Theatre credits
PLAYS PERFORMED
- The Father (2012) – version of the play by August Strindberg (1887) – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry:
**** ‘This year may mark the centenary of Strindberg’s death, but on this evidence his best plays are still traumatically alive.’ (The Guardian)
The Belgrade production broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (2013):
‘Laurie Slade’s version of the text pulled no punches… unbearably poignant.’ (www.radiodramareviews.com)
New production – Trafalgar Studios, London (2015):
**** ‘Laurie Slade’s hyper-modern adaptation… the strongest possible case for The Father’s return to the repertoire.’ (The Times)
- Marriage (2013) – version of the play by Nikolai Gogol (1842) – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry:
**** ‘A pleasing satire… will have the longest married laughing in agreement, and the unmarried laughing with hopeful denial.’ (www.thepublicreviews.com)
- Rovers (2013) – Attic Theatre New Playsfest, Wimbledon Studio
- The Specimen (2010) – Drill Hall, London
- Shortlisted for the London Fringe Festival Theatre Writing Award 2010
- Joe & I (2005) – King’s Head Theatre, London:
**** ‘Ruthless, witty, unmissable… A morality play about the theatre’ (Sunday Times)
- 2 plays based on African writing of Karen Blixen:
Karen’s Tale (1996) – Karen House, Nairobi
Out of Africa (1988) – Phoenix Theatre, Nairobi
- Juliana – Libretto based on Strindberg’s Miss Julie, for a chamber opera by composer Joseph Phibbs. Performances at Cheltenham and Presteigne Music Festivals in 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/17/juliana-review-parabola-arts-centre-cheltenham-joseph-phibbs-laurie-slade-strindberg-miss-julie
In development
- The Rift – A young white man in black Africa gets an unwelcome offer from the President’s wife to buy the family farm, and has to decide where he belongs. A comedy with shadows set in modern Kenya, exploring issues of multi-cultural identity and power.
- Supermoon – A therapist and client admit their erotic feelings for each other are mutual and compelling. Where will they go from there? A pacey two-hander exploring tensions between fantasy and reality and the potential for creative and destructive outcomes in any relationship.
