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20 Feb 2010
Festival picture gallery released please click here to view.

26 Jan 2010
View again our special guest Michael Palin on BBC Points West talking about Slapstick 2010
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On Tuesday (19th January) the Slapstick gang and friends met at The Victoria Pub in Clifton Bristol
to Sample the new 'Slapstick Ale' and to toast Slapstick 2010 as we rush into the festival's opening event this Thursday at Colston Hall.

See Slapstick 2010 on National TV
Tim Brooke-Taylor on BBC Breakfast TV
promoting Slapstick fest on Tuesday 19th January
Click here to view it on News BBC online

See exclusive interviews with Michael Palin and Barry Cryer from Bristol Evening Post"
Download Michael Palin PDF here.
Download Barry Cryer PDF here.

‘Slapstick Ale’ Now Available at your Local Dawkins Pub:
With the help of Glen Dawkins and friends at Dawkins Brewery, Slapstick Festival is pleased to announce the specially brewed ‘Slapstick Ale’ new to 2010!  This dark ale will give us the warm kick which we all need with all this hardcore winter weather at the moment.

For all you connoisseurs out there, here are the tasting notes:
Dawkins Slapstick Ale:  
5.0%abv: A Strong Bitter with a difference: Brewed with mild ale malt to produce a darker and more full-bodied ale. It is rich with robust flavours of ripe fruits, caramel and roast malt that give way to a long, dry and well-rounded bitter finish. The aroma is a tempting mix of chocolate and blackcurrant notes provided by the combination of roast malt and English hops.

Slapstick Ale (Brewed in Black & White) will be on sale from Saturday 16th January (just in time for Slapstick the following week) and available from the following four Dawkins Pubs:  

The Victoria: 2 Southleigh Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2BH. 0117 9745675
The Hillgrove: 53 Hillgrove Street North, off Dove Street, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8LT. 0117 9249818
The Portcullis: 3 Wellington Terrace, Clifton Village, Bristol BS8 4LE. 0117 9085536
The Green Man: 21 Alfred Place, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8HD. 0117 9304824

For more information about Dawkins Ales and where to find the four pubs mentioned above check out: www.facebook.com/l/73716;www.dawkins-ales.co.uk

Bristol Hotel Special Festival Discount
Bristol Hotel are offering attendees to Slapstick Festival a fantastic rate during the festival of  £70 including Breakfast for single occupancy or £80 for double occupancy with breakfast. Please call  The Bristol Hotel on +44 (0) 117 923 0333  and quote "Slapstick 2010" to secure your special festival rate.

New 'Jesters' website launched
Jesters Comedy Club, our new venue partner, have launched a new website to better represent its role as both a music and comedy venue. We recommend that when booking your tickets for Slapstick at Jesters you do so through this new website as it's easier to use and has more detailed information about the event than the old jesters site. see www.metropolisbristol.co.uk for booking info and more details.


Slapstick wins top banana award for 2009 !
Slaptick Silent Comedy Festival has been awarded Venue Magazine's Top Banana Award in the Top Film Festival catagory. This award, for the top film festival in the south west was presented to Slapstick for bringing new audiences to silent comedy, attracting big names to the festival and for Bristol Silent's year-round programme. .....We at Slapstick say.....Thank you very much!