Slapstick 2015
Please note : this season finished in Jan 2015
Bristol's very own Slapstick Festival returns to celebrate the best silent, visual and classic comedy of the last 100 years! With the biggest programme of events to date Slapstick 2015 promises to make Bristol laugh out loud this New Year with an incredible line up of events with live music at Watershed and other venues including Colston Hall and Bristol Old Vic.
This year's festival celebrates some of the finest comedy double acts of all time in our Seeing Double! programme. Highlights include Don Maclean discussing his work with comedy partner Peter Glaze and Aardman’s comedy duo the enduring Morph & Chas making a triumphant return. Along with rare classic silent comedy this promises to be the biggest and brightest programme for Slapstick yet!
Ticket prices: £5.00 - £8.00.
FFI on the full festival programme please visit slapstick.org.uk.
Previous screenings & events in this season
Sunday Morning Slapstick
classified PG Slapstick 2015
Start your Sunday with the real McCoy – pure 100% short slapstick comedy fun introduced by fan, aficionado and much-loved actor Ian Lavender (best known, of course, as Pike from Dad’s Army!).
Cinekids: Morph + Model Making Workshop
Slapstick 2015
40 years on from his TV debut iconic animated clay character Morph and his mischievous pal Chas are back! Join us for this special kids screening of Morph classics followed by a model making workshop for kids aged 6-11.
Do Not Adjust Your Set: Revisited
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General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.
Join special guests Tim Brooke-Taylor, Neil Innes and Denise Coffey as they share clips and memories from Do Not Adjust Your Set, the ground breaking children's TV show from the 1960s that was the precursor to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Seeing Double! Those Crackerjack Silents
classified PG Slapstick 2015
Relive the short slapstick comedies of Don Maclean and Peter Glaze from the hugely popular children's show Crackerjack from the seventies and eighties and hear Don reflect upon this enduring onscreen comedy partnership.
Seeing Double! Live Performance - Hats Off to Laurel and Hardy
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General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.
Earning rave five star reviews at the 2014 Brighton Fringe, this is a homage to the lives of Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Oliver Norvell Hardy. Expect recreated highlights from their huge canon of work, accompanied by a little singing and some questionable dancing!
Lost Clowns: Eddie Cantor
classified PG Slapstick 2015
Comedian, performer, dancer, singer, actor, radio star and songwriter Eddie Cantor was one of the most successful stars of the 1930's and 1940's. Kevin Brownlow introduces a rare screening of his second feature Special Delivery.
Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy?
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General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.
Baby Peggy was one of the most bankable stars of the silent film era, making 150 films in less than five years. Now an author and activist, Diana Serra Cary (AKA Baby Peggy) is featured in this enthralling documentary recalling her infancy spent as a million-dollar asset of the Studio System.
Lost Clowns: The Mishaps of Musty Suffer with Bill Oddie
classified PG Slapstick 2015
Chronicling the misadventures of put-upon tramp Musty Suffer and its forgotten star Harry Watson Jr., the rediscovery of this cartoon-like and surreal silent comedy film series has long been overdue.
Slapstick International: Marriage Circle
classified PG Slapstick 2015
Ernst Lubitsch's hilarious comedy of manners stars two of silent cinema's most skilled female comic performers - Marie Prevost and Florence Vidor.
Seeing Double! Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy - Apart!
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General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.
BBC Radio 4's 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' star Graeme Garden showcases the solo careers of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, who both had thriving careers in short comedies before they teamed up for their famous double act.
Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath
classified PG Slapstick 2015
Join us for a delightful comedy starring irascible Laurel and Hardy co-star James Finlayson, who stars as the patriarch of a family who seeks solace at a raunchy club.
Slapstick International: The Doll
classified PG Slapstick 2015
A charming romantic fantasy comedy from master filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch which centres on a man who marries what he thinks is a mechanical woman! But she's a whole different kind of doll entirely...
Seeing Double! Morph & Chas
classified PG Slapstick 2015
Everyone loves iconic clay character Morph! This is your chance to join Morph's creator Peter Lord for a selection of classic and new Morph clips and, exclusively, the final episode in the latest Morph series.