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.
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.
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
Saturday 29th January 2022
9.20am
We are honoured to be hosting a screening of the brand new documentary
Hosted by Stephen Mangan: Friday 28th January 2022
8pm EVENT SOLD OUT
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
Friday 28th January 2022
1:00pm
the iconic Marion Davies shines in one of the best of her many collaborations with director King Vidor.
Friday 28th January 2022
10:00am
With an introduction from presenter Chris Serle and a personal message from Dr Harriet Fields (Fields’ granddaughter)
Thursday 27th January 2022
8.30pm
Actor and comedian Sally Phillips is joined by Actor and Impressionist Ronni Ancona as they host this fascinating evening celebrating three silent comedy deities.
Thursday 27th January 2022
6pm EVENT SOLD OUT
Thursday 27th January 2022
3:00pm
Introduced by Suzanne Lloyd (Lloyd’s granddaughter) Harold Lloyd stars in one of the greatest ever silent comedies
Thursday 27th January 2022
1:00pm
Lucy Porter and Sian Norris present a series of short films celebrating pioneering women in film comedy
Thursday 27th January 2022,
10:00am
This Czechoslovakian silent comedy ‘An Old Gangster Molls’ stars Anny Ondra, who later became one of Hitchcock’s leads in ‘Blackmail’
Wednesday 26th January 2022
5.20pm EVENT SOLD OUT
Wednesday 26th January 2022
3:30pm
introduction from actor and early Russian cinema enthusiast Paul McGann, My Grandmother is an avant-garde gem of early filmmaking
Wednesday 26th January 2022
1:20pm
Max Linder writes, directs and stars in the second of his three American films (Be My Wife
Wednesday 26th January 2022
10:30am
The oldest known surviving film by legendary Japanese director Yasujirô Ozu, introduction by film historian David Robinson.
Tuesday 25th January 2022
5.30pm
Ben Model and Steve Massa join us live from New York as they live-stream their latest discoveries in silent comedy
Live Online, Pre-Festival, Event: Wed Jan 19th
8.00pm
19th – 30th January
47 Years Without A Clue: Featuring Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer Talk With Rob Brydon
Slapstick Festival 2021 The year we went online! This is the year where nothing went to plan and as we were preparing for the 2021 Festival, Bristol went into the highest tier of Covid-19 restrictions. Using the £11,000 raised by a festival’s crowdfunding campaign during lockdown, we made the decision to go online. Festival Director … Read more
On Thursday, the 23rd of September, Slapstick’s BIG Comedy Bash (annual Fundraiser) took place at the Hexagon in Reading
We’re excited to announce that tickets for Slapstick 2021, possibly our best festival ever, are now on sale.
The 16th edition of Bristol’s own Slapstick Festival celebrates comedy in all its aspects
Please support Slapstick’s Big Comedy Night In and help save Slapstick 2021! We are delighted to announce that a stellar line-up of the UK’s best-known comedians and entertainers will take part in an online comedy show on Sunday 27 September (7.30 pm start) as part of efforts to stave off the financial crisis facing Slapstick Festival … Read more
In January 2019 the Slapstick gala moved to The Hippodrome for the first year ever, where it was hosted by satirist and comedian Marcus Brigstocke.
All 1,800 tickets sold out within hours and many 100s more fans were turned away when we announced in 2017 that we were re-uniting Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders live on stage for the first time in almost a decade
In 2016 Slapstick Festival welcomed Sir Ken Dodd to Bristol where he became the fourth recipient of the Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend Award.
Laughter In Lockdown #9 – Jo Brand’s Top Comedy Picks Laughter In Lockdown #9 – Jo Brand’s Top Comedy Picks In 2018 Jo Brand made her debut at Slapstick Festival where she delighted and entertained a sold-out audience with a selection of her top comedy picks. Jo had been someone we’d wanted to bring to … Read more