Bristol Slapstick Festival kicks off this Friday


Now in its 10thyear the Festival will take place at the Watershed, Arnolfini, Colston Hall and Bristol Old Vic and includes the regular acts of This year our festival regulars – Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Paul McGann – are joined for the first time by Harry Hill, Omid Djalili, Tim Vine and (in March) Barry Humphries.
The centrepiece for this year’s Slapstick is the launch of what will be a year-long global celebration of the centenary of Charles Chaplin’s character The Tramp – first seen on screen in January 1914. 
Seventeen events over three days in some of Bristol best venues – time to laugh away the January blues we think!

Click here for a full list of events