Slapstick Festival
About Us
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.
In 2025, we proudly celebrate our 20th Anniversary! Over the past 21 editions, Slapstick Festival has sold more than 160,000+ tickets and hosted over 400 unique events, all dedicated to showcasing the finest in silent, visual, and classic comedy. Our showcase annual Silent Comedy Gala is now on sale!
Mark your calendar: the full 2025 programme (running from 12th-16th February 2025) will be unveiled on 8th October.
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Upcoming Events
Previous Events
Join us for an unforgettable evening of laughter and stand up at The Hexagon Theatre in Reading!
The highly anticipated Big Comedy Bash returns, and this time it’s bigger and better than ever.
He is feted as one of the UK’s most versatile actors – justly praised for his performances in dramas, thrillers, biopics, musicals and Shakespeare plays on stage, film and TV
Film and comedy enthusiasts have long marvelled at Terry Gilliam’s artistic, inventive imagery, and his ability to craft extraordinary worlds since his early days contributing animated content to the groundbreaking Do Not Adjust Your Set (1968) and the iconic Monty Python series (1969–1974)
In a rare and unique live appearance Adam Hills MBE, Aussie-born stand-up, host of the award-winning Channel 4 series THE LAST LEG
Norma Talmadge is best-remembered for silent melodramas but she was a fine comedy actor, too, as proved by this Paris-set romcom.
DOWNTON ABBEY, THE GOLD and PADDINGTON films star Hugh Bonneville introduces a triple bill of laugh-out-loud silent comedy classics.
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