Two Stanshall events at next year’s Slapstick Festival

[Ignatius_S]

Stanshall Onscreen Featuring Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
With Neil Innes and Denise Coffey
SAT 24 JAN 2200hrs
A rare chance to see this film classic on the big screen with a live audience. Described by Time Out magazine as the "missing link between Monty Python and Withnail & I,"Sir Henry has become a huge cult classic with a passionate following. Introduced by actress /director Denise Coffey ("Mrs E"). Plus on opportunity to see the first onscreen film of Viv Stanshall's invisible 'strip tease'act and other sequences in an experiment silent pre -Bonzo film shot by Neil Innes. Introduced by Neil Innes

Ginger Geezer: Celebrating the Life and Art of Vivian Stanshall
SUN 25 JAN 2000hrs
A remarkable comic tour de force of Stanshall-created genius featuring Mike Livesley's rave-reviewed adaptation of Viv's cult 1978 LP'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End'accompanied by the six piece Stanshallian orchestra "Brainwashing House." Followed by live music from Neil Innes, Rodney Slater, Mike Livesley and host of special guest performers (to be announced). This promises to be a fitting tribute, twenty years on, proving that Viv lives on through his extraordinary work

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Very pleased to see that Coffey will be introducing Sir Henry at Rawlinson End .