Who Was That Lady? With David Robinson and Dave Wyatt
Sat 24 Jan 1100hrs Watershed
Who Was That Lady?
With David Robinson and Dave Wyatt
Sat 24 Jan 1100hrs Watershed
As with theatre, it seems that men dragging up was a staple of silent film comedy from the very beginning. Chaplin, Lloyd and Keaton disguised as women occasionally; Arbuckle and Laurel & Hardy more frequently, and a few silent comedians positively made a career out of it. David Robinson and Dave Wyatt present sex change surprises galore plus a rare and restored gem, Snub Pollard's Years to Come, set in a future where men's and women's roles are reversed
Watershed Box Office (0117) 927 5100
Cinékids Slapstick Workshop: Composing for Silent Film
Sat 24 Jan 1300hrs Watershed 1hr 30mins
Percussion maestro/teacher Tony Orrell (aka Birdman of Alkijazz) will lead a workshop to produce new music for Peter Lord's Oscar®-nominated stop-motion short film Adam. During the workshop Tony and the Cinékids will improvise a junk percussion score to this delightful short film. This will be recorded live and published on dshed.net with its new soundtrack. With thanks to Aardman Animations.
Cinékids features monthly events aimed at children between 8 and 12 years old.
Fee: £2.00 child / £3.50 adult (must be accompanied by a child).
Watershed Box Office (0117) 927 5100
Why Worry? U
Introduced by Paul Merton
Sat 24 Jan 1400hrs Arnolfini
Dirs: Fred C. Newmeyer/Sam Taylor USA 1923 1hr 3mins
Paul Merton continues his selection of the best of the great silent comics with this Harold Lloyd classic, featuring the giant Johan Aasen's appearance as Colosso. Lloyd stars as millionaire hypochondriac Harold Van Pelham who sets sail for a tropical South American island for his health. Rather than rest and relaxation, Pelham finds himself inadvertently in the midst of revolution. This screening will be accompanied by members from the Prima Vista Social Club.
Tickets: £7.00 full / £5.00 concessions
Arnolfini Box Office (0117) 917 2300 / 01 (phone lines are open from 9.30am - 6pm daily)
Pratfalls, double takes and banana skins
Sat 24 Jan 1750hrs Watershed
With plenty of clips from the great silent comedians, animation, mime, and even ballet - anything where the body tells the story, this panel looks at the very best of physical and silent comedy. Three afficionados and master animators Richard Williams, Peter Lord and Barry Purves will be your hosts, taking you through countless gags, pratfalls and double takes, in an attempt to discover why falling over can be so funny. Warning - the show may contain banana skins and custard pies!
Watershed Box Office (0117) 927 5100
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Sat 24 Jan 2000hrs Bristol Old Vic
The Ukulele Orchestra is a group of all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele players, who believe that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the Ukulele. They perform the world premiere of a brand-new silent film project at Slapstick 09, developed in partnership with the BFI National Archive, showing short pieces of classic silent films and adding their own unique musical accompaniment.
A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is a foot-stomping experience, featuring only the "bonsai guitar" and a menagerie of voices. You may never think about music in the same way again.
This event at slapstick festival is another chance to see them in Bristol, after their sell-out performances at St George’s this month.
Tickets: £5-£20 (Call Box Office: 0117 987 7877)