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more slapstick events announced at bristol old vic
Slapstick - Bristol's Silent Comedy Festival
presented by Bristol Silents and Watershed
Thu 22 - Sun 25 Jan 2009
Slapstick returns for its fifth year bringing laughter to Bristol at the time of the year when we need it most. This year¹s festival is packed with some of the world¹s funniest silent comedies, brought to life by an unprecedented line-up of special guests.
Tickets are now on sale for an additional two events at Bristol Old Vic as part of the Slapstick festival in January 2009. They join a line up which includes An Audience with Eric Sykes as he talks about his extraordinary career in television and film on Sun 25 January.
The Goodies
Thu 22 Jan 2009 8pm Bristol Old Vic
Slapstick ‘09 welcomes two of Britain's much loved comic performers as a modern-day homage to the great silent comedians of the past. For over a decade, The Goodies TV show delighted millions of viewers with their inventive and often hilarious slapstick comedy, and its writers/performers became household names and major pop stars! With The Goodies enjoying a new lease of life on DVD both in the UK and overseas, we are delighted to welcome both Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden to discuss their unique show with comedian and Goodies fan Phill Jupitus.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain presents
UKULELESCOPE
Sat 24 Jan 2009 8pm Bristol Old Vic
The world premiere of a brand new show. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain have collaborated with BFI National Archive to find a host of unusual and little-seen gems from the early days of silent film, and have sculpted them into a delightfully eclectic evening of music, film, comedy and pathos. This mixed bill combines short films and clips including adverts, singing pictures, 'actualities', dramsa, science and nature, hints and hobbies and documentary footage top amaze, amuse and baffle. All of this, of course, presented in the UOGB's own inimitable style, and set to a programme of original scores and old favorites from musical history.
"pound for pound the best musical entertainment in the country" - The Independent
Book tickets for The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
An Audience with Eric Sykes
Sun 25 Jan 2009 4pm Bristol Old Vic
Iconic actor, writer and comedian Eric Sykes comes to Bristol's Slapstick Festival as our special guest to discuss his extraordinary career in television and film and his association with British comedy legends including Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. Onstage in conversation with Graeme Garden and using extracts of this best work focusing on the three decades of the ‘silent' comedy shorts he produced for cinema and television including his masterpiece The Plank (1967), this promises to be an unmissable event and a rare chance to hear a comedy master talking about his craft.
Slapstick 2009 is presented by Bristol Silents and Watershed Sponsored by: Aardman Animations, and South West Screen In partnership with: Arnolfini, Bristol Old Vic, Colston Hall, Festival of Ideas and BFI National Archive.
With support from: Clear Design, Evans AV Staging, Jurys Hotel Bristol, Hotel du Vin, Ltd, Lobster Films, Park Circus, Squible Design, and Twentieth Century Flicks.
