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Slapstick 2025: for the love of silent comedy

Bristol Slapstick Events, Articles, Blog

With Slapstick 2025 fast approaching Pamela Hutchinson previews the festival

Save the Date: Slapstick 2024

Bristol Slapstick Events

Weds 14 Feb - Sun 18 Feb 2024
Slapstick Festival Returns

Paths To Paradise (1925)

Bristol Slapstick Events

Thurs 16 Feb (15:30)
Joining us Live From New York. Steve Massa & Ben Model host one of Raymond Griffith's finest onscreen comedy performances.

Slapstick Sunday: Feb 2023

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Sunday, 19th February 2023
Seven Events at Bristol Old Vic. Featuring Michael Palin, Stephen Merchant , Stephen Mangan, Rob Brydon, Cheryl Knight, Robin Ince, Chris Grimes and more

Stranger Films, With Alasdair Beckett-King

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Saturday 12th November 2022 (9pm)
The Slapstick Festival are launching a brand new event in partnership with The Room Above Theatre and BFI: Stranger Films.  Discover the crazy world of early comedy with your host Alasdair Beckett King

The Big Comedy Bash 2022

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Monday 7th November 2022 (7.30pm)
Slapstick Festival’s annual comedy fundraiser is back at Reading’s Hexagon theatre. Event features, Alan Davies, Ed Byrne, Stephen K. Amos, jay Lafferty and more

Tiswas: The Reunion

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Sat 16th April 2022
8:00pm
Join Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, Sally James and Chris Tarrant as they re-unite on stage to discuss their much-loved show Tiswas.

The Big Comedy Bash 2022

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Tuesday 12th April, 8:00pm
Hosted by Al Murray, with Angela Barnes, Rory Bremner, Shazia Mirza

Trafic (1971)

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Sat 2nd April 2022, 6.00pm

Playtime (1967)

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Sat 2nd April 2022, 2.15pm

Mon Oncle (1958)

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Sat 2nd April 2022, 11.15am

Tati Day: Pass to all 3 films

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Sat 2nd April 2022, 11:15 - 20:20

Barry Cryer: A Tribute

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Sun 27th March 2022
3:30pm
Barry Cryer: A Tribute

Our Dear Friend Barry Cryer

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Hello everyone, As you will no doubt have heard, yesterday we learnt the news that we had lost singular comedy genius and very dear festival friend, Barry Cryer.

The Goodies Forever

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Saturday 29th January 2022
2:20pm
Robin Ince, comedian and host of infinite monkey cage, will be celebrating the work of those super chaps EVENT SOLD OUT

Barry Cryer: An Audience With A Comedy Legend

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Sun 27th March 2022
3:30pm
Join for Jokes, stories and much more as Barry discusses his incredible unmatched life in comedy

Lee Mack’s Desert Island Comedy Flicks

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Sun 27th March 2022
8:30pm
Lee Mack teams up with Slapstick Festival as part our Slapstick Sunday’s series of events at the Redgrave Theatre

In The Best Possible Taste! Tim Vine salutes Kenny Everett

Events: Archive, 2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Sun 27th March 2022
6:30pm
Tim Vine adores Kenny Everett and wants to tell the world why

BARRY CRYER: A Tribute With a Little Help from His Friends

Events: Archive, 2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Sun 27th March 2022
3:30pm
Barry Cryer: A Tribute

Paddington (2014): Introduced by Andy Day

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Sun 27th March 2022
12:30pm

Arthur Smith: Laughs, Stories, a Song and a Poem

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Sunday 30 January 2022
5.30pm
Settle down for a laughter-filled evening of off-the-wall humour with comedian, writer and broadcaster ARTHUR SMITH

Armando Iannucci: A Life in Satire

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Sunday 30 January 2022
2.30pm
Armando Iannucci has been a major force in satirical TV/film comedy for more than three decades EVENT SOLD OUT

Richard Herring’s The Sunday Chat

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

With Jon Culshaw Sun 30th January 2022
12.00pm
Join comedian and writer Richard Herring and guest - award-winning comedian, actor and impressionist Jon Culshaw.

Animation Fanatics

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Sunday 30th January 2022
9:30am
Peter Lord (co-founder of Aardman Animations) has had a passion for early animation, both stop motion and classical drawing.

Richard Herring’s Desert Island Comedy Flicks

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Sat 29th January 2022
12:30pm
Pioneer of comedy Podcasting, legendary stand-up and writer Richard Herring joins Infinite Monkey Cage co-host Robin Ince

The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Saturday 29th January 2022
9.20am
We are honoured to be hosting a screening of the brand new documentary

Silent Comedy Gala 2022

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Hosted by Stephen Mangan: Friday 28th January 2022
8pm EVENT SOLD OUT

Slapstick Conversations: Buster Keaton

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Friday 28th January 2022
3.30pm
James Curtis, admired biographer of Preston Sturges, W.C.Fields and Spencer Tracy, gives us the richest, most comprehensive life story

The Patsy (1928)

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Friday 28th January 2022
1:00pm
the iconic Marion Davies shines in one of the best of her many collaborations with director King Vidor.

W.C. Fields: Sally of the Sawdust

2022 Event, Bristol Slapstick Events

Friday 28th January 2022
10:00am
With an introduction from presenter Chris Serle and a personal message from Dr Harriet Fields (Fields’ granddaughter)