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The Slapstick Home PG* + live accompaniment by Guildhall School Jazz Musicians

Part of London International Mime Festival 2020

,Barbican Cinema 1
Buster Keaton and Sybil Seely stand in a room next to a piano which has crashed partially through the floor.

This programme presents a trio of superlative American slapstick comedies of the 1910s and 20s all revolving around the home.

In One Week (1921), Buster Keaton and his new bride are presented with their new home in flatpack, to be assembled – which they do, with the inevitable wonky results. In One AM (1916), Charlie Chaplin returns a little ‘merry’ from a night out and finds his home transformed into a kind of obstacle course, with a foldaway bed providing the most formidable challenge.

The home as a site of destruction reaches its apogee with Big Business (1929), in which Laurel and Hardy start a row with a suburban homeowner, a fight which escalates to breath-taking heights of gleeful trashing of valuable furniture, priceless objects, even the fabric of the house itself.

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One Week (US 1921 Dir Buster Keaton, Edward Cline 19 min digital presentation)

One AM (US 1916 Dir Charlie Chaplin 26 min digital presentation)

Big Business (US 1929 Dir James W Horne, Leo McCarey 19 min digital presentation)

 

Composer and Musical Director: Carlos Lopez-Real (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)

 

Presented in partnership with The London International Mime Festival

 

Barbican Cinema 1

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.