January 2022 to February 2024
Leading Women: Exit Smiling (1926)
20 November 2023
Wednesday 14th Feb. (14:00 Watershed)
Beatrice Lillie was already a stage superstar and billed as ‘the funniest woman in the world’ when she made her Hollywood debut in this film
Slapstick’s Silent Comedy Gala
6 September 2023
Fri 16 Feb 2024 (7.30pm)
Hosted by Hugh Bonneville, Bristol Slapstick Festival presents, ‘The Gold Rush’ (1925) with live orchestra. To set the mood, the Shanghai Shuffle jazz band will be playing in the foyer from 18:00, providing a speakeasy atmosphere that captures the essence of the 1920s
Stand Out Stand Up For Slapstick
6 September 2023
Friday 17 Nov 2023 (7.30pm)
Hosted by Alexie Sayle, Bristol Slapstick Festival presents, ‘Stand Out Stand Up For Slapstick’ With Henning Wehn, Boothby Graffoe, Zoe Lyons , Lucy Pearman & Charlie George
The Big Comedy Bash, Oct 2023
14 August 2023
Thursday 19th October 2023 (7.30pm)
Slapstick Festival’s annual comedy fundraiser is back at Reading’s Hexagon theatre. Hosted by Rob Brydon with Adam Kay, Alasdair Beckett-King, Jay Lafferty, Alistair McGowan, Arthur Smith, Dee Allum. + more
The Big Comedy Bash 2023
9 May 2023
Wednesday 10th May 2023 (7.30pm)
Slapstick Festival’s annual comedy fundraiser is back at Reading’s Hexagon theatre. Event features, Marcus Brigstocke, Jo Brand, Milton Jones, Ria Lina, Archie Maddocks and Dr Phil Hammond
Fab Fools: The Beatles, The Rutles & Rock ‘n’ Roll Comedy
13 March 2023
Sunday 23 July (17:00)
Take a hysterical mystery tour through The Beatles Story as you’ve never heard it told before
Gender Rebels
13 March 2023
Saturday 22 April
Save money with a pass for all 3 films for only £15: ‘I Don’t Want to be a Man’, ‘Beverly of Graustark (1926)’, ‘Victor / Victoria’
Victor / Victoria
13 March 2023
Saturday 22 April (19.30)
Julie Andrews plays a down-on-her-luck opera singer who is persuaded by a gay drag artist friend (Robert Preston) to pretend to be a man pretending to be a woman. With an introduction from the award-winning performer, filmmaker and playwright Malaika Kegode
Beverly of Graustark (1926)
13 March 2023
Saturday 22 April (15:00)
The Brilliant Marion Davies poses as a man who is to become the prince of Graustark. Unfortunately, along with his title she also adopts his enemies! Piano accompaniment from Meg Morley and introduction from Bristol’s reigning City Poet Kat Lyons
I Don’t Want to be a Man
13 March 2023
Saturday 22 April (11:30)
In this raucous, flirtatious film, a boisterous teenage girl (Ossi Oswalda) becomes so tired of being bossed about she decides to pose as a man. With a live piano accompaniment from Meg Morley and an introduction from internationally respected film historian Pamela Hutchinson
Before January 2022, all of our events were listed collectively on a single page that was categorised by year