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Slapstick Festival | 2024 PASSES
Please note: All passes for 2024 are now SOLD OUT
2024 PASSES
Slapstick Festival makes a triumphant return to Bristol Beacon after five years, marking its 20th edition. Join us for an unforgettable experience featuring over 30 classic and silent comedy film events, as well as exceptional comedy performances in some of Bristol’s most cherished venues, including Bristol Old Vic, Watershed, and an exciting lineup of 11 events at Bristol Beacon.
The five-day celebration promises more surprises, with additional names to be added but a list of special guests including Hollywood actor Hugh Bonneville, Harry Hill, Tim Vine, Samira Ahmed, Lucy Porter, Sir Michael Palin and Robert Lindsay, to name but a few.
SILENT COMEDY PASS – £110.00 + Booking Fees
Ideal for Silent Comedy enthusiasts, offering nearly a 50% discount off regular tickets. Includes access to 16 events (see list below), featuring all 12 Watershed events (excluding the relaxed screening of Abbot & Costello). Additionally, events included at Bristol Beacon are The Silent Comedy Gala with Hugh Bonneville, Even Stranger Films, The Timeless Genius of Buster Keaton, and The Last Cuckoo events.
SLAPSTICK FULL PASS – £225.00 + Booking Fees
Tickets to 30 events (see list below), encompassing everything in the Silent Comedy Pass plus prime seating to 13 additional events held between 14-18th February, offering almost 50% savings on full-price tickets. This pass also includes tickets to two theatre shows not yet announced at Bristol Old Vic on Sunday 18th Feb.
Events included in each pass
Silent Comedy Pass*
- Leading Women: Exit Smiling
- Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow
- Silent Comedy Horror : The Cat & The Canary
- Alasdair Beckett King’s Even Stranger Films
- What Happened to Jones
- Keaton Speaks!
- Leading Women: Up In Mabel’s Room
- Live from New York – Silent Comedy Spooktacular
- Laurel & Hardy: Last Dance of The Cuckoos
- Laurel & Hardy – Year One
- Lloyd Hamilton: The Comedian’s Comedian
- Leading Women: Kiki
- Live from New York – Buster Keaton: Camera Man
- Silent Comedy Gala
- Painfully Funny! When Stunts Go Wrong
- The Timeless Genius of Buster Keaton with Mike McCartney
- Big Jim and The Figaro Club
Full Pass*
- Leading Women: Exit Smiling
- Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow
- Silent Comedy Horror : The Cat & The Canary
- Alasdair Beckett King’s Even Stranger Films
- What Happened to Jones
- Keaton Speaks!
- Leading Women: Up In Mabel’s Room
- Live from New York – Silent Comedy Spooktacular
- Laurel & Hardy: Last Dance of The Cuckoos
- Laurel & Hardy – Year One
- Lloyd Hamilton: The Comedian’s Comedian
- Leading Women: Kiki
- Live from New York – Buster Keaton: Camera Man
- Silent Comedy Gala
- Painfully Funny! When Stunts Go Wrong
- The Timeless Genius of Buster Keaton with Mike McCartney
- Big Jim and The Figaro Club
- The Thinking Woman’s Guide to The Goodies
- Tim Vine’s FEARMOTH
- Tim Vine: The Physical Years
- Harry Hill’s The Last Caveman
- Sylvester McCoy: Who’s Funny!
- Phantom of The Paradise
- Brazil Or Kenneth Williams
- Alan Bleasdale’s G.B.H. Revisited
- The Laugheologists
- The Dark Comic Genius of Terry Gilliam
- The Laurel & Hardy Cabaret
- Robert Lindsay, The Aardman Slapstick Comedy Award
*Not Including Abbott and Costello: Meet Frankenstein