Slapstick Festival
@slapstickfest.bsky.social
🎭Bringing the best in silent and visual comedy since 2005 https://linktr.ee/slapstickfestival
What an incredible night at The Hexagon Reading with Stand Up For Slapstick! Big thanks to the venue, the team, the hilarious lineup of #HenningWehn #MarkSteel #LucyPorter #AlasdairBeckettKing #MarcelLucont and #Jimeoin, plus everyone who came and supported us ❤️ 📸 David Betteridge Photography
THE ADVENTURER (1917) Over 100 years on, our Silent Comedy Gala at Bristol Beacon on Fri 12 Feb 2027 is a rare chance to see this #CharlieChaplin short accompanied by live music and alongside #BusterKeaton The General (1926) + #LaurelandHardy With Love and Hisses (1927) - tickets in bio.
We're back at The Hexagon Reading tomorrow, last remaining tickets below 👇 #HenningWehn #MarkSteel #LucyPorter #AlasdairBeckettKing #MarcelLucont #Jimeoin
What's On Reading@rdgwhatson.bsky.social · last wk.Not long to go now till Stand Up For Slapstick, another bumper night of comedy, with an all-star line-up giving their time to support the @slapstickfest.bsky.social .
10 years ago Michael Crawford came to @slapstickfest.bsky.social. There’s more to come in Slapstick 2027. Gala hosted by Stephen Fry now launched: slapstick.org.uk
The Silent Comedy Gala trailer has arrived🚂 Join us at Bristol Beacon on Fri 12 Feb 2027 for an unforgettable evening of silent film and live music with host #StephenFry and special guest #BillyBragg. Due to popular demand, more tickets have been released for Beacon’s Upper Tier - link below.
📣Calling UK-based Curators and Event Producers - Pitch to Cinema Rediscovered 2027! As part of our Other Ways of Seeing initiative, supported by BFI awarding funds from National Lottery, we’re looking for proposals involving new restorations. Apply by Mon 11 January 2027 via the link in bio.
Not long to go now till Stand Up For Slapstick, another bumper night of comedy, with an all-star line-up giving their time to support the @slapstickfest.bsky.social .
Next week, Thu 29th Oct 19:30, we're back at The Hexagon, Reading with Stand Up For Slapstick! Get ready for a night of hilarious comedy with an unmissable lineup of #HenningWehn, #MarkSteel, #LucyPorter, #AlasdairBeckett-King and #MarcelLucont, hosted by #Jimeoin - link below 👇
We're delighted to welcome comedian and artiste #MarcelLucont to the Stand Up For Slapstick fundraiser, Thu 29 Nov at The Hexagon Reading! Marcel's dry wit fits right in with our stellar line-up of #HenningWehn, #LucyPorter, #MarkSteel, #AlasdairBeckett-King and host #Jimeoin. Tickets below 👇
🗞️ Read all about it! Thanks to @chortle.bsky.social, @bristol247.bsky.social, and @beyondthejoke.bsky.social for sharing the news that #StephenFry is hosting the #SilentComedy Gala 2027 at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social on Fri 12 Feb. Headlined by Buster Keaton's The General (1926) - tickets in bio.
With The Big R providing entertainment in the foyer. beforehand. So exciting :-)
Slapstick Festival@slapstickfest.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're delighted to announce that the incomparable #StephenFry is hosting the Silent Comedy Gala! On Friday 12 February 2027 19:30 at #BristolBeacon, he will also be joined by legendary musician #BillyBragg, performing songs celebrating the rich tradition of the American Railway - link below 👇
We're delighted to announce that the incomparable #StephenFry is hosting the Silent Comedy Gala! On Friday 12 February 2027 19:30 at #BristolBeacon, he will also be joined by legendary musician #BillyBragg, performing songs celebrating the rich tradition of the American Railway - link below 👇
We've got something special to announce coming soon! Want to hear about future Slapstick Festival events first, special offers and more? Subscribe to our newsletter via the link in bio or heading to our website. #newsletter #slapstickfestival #fundraisers #comedy #slapstick
The deadline is fast approaching for applications to become Slapstick Festival’s Senior Operations Manager! Based at our Bristol office three days a week, you’ll turn creative plans into well-run, memorable events year-round - full job description and how to apply via the link in bio.
Thanks everyone for turning up to Slapstick Conversations at St George's Bristol! We really appreciate the venue, special guests #GraemeGarden, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social , #RickWakeman, #BenSadler, and #GriffRhysJones, plus the team for putting on such enjoyable events. 📸 David Betteridge
One to check out 👇 www.theprincesstheatre.co.uk/events/tribu...
A Tribute to Bill Oddie with Stephen Moss - The Princess Theatre and Arts Centre
Bestselling author and lifelong naturalist Stephen Moss presents a tribute to the much-loved birder, TV presenter and comic genius Bill Oddie, showing extracts from the many television programmes they...
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And a thrill to have a full house for #GraemeGarden discussing his whole career, with archive images including unseen stills from shooting the Goodies on location..
I am definitely the straight woman in this lineup of talent… Was a total delight watching Rick Wakeman play Live accompaniment to an early Laurel and Hardy silent film.
Thanks to everyone who came for this @slapstickfest.bsky.social fundraiser. Join us at the full festival in February…
Oliver Hardy & Stan Laurel in Classroom
ALT: Oliver Hardy & Stan Laurel in Classroom
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Kicking off #SlapstickConversations at St George's #Bristol with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and #GraemeGarden on #TheGoodies
Happy Birthday Buster! The Great Stone Face would have been 131 today, and has featured in hundreds of different roles - which is your favourite? #BusterKeaton in The General (1926) headlines our Silent Comedy Gala on Fri 12 February - link in bio for tickets.
TOMORROW! Last chance to join us at St George’s Bristol for a day of Slapstick Conversations - three special fundraisers with #GraemeGarden and @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social, #RickWakeman and #BenSadler, and Sounds of the Seventy Year Olds with #GriffRhysJones. Links in bio 🔗
Join the Slapstick Festival team! We are looking for an organised, experienced Senior Operations Manager based at our Bristol office three days a week to play a key role in delivering our annual Festival and year-round events - full job description and how to apply via the link in bio.
We were incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of musician and The Young Ones star Ronnie Golden this week. Thank you Ronnie for supporting Slapstick Festival over the years, performing with Neil Innes and Barry Cryer was always great fun, and you will be sorely missed.
Thanks to Penguin Random House, an audience member at #SlapstickConversations #RickWakeman: Music, Mayhem and the Movies will win a copy of his new book ‘The Wizard of Prog’! Grab a ticket for Sunday 4th Oct 17:30 at St George's Bristol via the link below to be in with a chance of winning 👇
