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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*

  1. Leading Women: Exit Smiling
  2. Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow
  3. Silent Comedy Horror : The Cat & The Canary
  4. Alasdair Beckett King’s Even Stranger Films
  5. What Happened to Jones
  6. Keaton Speaks!
  7. Leading Women: Up In Mabel’s Room
  8. Live from New York – Silent Comedy Spooktacular
  9. Laurel & Hardy: Last Dance of The Cuckoos
  10. Laurel & Hardy – Year One
  11. Lloyd Hamilton: The Comedian’s Comedian
  12. Leading Women: Kiki
  13. Live from New York – Buster Keaton: Camera Man
  14. Silent Comedy Gala
  15. Painfully Funny! When Stunts Go Wrong
  16. The Timeless Genius of Buster Keaton with Mike McCartney
  17. Big Jim and The Figaro Club

Full Pass*

  1. Leading Women: Exit Smiling
  2. Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow
  3. Silent Comedy Horror : The Cat & The Canary
  4. Alasdair Beckett King’s Even Stranger Films
  5. What Happened to Jones
  6. Keaton Speaks!
  7. Leading Women: Up In Mabel’s Room
  8. Live from New York – Silent Comedy Spooktacular
  9. Laurel & Hardy: Last Dance of The Cuckoos
  10. Laurel & Hardy – Year One
  11. Lloyd Hamilton: The Comedian’s Comedian
  12. Leading Women: Kiki
  13. Live from New York – Buster Keaton: Camera Man
  14. Silent Comedy Gala
  15. Painfully Funny! When Stunts Go Wrong
  16. The Timeless Genius of Buster Keaton with Mike McCartney
  17. Big Jim and The Figaro Club
  18. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to The Goodies
  19. Tim Vine’s FEARMOTH
  20. Tim Vine: The Physical Years
  21. Harry Hill’s The Last Caveman
  22. Sylvester McCoy: Who’s Funny!
  23. Phantom of The Paradise
  24. Brazil Or Kenneth Williams
  25. Alan Bleasdale’s G.B.H. Revisited
  26. The Laugheologists
  27. The Dark Comic Genius of Terry Gilliam
  28. The Laurel & Hardy Cabaret
  29. Robert Lindsay, The Aardman Slapstick Comedy Award

*Not Including Abbott and Costello: Meet Frankenstein