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The core Slapstick Festival team and volunteers with actor Mina Anwar having a well-earned post-festival drink

The core Slapstick Festival team and volunteers with actor Mina Anwar having a well-earned post-festival drink

A month after celebrating our 20th anniversary, we are still awed by all of your support in making it happen!

The team (pictured w/ guest @hildabaker.bsky.social) have been resting this month but are already planning future events.

We can’t announce anything yet but stay tuned 📺👀 #slapstickfest25

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Robin Ince, Nigel Planer and Ben Elton sat in conversation at Slapstick Festival for Rik! The Anarchic Genius of Rik Mayall

Robin Ince, Nigel Planer and Ben Elton sat in conversation at Slapstick Festival for Rik! The Anarchic Genius of Rik Mayall

A black and white headshot of Rik Mayall

A black and white headshot of Rik Mayall

On this day, we celebrate the birthday of Rik Mayall, who would have been 67 🎂

It was brilliant to have #NigelPlaner and surprise guest #BenElton in conversation with @robinince.bsky.social at #SlapstickFest25 paying tribute to Rik and his anarchic genius!

#rikmayall #OTD

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Screenshot from Epigram article, with poster of Silent Comedy Gala

Screenshot from Epigram article, with poster of Silent Comedy Gala

Excerpt of Silent Comedy Gala by Lima Assi in Epigram

Excerpt of Silent Comedy Gala by Lima Assi in Epigram

More pieces from #Epigram covering #SlapstickFest25!

Thanks again for the kind words and glad you all enjoyed your time at the festival.

Read more below 🧵

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Bristol Slapstick Festival: Mel Brooks' Silent Movie Packs a Punch Mel Brooks' Silent Movie (1976) receives great applause and laudation at Bristol Slapstick Festival, confirming its place as a comedy classic.

Thanks to Felix from Epigram for this lovely write-up!

#slapstickcomedy #slapstickfest25 #silentmovie #melbrooks

epigram.org.uk/bristol-slap...

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Happy Birthday to Nigel Planer!

A great moment featuring him at #SlapstickFest25 last week

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Martin Freeman and Rick Wakeman having a laugh on stage

Martin Freeman and Rick Wakeman having a laugh on stage

Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant accompanied by Günter A. Buchwald, the Bristol Ensemble and the European Silent Screen Virtuosi

Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant accompanied by Günter A. Buchwald, the Bristol Ensemble and the European Silent Screen Virtuosi

The lovely audience at Bristol Beacon

The lovely audience at Bristol Beacon

The Matinee Idles, DARTS and Paul McGann

The Matinee Idles, DARTS and Paul McGann

Looking back at the 20th anniversary #SilentComedyGala!

📸 Thank you to David Betteridge Photography for these shots and everyone who helped put it all together.

🎬 What films would show at your Silent Comedy Gala?

#slapstickfest25 #martinfreeman #rickwakeman #paulmcgann #bristolbeacon

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Why You Came to Slapstick Festival w/ @popcornchat.bsky.social

We are so fortunate to have speakers like @theflyingeditor.bsky.social and @busterkeaton.bsky.social's
Melissa Talmadge Cox to intro Silent Films to younger audiences.

Comment 👇 why you joined us at #SlapstickFest25

#BusterKeaton

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⚠️ WARNING: MORE 🦫 VIOLENCE ⚠️

Following #SlapstickFest25 at the Megascreen reffed by @robinince.bsky.social, @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social is coming back to the South West!

Catch them at Exeter Picturehouse 21st Feb and Little Theatre Cinema on 24th Feb as part of their UK & Ireland Tour.

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Me smiling, eyes closed, outside of Watershed, backdrop of the harbourside. Photo credit: Ella McDonald

Me smiling, eyes closed, outside of Watershed, backdrop of the harbourside. Photo credit: Ella McDonald

Slapstick Crew badge pinned to a corkboard

Slapstick Crew badge pinned to a corkboard

Another year older, another festival finished ✅

A lot of laughs last week at @slapstickfest.bsky.social, culminating in over 3 months of hard work.

Thank you to the team for the support whilst they pulled together such an incredible feat.

