Neil Brand presents Laurel & Hardy

Rounding off his festival weekend, Neil Brand presents his all-new show about the immortal comedy duo portrayed in the hit film Stan and Ollie. 

From their earliest days on opposite sides of the Atlantic in Music Hall and on the stage, to their individual comedy films before they were paired up by Hal Roach, and on to their silent masterpieces before the arrival of sound, Neil will tell the touching story of the world’s greatest comedy team, who could not have been two more different men! 

Fully illustrated with stills, clips (both silent and sound) and Neil’s superlative piano accompaniment and culminating in two of the Boys’ best silent short films, Big Business and Liberty, this is a show that promises gales of laughter throughout, as well as getting under the skin of two warm, funny men who continue to make the world laugh when it needs it most.   

Arguably the country’s greatest silent movie score composer” 

– Mark Kermode, Scala Radio 

Director: Various 

1929 (US) / 1hour 30mins