Date: 9 September 2009
Location: Colston Hall, Bristol
Time: 20:00

Wednesday 9th�September 2009, 8pm Colston Hall.
�16 full , �12 concessions and Bristol Silents members, �6 under 12s.
Box Office: 0117 922 3682
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It�s 80 years since Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made their transition from silent to sound film and Bristol's Slapstick Silent Comedy Festival celebrates their extraordinary onscreen legacy with a special live gala evening of film and music hosted by award winning�writer and comedian Sanjeev Bashkaer�
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Best known for his work on Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No 42, Sanjeev has selected his favourite Stan and Ollie sound comedies to delight audiences including their Oscar winning classic THE MUSIC BOX (1932), in which the boys play removal men trying to deliver a piano up a monumental flight of stairs!
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Other highlights include a capella vocal group The Matinee Idles and a special appearance from original Our Gang member and child�performer with�Stan and Ollie - Hollywood legend Jean Darling.
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Plus the world premiere of a newly commissioned orchestral score from maestro G�nter Buchwald�for�the Laurel and Hardy�s classic silent comedy�DOUBLE WHOOPEE (1929), featuring Jean Harlow in her screen debut and accompanied by the fabulous Emerald Ensemble.
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The best of Laurel and Hardy on the big screen�with one of Britain's best loved comic performers.��Let the mayhem begin!

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