts and attracted excellent notices in plays  at the […]

ARCHIE HENDERSON composes highly original music. He pens funny lyrics and stand-up patter. At University he was a leading member of the Cambridge Footlights cabaret team. In other words there are already plenty of theatrical parallels between ARCHIE HENDERSON and his late great uncle JULIAN SLADE. The only big difference between them is that Julian, who […]

.. …if the current brilliant production of ‘My Fair Lady’ at the Mill at Sonning, which stars 2012 Julian Slade Award Winner Bethan Nash as Eliza Doolittle, were to be transferred to the West End or went on tour around all the best city theatres in the country!”SAYS ADRIAN SLADE January 2018 BETHAN NASH It certainly deserved to […]

‘OH LOOK AT US.  WE’RE DANCING!’  Bristolian memories of composer Julian Slade and his works were fully stirred on Sunday October 22 when, for just one night, ’A Celebration of The Music of Julian Slade’ was staged by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School at the Redgrave Theatre in Clifton, Bristol. The occasion marked the […]

    THE SEPT 2017  PRODUCTION SEEN AT THE UNION THEATRE SOUTHWARK AND THE THEATRE ROYYAL BATH ADRIAN SLADE WRITES: Never, not even at its original launch in 1954, has a production of my brother Julian Slade’s  ‘Salad Days’  been welcomed with seven  4 **** reviews within 24 hours! That was the reward for Bryan […]