Slapstick Festival
About us: Slapstick Festival is a cultural, not-for-profit limited company.
Our aim is to keep silent, visual and classic onscreen comedy alive for future generations, through raising awareness, interest and appreciation of this unique art form, developing new audiences for archive cinema.
Upcoming Events
Ben Model & Steve Massa Live from New York
Tuesday 25th January 2022
5.30pm
Silent Ozu: Days Of Youth (1929)
Wednesday 26th January 2022
10:30am
Max Linder: Be My Wife (1921)
Wednesday 26th January 2022
1:20pm
My Grandmother (1929)
Wednesday 26th January 2022
3:30pm
Chaplin: The Circus (1928)
Wednesday 26th January 2022
5.20pm
An Old Gangster Molls (1927)
Thursday 27th January 2022,
10:00am
First Women in Comedy
Thursday 27th January 2022
1:00pm
Lloyd: The Kid Brother (1927)
Thursday 27th January 2022
3:00pm
David Mitchell’s Top Comedy Moments
Thursday 27th January 2022
6pm
Slapstick Divas: Hosted by Sally Phillips and Ronni Ancona
Thursday 27th January 2022
8.30pm
W.C. Fields: Sally of the Sawdust
Friday 28th January 2022
10:00am
The Patsy (1928)
Friday 28th January 2022
1:00pm
Slapstick Conversations: Buster Keaton
Friday 28th January 2022
3.30pm
Silent Comedy Gala 2022
Hosted by Stephen Mangan: Friday 28th January 2022
8pm
The Slapstick Lecture with Peter Krämer
Saturday 29th January 2022
9:30am
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
Saturday 29th January 2022
11:15am
It’s Only Funny If It Hurts
Saturday 29th January 2022
2:00pm
Barry Cryer: An Audience With A Comedy Legend
Sat 29th January 2022
3:30pm
Paddington (2014): Introduced by Andy Day
Sat 29th January 2022
12:30pm
In The Best Possible Taste! Tim Vine salutes Kenny Everett
Sat 29th January 2022
6:30pm
Richard Herring’s Desert Island Comedy Flicks
Sat 29th January 2022
8:30pm
Animation Fanatics
Sunday 30th January 2022
9:30am
Richard Herring’s The Sunday Chat
With Jon Culshaw
Sun 30th January 2022
12.00pm
Armando Iannucci: A Life in Satire
Sunday 30 January 2022
2.30pm
Arthur Smith: Laughs, Stories, a Song and a Poem
Sunday 30 January 2022
5.30pm
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Slapstick Awards
Festival Archives
Slapstick Festival 2020
The 16th edition of Bristol’s own Slapstick Festival celebrates comedy in all its aspects
Archives (Events)
Sorry I Haven’t a Clue Live
47 Years Without A Clue: Featuring Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer Talk With Rob Brydon
Big Comedy Bash 23rd September 2021
On Thursday, the 23rd of September, Slapstick’s BIG Comedy Bash (annual Fundraiser) took place at the Hexagon in Reading
SLAPSTICK 2021 IS LIVE!
We’re excited to announce that tickets for Slapstick 2021, possibly our best festival ever, are now on sale.
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Review: The Real Charlie Chaplin
By Pamela Hutchinson
Welcome Back to Slapstick!
Plus our fabulous festival guide
Charlie Chaplin – Early Life
For those who have never delved into the history of silent comedy, Chaplin’s life started with great upheaval. He was born in 1889 to Hannah Chaplin and Charles Chaplin, Senior