First time I have ever seen a silent movie was a couple of years ago. I was on holiday in the South of Spain and the local cultural centre was screening Charles Chaplin's famous Modern Times. It was such a surprise for me to be able to get into a movie where the words were substituted by live piano music.
During this weekend, 24-26th January, Bristol is hosting Slapstick Festival 2014 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival dedicated to silent and classic comedy.
For the first time, they have the collaboration of the City of Bristol College and students from the college will create nine silent comedy films which will be shared in the social media. Seven have already been shared. I post the first one, but you can find the rest here.
The festival will start with the Silent Comedy Gala 2014, which will take place at Colston Hall tomorrow at 7.30pm. Charles Chaplin's City Lights will be projected accompanied by The Bristol Ensemble orchestra. There are still tickets available though all the areas are nearly full. If you are interested, hurry up! Available tickets cost between £26.76 (£23 concessions) including fees (buy here).
The rest of the events are hosted by different venues. Below, I highlighted some of the events that caught my eye. The brochure is available here to check all the events.
FRIDAY - 24th January 2014
SATURDAY - 25th January 2014
During this weekend, 24-26th January, Bristol is hosting Slapstick Festival 2014 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival dedicated to silent and classic comedy.
For the first time, they have the collaboration of the City of Bristol College and students from the college will create nine silent comedy films which will be shared in the social media. Seven have already been shared. I post the first one, but you can find the rest here.
The festival will start with the Silent Comedy Gala 2014, which will take place at Colston Hall tomorrow at 7.30pm. Charles Chaplin's City Lights will be projected accompanied by The Bristol Ensemble orchestra. There are still tickets available though all the areas are nearly full. If you are interested, hurry up! Available tickets cost between £26.76 (£23 concessions) including fees (buy here).
The rest of the events are hosted by different venues. Below, I highlighted some of the events that caught my eye. The brochure is available here to check all the events.
FRIDAY - 24th January 2014
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Mister West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Arnolfini - 2.15pm) is a 1924 film by Soviet director Lev Kuleshov. The 75-minute movie challenges American stereotypes about Soviet Russia (£8/£6.5)
- Silent Comedy Gala (Colston Hall - 7.30pm) see information above
SATURDAY - 25th January 2014
- Timeless Chaplin (Watershed - 1pm) introduces Charles Chaplin to a new generation (£5.5-£2.5)
- Gromit: Silent Comedy Canine (Bristol Old Vic - 2.30pm ) is Bristol's very own Oscar-winning silent comedy (£8-£15)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Bristol Old Vic - 8.15pm), a rare chance to watch a 20th century comedy in big screen. With intro and after-show chat with Python star Terry Jones. (£15)
- Tim Vine: Why I LOVE Benny Hill (Watershed - 11.40am). The stand-up comedian will show us different sides of Benny Hill, one of the best known British comedian (£6.5-£8)
- Withnail & I (Bristol Old Vic - 7.30pm) is a 1987 black comedy film produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films, directed and written by Bruce Robinson (£15)
INTERESTING LINKS
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Website: http://www.colstonhall.org/shows/silent-comedy-gala/
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