Career and work
Slattery began performing with the Cambridge Footlights while studying at the University of Cambridge. The troupe that included Slattery, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson won the inaugural Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1981. [3]
He became widely known through Channel 4’s Whose Line Is It Anyway?, where he was a frequent performer. He also worked extensively in television, film, theatre and radio, and returned to live performance in later years. In 2024, he launched the podcast Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club. [3]
What has been publicly discussed
“The mania, finding things too exciting, then the withdrawal, apathy and bleakness.”
— Tony Slattery [1]
