© David Betteridge Slapstick festival honours Robert Lindsay and Terry Gilliam
Stars get personalised Morph figures
Filmmaker Terry Gilliam and actor Robert Lindsay were both presented with awards at Bristol’s 20th annual Slapstick festival of screen comedy last night.
Both received a hand-crafted personalised version of the Aardman animated character Morph in separate events at the Old Vic theatre.
Gilliam was given the Aardman Slapstick Award for Visual Comedy in recognition of his work with Monty Python and as the director of films including Time Bandits, The Fisher King, Brazil and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The latter the inspired the design of his Morph trophy.
Lindsay received the Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend Award for his roles in TV comedy series such as My Family, Citizen Smith and Alan Bleasdale’s comedy-drama GBH.
His bespoke Morph was modelled on his portrayal of Wolfie ‘Power to the People’ Smith from Citizen Smith.
The two award events were the last of the 31 staged as part of Slapstick 2024, where other guests included Samira Ahmed, Hugh Bonneville, Marcus Brigstocke, Graeme Garden, Harry Hill, Adam Hills, Robin Ince, Sylvester McCoy, Lucy Porter and Tim Vine
Published: 19 Feb 2024
