IN PHOTOS: MICHAEL CRAWFORD – VISUAL COMEDY LEGEND AWARD SHOW In Photos: Michael Crawford – Visual Comedy Legend Award Show All photos above taken by either David Gillett or Paul Lippiatt. On Sunday 23rd October 2016 Slapstick welcomed the brilliant Michael Crawford to Bristol to receive the 2016 Aardman Slapstick “Visual Comedy Legend” Award. Although Michael understandably considers himself to be … Read more
IN PHOTOS: SLAPSTICK’S SLAP UP FEAST OF FUN In Photos: Slapstick’s Slap Up Feast Of Fun On Thursday 29 Sep 2016 Slapstick welcomed John Cleese, Neil Innes, Rory Bremner, Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden to Colston Hall for a night of comedy and music, hosted by Tim Vine. The evening was a huge success with … Read more
In Photos: Stand Out – Stand Up For Slapstick On Wednesday 14th September Slapstick welcomed six brilliant comedians to Colston Hall for a cracking night of top notch stand up comedy. Hosting the night was Mr. Jack Dee, who introduced a veritable slew of performers including Jason Manford, Richard Herring, Susan Calman, Pippa Evans, Tony Hawks and Richard Herring. … Read more
Silent Comedy Gala 2017 featuring Harold Lloyd’s classic comedy THE FRESHMAN (1925) with live orchestra Fri 20 Jan 2017 | Colston Hall | 7:30PMTickets: £10.00/£25.00/£27.00 including fees Our annual comedy celebration returns for a lucky thirteenth edition – a unique celebration of the best onscreen classic silent comedy, live music and guest appearances by living legends of British comedy. … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2016
Londoners who can’t make it to Bristol this weekend will be pleased to hear that we there is a special show lined up this Sunday at 4pm at The Barbican where they’ll be presenting a double-bill of Buster Keaton films Book Now
What would your funny inter-title say? Create your own caption to win! Slapstick Fans and Followers – we’re giving away two tickets to this year’s screening of Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Kid’ For a chance to win all you have to do is head over to Twitter Follow @SlapstickFest Tweet us with your intertitle caption and use #Slapstick2016(e.g. … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2015 Festival Program
SILENT COMEDY GALA Fri 22nd January 7.30pm £25/£20concs /£10 under 12s Slapstick Festival’s annual celebration of silent comedy returns to Colston Hall for a 12th year, beginning with a special triple bill. Both wonderfully funny and deeply moving, THE KID (1921) is rightly considered a cinematic masterpiece. Chaplin’s first feature film was a landmark of … Read more
Our festival photographer has been snapping away throughout the evening to bring you the best photo’s from Stand Up For Slapstick 3! For morephotos see our SUFS page HERE, and keep an eye out on Facebook and Twitter for the chance to see even more exclusive photo’s from the night itself! AND to keep up … Read more
Buster Keaton’s Seven Chances (1925) Performed with new score at the Slapstick Festival Gala! Accompanied by the Bristol Ensemble who will be performing the word premiere of a newly commissioned score written and conducted by Guenter A. Buchwald, Seven Chances (1925), one of Buster’s greatest onscreen accomplishments, will lead the celebration of silent comedy on … Read more
Slapstick 2015 – a massive thank you! Well, the festival has been and gone for another year. We’re all over our post-festival blues and are gearing up for the next round of Slapstick events – Barry Cryer accepting his Comedy Legend award in March and Stand Up for Slapstick in the summer! If you’re missing … Read more
THE FESTIVAL TRAILER HAS ARRIVED! The Festival Trailer Has Arrived! More exciting news from Slapstick HQ! Not only have our festival passes now gone on sale (how about an early Christmas present to yourself?), we’ve just added Richard Herring to our already stellar line up, and are thrilled to unveil the official Slapstick 2015 Festival … Read more
As we announce that Buster Keaton will be headlining our 2015 gala event we are thrilled to hear news that behind the scenes stills and documents for Keaton’s The General have recently been discovered! Including the only known script for the film! We’ll be following the story and keeping up to date with developments, so … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2014
Slapstick Festival 2013 In Photos: When Victoria Wood Hosted The 2013 Slapstick Festival Gala Back in 2012 we were thrilled and excited when the one and only Victoria Wood agreed to host our 2013 gala. As expected she hit the ball out of the park, taking on the roll with aplomb, insight, laughs galore and, … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2012 Bristol’s Slapstick Festival returns for an eighth incredible year, bringing laughter and hilarity to Bristol in the dark, early days of the New Year… just when we need it the most! Slapstick Festival is returning to Bristol and it’s bigger and better than ever with seventeen unique events forming our most exciting … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2011
Slapstick Festival 2010 Festival Program
Slapstick Festival 2009
Slapstick Festival 2008 Taking place at Watershed, Colston Hall,Arnolfini and St George’s Bristol, Slapstick 2008 is bursting at the seams with remarkable film comedy and extraordinary talent. Paul Merton returns to host a very special Slapstick Gala event at Colston Hall, and other highlights include: special guests Peter Lord and Richard Williams hosting a celebration … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2007 Bristol’s Silent Comedy Festival returns for a third year. Slapstick 2007 is bigger and even funnier than before, with events held across three Bristol venues: Watershed, Arnolfini and Colston Hall. Hosted once more by Paul Merton, it features a wealth of special guests including Bonzo front man and ex-Rutle Neil Innes , … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2006 Bristol Silents in partnership with Watershed and Colston Hall presents a weekend of classic film comedy and laughter from the ‘big five’: Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy through to ‘lost’ mini masterpieces from the era. Hosted by the inimitable Paul Merton and with this year’s special festival guest former silent … Read more
Slapstick Festival 2005 The 2005 Slapstick Film Festival took place on 13th-16th January and proved to be a remarkable success. Following the showcase Colston Hall event, the Evening Post hailed the festival as “the start of another great Bristolian institution.”