January 2022 to February 2024
Silent Comedy Gala 2022
28 October 2021
Hosted by Stephen Mangan: Friday 28th January 2022
8pm EVENT SOLD OUT
Slapstick Conversations: Buster Keaton
28 October 2021
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)
28 October 2021
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
28 October 2021
Friday 28th January 2022
10:00am
With an introduction from presenter Chris Serle and a personal message from Dr Harriet Fields (Fields’ granddaughter)
Slapstick Divas: Hosted by Sally Phillips and Ronni Ancona
27 October 2021
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.
Lloyd: The Kid Brother (1927)
27 October 2021
Thursday 27th January 2022
3:00pm
Introduced by Suzanne Lloyd (Lloyd’s granddaughter) Harold Lloyd stars in one of the greatest ever silent comedies
First Women in Comedy
27 October 2021
Thursday 27th January 2022
1:00pm
Lucy Porter and Sian Norris present a series of short films celebrating pioneering women in film comedy
An Old Gangster Molls (1927)
27 October 2021
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’
Before January 2022, all of our events were listed collectively on a single page that was categorised by year