Rick Wakeman, Chris Addison

The Slapstick Festival’s annual Silent Comedy Gala is the laugh-out-loud, ‘must attend, event that makes every January cheerier for audiences of all ages. Always a sell-out, it combines the very best in classic silent screen comedy with live music from an international line-up whose talent for adding vibrancy to film events is in demand all over the world.

This year’s musicians will be accompanying three stand-out films featuring some of the silent era’s best-loved comedians: Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.