Performance

Silent Clowns Film Series: Laurel or Hardy - Some Solo Shorts

1 upcoming performance in New York

At Symphony Space, the Silent Clowns Film Series turns to the solo shorts of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, tracing how each comedian worked before the partnership became a shared language of slapstick. The program is presented as a live event, with featured performers including Ani DiFranco, Tony Trischka, Abby Jimenez, Annabelle Gurwitch, and Caro Claire Burke. In New York, where repertory silent-film screenings remain a living strand of cinema culture, the series functions as both preservation and close reading. Seen this way, the films show how timing and physical risk can be an argument, not just a gag.