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Arts Award students make a 'spectacle' of themselves!
17th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Our Silver Arts Award students had a specs-tacular time exploring our last exhibition in the Upper Gallery. The exhibition of Dipple & Conway’s optical paraphernalia was a hit with adults and children alike who were… read more
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This Wednesday's film will keep you gripped until it's surprising conclusion
14th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Loveless Filmed in the perpetual gloom of a snowy Russian autumn, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s latest movie paints a sombre, melancholy picture of a self-centred and supremely unsympathetic couple in the midst of an acrimonious breakup, oblivious… read more
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Community Choir continuing due to popular demand
10th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Our Singing for All - Community Choir has been so successful we're running it throughout the summer. Our relaxed and informal choir meets on Saturday mornings and everyone is welcome :) Experienced and friendly tutor… read more
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Sour Puss - A magical performance according to our young reviewer
8th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Recently I went to watch the heart-warming children's play, Sourpuss here at the Corn Hall in Diss. The acting capabilities of puppeteer Joanna May were so impressive the puppet strings disappeared and the puppets came… read more
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Get Out! - an intelligent thriller says reviewer David Vass
4th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
It’s a truism that the characters in thrillers frequently act irrationally, leaving their frustrated audience mute with impotent rage. All we want them to do is get out, yet they rarely follow this advice. Jordan… read more
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Eastern Angles latest play is powerful and moving
4th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Eastern Angles have something of a reputation for cannily focusing on regional topics which nonetheless touch on universal themes. In Nicola Werenowska’s Guesthouse, the company uses the device of a struggling B&B in Clacton to… read more
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Oscar & BAFTA winning film is a beautifully photographed love letter to Northern Italy
27th Apr 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Call Me By Your Name Set during a hot and seemingly endless summer, this beautifully photographed film is a love letter to Northern Italy, telling the minutely observed story of Elio, a grumpy teenager played… read more
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Review of Open Space production of Dancing at Lughnasa
25th Apr 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Brain Freil’s play Dancing at Lughnasa is an uncompromising examination of how poverty so often leads to the stagnation of already challenged lives. If that sounds like a grim way to spend a couple of… read more
Posted in Review, Theatre

This Wednesday - Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool is refreshing and authentic, says David Vass
22nd Apr 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Loosely based on Peter Turner's account of his love affair with faded movie star Gloria Grahame, Paul McGuigan’s unassuming film Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool recounts a quiet romance between a struggling young actor… read more
Posted in Film, Review

Julius Caesar from National Theatre a hit
14th Apr 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Shakespeare’s essay on political expediency and the fragility of power is notoriously difficult to stage effectively. With an early exit for its eponymous lead, and the closing scenes largely taken up by folk shouting and… read more
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