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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
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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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ARTS AWARD STUDENTS TAKE A STAND
31st Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Tuesday 6th March saw our Arts Award students take a stand during the inspiring theatre performance of ‘We are the Lions, Mr Manager!’ at the Corn Hall. The students were treated to an exclusive workshop… read more
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Paddington 2 wins over our reviewer, David Vass
30th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Freed from the exposition of the little bear’s arrival in London, the sequel to Paddington gets stuck straight into the action, with a meticulously constructed screenplay that is crammed full of huge laughs, but also… read more
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Local children explore the world of Winnie the Witch at the Corn Hall
29th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Following on from the visit of the internationally acclaimed children’s illustrator Korky Paul to the Corn Hall to open his exhibition and lead a charmingly interactive ‘Read & Draw’ Saturday Club workshop, the Arts &… read more
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RoughCast Theatre - a bold and comedic Measure for Measure
19th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Despite Shakespeare’s prodigious output, only a relatively small number of his plays are regularly performed, so Roughcast are to be commended for tackling one of his trickiest, problematic plays, and for making such good sense… read more
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A preview of The Party, screening this Wednesday
18th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Sally Potter’s first film since 2012 voyeuristically takes a peek at a group of self-satisfied, champagne socialists, as they tear lumps out of each other in an increasingly farcical, middle-class nightmare of social niceties,  acid… read more
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This Wednesday's film - Goodbye Christopher Robin - previewed
12th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Anyone expecting a sugar-coated period drama needs to approach this film with caution. Director Simon Curtis has instead delivered something altogether more substantial and troubling. Based on local author, Ann Thwaite’s biography of A A… read more
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