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Matt Bragg steps in with only hours to spare
3rd Feb 2025
by David Vass
For once, the Corn Hall opened its doors on a Sunday night, seeing off the weekend for the near capacity audience with a welcome night of comedy, compered by American Russell Hicks. He grabbed the… read more
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Father Brown and the Curse of the Xmas Fairy
10th Jan 2025
by David Vass
It has become something of a seasonal tradition that in the New Year, Common Ground Theatre Group pay the Corn Hall a visit to remind us that Christmas was only a fortnight ago. Best known… read more
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Another full house for Corn Hall Comedy
17th Nov 2024
by David Vass
It was another full house for the reinvigorated Comedy night at the Corn Hall, with Steve Bugeja warming up the crowd nicely, exchanging the sort of good natured banter with the front row that we've… read more
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Simmons Measures Up
3rd Nov 2024
by David Vass
A member of the same club as Tim Vine, Milton Jones and Darren Walsh, Mark Simmons rejoices in word play and classic one-liners. Proving, once again, that there is an avaricious appetite for comedy in… read more
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Well, that rascal hath good mettle in him
27th Sep 2024
by David Vass
Rumour has it that Elizabeth I was so enamoured with the character of John Falstaff in Henry IV, she persuaded Shakespeare to bring him back to the stage. Given the play can be charitably described… read more
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Ideal weather for an outdoors performance
26th Aug 2024
by David Vass
It’s a brave group that relies on the capricious weather of a British summer, but that's exactly what Dot Productions do, performing in outdoor venues all over the country. This time last year the Corn… read more
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Best of Comedy at the Corn Hall
15th Jun 2024
by David Vass
Unusually for a compere, Matt Richardson was probably the best known of the comics on the bill, and having nicely warmed up the crowd with the usual Wickerman ribbing we grin and bear from London-centric… read more
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Best of Comedy debut is a sold out success
7th Apr 2024
by David Vass
Over the years, the likes of Sara Pascoe, Dave John, Simon Munnery and Mitch Benn have entertained the Corn Hall Comedy Club, but not all on the same night. I don't think there's ever been… read more
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Come and see the violence inherent in the system
14th Mar 2024
by David Vass
They say the necessity is the mother of invention, and I doubt there's a better exemplar of the maxim than Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a film that, as the posters said at the… read more
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Wozniak's Family Fable Fills the Corn Hall
1st Mar 2024
by David Vass
Unique is one of the most overworked words in comedy, but Mike Wozniak really is one of a kind. Impeccably well mannered, dressed in his signature suit and tie, and with a moustache that would… read more
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