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DISS • NORFOLK

THE TEAM

Lee Johnson  General Manager

Lindsey Booty Site Co-ordinator

Claire Merrilees Cafe Supervisor

Yoshi Shinagawa Venue Technician

Paige Crowson Marketing Support

Sophie Scott Marketing Support

Carole Hunt Administrator

Ina Siebold-Armitage Casual Duty Manager

Simon Delf Casual Duty Manager

Katrina Stannard Casual Duty Manager

And of course, our huge team of volunteers who run everything from the Box Office, to helping out in the café, the bar, stewarding shows, outreach programmes and everything else.

TRUSTEES

Debbie Gaze (Chair)

Debbie moved to Diss over 25 years ago when she married a local farmer.  She works in HR and founded a local children’s nursery.  Currently working for Suffolk Wildlife Trust she also volunteers at the Corn Hall and is immensely proud of the fantastic programme that the Corn Hall offers the community.

Kevan Baker (Treasurer)

Kevan worked for 27 years in banking and then spent the second half of his working career with the NHS managing a GP practice and being a board member of the local CCG. He has lived in South Norfolk for over 30 years and has an interest in seeing live music at local venues.

Richard Budds

Richard served as Director of Sixth Form at Diss High School for twenty of his thirty-five years in education. Having taught English, Media and Drama up to A Level, he is unsurprisingly enthusiastic about the Arts and therefore keen to continue to promote them for the benefit of people of all ages and backgrounds in our community.

Claire Butler
Claire brings her professional expertise and a strong commitment to community development to her role as trustee at The Corn Hall. As a fully qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience, Claire founded CB Accounting in 2018 to help businesses make sense of their finances and achieve sustainable growth. Passionate about supporting her local community, Claire is dedicated to helping the town of Diss thrive and grow into the future. She believes in the transformative power of cultural initiatives and is proud to contribute to The Corn Hall’s mission of enriching the lives of people across the region through the arts.

Mark Ellery

Mark has spent all his career in information technology for large global organisations and now runs a consulting and leadership coaching business near Diss.  He has lived in the Diss Area for a number of years.  As a Non-Executive Director of a Norfolk-based company and Chair of Premier Foundation, a charity supporting disadvantaged children through physical activity, Mark is actively involved in the local community.

Peter Ellis

Peter was chief executive of London’s first children’s hospice, preceded as a manager in the NHS. He has been trustee/chair for a number of charities and recognises the importance of management and governance. He is also passionate about community engagement and diversity. He moved to Diss 6 years ago and 5 years ago had a massive stroke rendering him with a serious disability. He now recognises how important accessibly is, and how important the arts and theatre world can be especially for maintaining good mental health.

Ben Falk
 
Having spent his career in public service, initially in the Royal Navy around the world and now in the NHS, Ben settled in Norfolk in 2014. Exceptionally proud of his father’s work to establish The Corn Hall as a community arts venue, he wishes to help support the management of the site and the development of the vision.

Andrew Seager

Andrew grew up in Diss and moved back to the area in 2011. Qualified from the Institute of Fundraising, he has volunteered and worked in the voluntary sector for over 25 years and is also vice chair of two national charities alongside being the owner of the Diss institution of Larter & Ford ironmongers.
 

TECHNICAL

Hudson Architects, The Corn Hall, Norfolk, UK, July, 2017
Photographer Joakim Borén,

The Corn Hall’s main hall has a seated capacity of 300 and a maximum standing capacity of 450 with plenty of variations and layouts possible inbetween. Please find downloads to our technical specifications below.

pdf-icon-150x150Corn Hall Technical Info

pdf-icon-150x150Corn-Hall-General-Information

We have a number of other smaller rooms in the venue for hire for details of these please click here.

Please contact our Technical Manager on technical@thecornhall.co.uk for help with these files or any further information.