Details announced for Slapstick’s Silent Comedy Gala 2024

Details announced for Slapstick’s Silent Comedy Gala 2024

Posted on: 14 Sep 2023

From classic film connoisseurs Slapstick Festival, this black and white extravaganza will be hosted by a very special guest and feature screenings of three cinematic favourites.

 

The Slapstick Comedy Gala will take place at Bristol Beacon on Friday 16 February 2024.

 

Presented by Downton Abbey and Paddington star Hugh Bonneville, the programme of this eagerly anticipated gala will be headlined by a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece The Gold Rush (1925) with gems from Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton also on show.

 

Tickets for this exciting event are on sale now – secure yours HERE.

 

 

Immerse yourself in the comic genius and cinematic sparkle of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton at Slapstick’s screen comedy gala. For more than 20 years, Slapstick have been a Bristol institution, lovingly programme the best on screen comedy around the city.

 

The 2024 Gala will see them continue this proud tradition with screenings of three laugh out loud silent comedy classics, each accompanied with a live score. The films will be introduced by award-winning actor and British icon, Hugh Bonneville (pictured below).

 

Warming up the headline screening will be the hilarious, zany Laurel and Hardy short, Big Business (1929) and one of Buster Keaton’s most admired and innovative short comedies, the crime caper Cops (1921).

 

Topping the film bill will be Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, a tale of love and the American dream. Accompanying the screening will be the 15-piece Bristol Ensemble playing Chaplin’s own score, conducted by Günter A. Buchwald.

 

To set the mood for the evening, the Shanghai Shuffle jazz band will be playing in Bridgehouse (the foyer space at Bristol Beacon) at 6 PM, providing a speakeasy atmosphere to compliment the 20s movie lineup. Why not dress for the occasion with your own 1920s costume?

The Slapstick Comedy Gala will take place at Bristol Beacon on Friday 16 February 2024 with the event itself running from 7.30 PM to 10.30 PM. Secure your tickets HERE.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.