Photo credit: Ella McDonald

#slapstickfest25

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Graeme Garden and Samira Ahmed sat in white chairs opposite each other with a table in-between, and a screen behind them with The Goodies - Thinking Women and their headshots on a lime green background

Graeme Garden and Samira Ahmed sat in white chairs opposite each other with a table in-between, and a screen behind them with The Goodies - Thinking Women and their headshots on a lime green background

Graeme Garden and Samira Ahmed posing for a photo together from Slapstick Festival 2024

Graeme Garden and Samira Ahmed posing for a photo together from Slapstick Festival 2024

Happy Birthday to our beloved patron and one of comedy's greats Graeme Garden!

It was brilliant having Graeme at the festival on Sunday with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social; here's to more celebration of The Goodies next year 🎂 🎉

#graemegarden #thegoodies #samiraahmed #slapstickcomedy #SlapstickFest25

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Ben Elton (wearing a grey blazer and black shirt) holding the Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend award

Ben Elton (wearing a grey blazer and black shirt) holding the Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend award

The Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend award outside of the glass case, a morph dressed like Ben Elton doing stand-up (with microphone and microphone stand, wearing a grey suit and red tie) on a black plinth and plaque with "The Slapstick Awards - Comedy Legend Ben Elton 2025" engraved.

The Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend award outside of the glass case, a morph dressed like Ben Elton doing stand-up (with microphone and microphone stand, wearing a grey suit and red tie) on a black plinth and plaque with "The Slapstick Awards - Comedy Legend Ben Elton 2025" engraved.

Congratulations to #BenElton on winning the #Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend Award!

Thank you to Aardman for over 20 years.
It was brilliant having Ben with #AdamHills yesterday at Bristol Old Vic - please tag us in any photos you've taken!

#SlapstickFest25 #morph #slapstickcomedy #bristololdvic

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Forgot to take a "before" but here's the state of me post-Slapstick Festival, after a few overstimulated tears, in my Funky Gibbon dungarees. Today was back-to-back shows from 9:30am to almost 11pm (and now I never want to sit in a theatre again) #SlapstickFest25

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Adam Hills and Ben Elton at Bristol Old Vic

Adam Hills and Ben Elton at Bristol Old Vic

Thank you to everyone who came to Day Five and any of #slapstickfest25!

There's more photos and clips to come so tuned.

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Peter Lord and Wallace at Watershed

Peter Lord and Wallace at Watershed

Wallace being held, wearing a suit and bowtie, holding a BAFTA

Wallace being held, wearing a suit and bowtie, holding a BAFTA

From #SlapstickFest25 at @wshed.bsky.social to winning at #EEBaftas!

Congrats Aardman Animations and #WallaceandGromit 🏆

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The moment @robinince.bsky.social welcomes Nigel Planer and a surprise guest to celebrate #RikMayall.

Thank you Ben Elton for coming to #SlapstickFest25 ahead of being awarded the Aardman Comedy Legend award with Adam Hills this evening!

#bristololdvic #benelton #nigelplaner #theyoungones

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First half of Day Five SlapstickFest programme

First half of Day Five SlapstickFest programme

Second Half of Day Five SlapstickFest Programme

Second Half of Day Five SlapstickFest Programme

It's the final day of #SlapstickFest25!

Welcome to #SlapstickSunday 🎭

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Stephen K Amos and Dr Matthew Sweet in front of an audience at Bristol Beacon

Stephen K Amos and Dr Matthew Sweet in front of an audience at Bristol Beacon

Thank you all for coming to #SlapstickFest25 Day Four!

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First half of Day Four SlapstickFest25 programme

First half of Day Four SlapstickFest25 programme

Second Half of Day Four Slapstickfest25 programme

Second Half of Day Four Slapstickfest25 programme

Welcome to Day Four of #SlapstickFest25 - it's the weekend (!) and we've squeezed in as much comedy as possible 🎭

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The audience at Bristol Beacon

The audience at Bristol Beacon

Thank you everyone who turned up to #SlapstickFest25 and #SilentComedyGala at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social!

If you attended, please fill out the feedback form through the link below 👇

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First half of Day Three Slapstickfest25 programme

First half of Day Three Slapstickfest25 programme

Second half of Day 3 Slapstickfest25 programme

Second half of Day 3 Slapstickfest25 programme

Entering Day 3 and the mid-point of #Slapstickfest25!

We've got the Soviet Cinema and @robinince.bsky.social smashing melons before the Silent Comedy Gala 🎉

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a man with a mustache wearing a shirt and tie Alt: Gif of Charlie Chaplin Great Dictator speech

Thanks to everyone who turned up to #SlapstickFest25 Day Two!

Still a long weekend of Slapstick to go 🎉

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First half of Slapstickfest25 Day Two programme

First half of Slapstickfest25 Day Two programme

Second half of Slapstickfest25 Day 2 programme

Second half of Slapstickfest25 Day 2 programme

Day 2 of #SlapstickFest25 has arrived!

There's still some of those pesky 🦫 hanging around before we get into our first #BusterKeaton double bill and a @misterabk.bsky.social double bill.

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A full house at Bristol Megascreen, with a beaver posing thumbs up with three audience members

A full house at Bristol Megascreen, with a beaver posing thumbs up with three audience members

Thanks to everyone who turned up to #SlapstickFest25 Day One!

See you bright and early for Day Two tomorrow 🦫

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Welcome to the 20th anniversary of Slapstick Festival! And happy birthday
#Gromit 🎂

Kicking us off today is documentary Cartoon Carnival, with director Andrew Smith and Aardman's Peter Lord CBE.

#slapstickfest25 #aardman #cartooncarnival #peterlord #gromit #happybirthdaygromit

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Clapperboard Logo

Clapperboard Logo

We've partnered w/ @clapperboardle.bsky.social for a special #SlapstickFest25 variation of their amazing free-to-play game!

For each day of the festival, decipher the Slapstick actor/director from five hidden film titles in under six tries to win:

slapstick.clapperboardle.com

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Volunteers at our merch table

Volunteers at our merch table

Our #SlapstickFest25 merch table will be located at Watershed and is card only this year - apologies for any inconvenience.

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Half of the Day One Schedule for Slapstick Festival, with logo and Day One in yellow

Half of the Day One Schedule for Slapstick Festival, with logo and Day One in yellow

The other half of the Day One Schedule at Slapstick Festival 2025

The other half of the Day One Schedule at Slapstick Festival 2025

Welcome to Day One of #SlapstickFest25 🥳

What are you looking forward to most 🦫

#CartoonCarnival #TheNuthillLeague #RunningWild #TheFreshman #HundredsOfBeavers

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Screenshot of BBC Radio Bristol afternoon show with headshot of host Joe Lemer

Screenshot of BBC Radio Bristol afternoon show with headshot of host Joe Lemer

On BBC Radio Bristol around 3:30pm, @robinince.bsky.social speaks with Joe Lemer on all of the events he's hosting at #SlapstickFest25 & #SmashingMelons 🍉

🎧 Listen from 2pm via the link below 👇

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Screenshot from Watershed's Letterboxd list of Slapstick Festival's programme

Screenshot from Watershed's Letterboxd list of Slapstick Festival's programme

Screenshot from Watershed Weekly Newsletter detailling some of the Slapstick Festival programme

Screenshot from Watershed Weekly Newsletter detailling some of the Slapstick Festival programme

Thanks @wshed.bsky.social for highlighting us in your weekly newsletter- sign up through their link in bio!

What films are you seeing at #SlapstickFest25?

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Headshot of Briony May Williams sitting in for Claire Carter on BBC radio Bristol 04/02/2025

Headshot of Briony May Williams sitting in for Claire Carter on BBC radio Bristol 04/02/2025

Photo of Lucy Porter holding a microphone and wearing a green cardigan and sparkly black top

Photo of Lucy Porter holding a microphone and wearing a green cardigan and sparkly black top

Listen out for @lucyportercomic.bsky.social on BBC Radio Bristol around 3:30pm talking all things #SlapstickFest25!

Link to 🎧 below 👇

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