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A boiling Crucible of terror and tragedy comes to the Corn Hall
23rd Jan 2023
by David Vass
Arthur Miller’s 1953 study of hysteria and public shaming marks a welcome return of live performance beamed in from the National Theatre to the Corn Hall. The play is notionally a period drama, retelling the… read more
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Common Ground have fun with nuns
8th Jan 2023
by David Vass
The Common Ground Theatre Company specialises in the dramatization of challenging classic texts, fearlessly tackling the likes of Coleridge, Poe and Dostoevsky. Their shows make for intellectually nourishing and wonderfully enlightening evenings that educate as… read more
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Roughcast Theatre revive a comedy classic
13th Nov 2022
by David Vass
Frank Capra’s movie of the same name is such a perfect example of the screwball comedy genre he made his own, it’s easy to forget that Arsenic and Old Lace was originally a play, and… read more
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Open Space takes Miss Julie in a new direction
29th Oct 2022
by David Vass
Those familiar with Strindberg’s play, might be surprised by how much of it has remained intact in Patrick Marber’s updated version. Marber’s abiding message, by implication, is that nothing much changed in the sixty years… read more
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Dunstan Bruce didn't go gentle into that good night
22nd Oct 2022
by David Vass
As lead singer (a description he balks at even today) and front man of Chumbawamba, Dunstan Bruce had his moment in the sun with chart-topper Tubthumping.  The definitive one hit wonder (they even had t-shirts… read more
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Time and Tide waits in the Cromer Cafe
12th Oct 2022
by David Vass
Relish Theatre’s play has been touring across East Anglia throughout October, and will continue on manoeuvres after this performance at the Corn Hall, finishing up with a brief run at the Theatre Royal. It’s a… read more
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Fantastic terrors never felt before
8th Oct 2022
by David Vass
The latest production from the Common Ground Theatre Company sees them venture into ambitious territory, taking on both the biography and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven uses a recital by Poe as a… read more
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A tiny show with a huge message
3rd Oct 2022
by David Vass
String Theatre have brought, crows, chimney sweeps and circuses to the Corn Hall in previous years, in productions that featured the changing of the seasons, the aquatic world of fish and myriad forms of insect… read more
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Natalie Songer’s Satellites was utterly Spellbinding
23rd Sep 2022
by David Vass
Natalie Songer’s extraordinarily ambitious and complex show took in the vastness of time and space, and yet did so by exploring the most intimate and touching of family stories. Taking inspiration from her family’s hazy,… read more
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Jodie Comer's stunning stage debut
14th Jul 2022
by David Vass
Jodie Comer's star is resolutely in the ascendant at the moment, having been propelled there by her leading role as the chameleon Villanelle in Killing Eve. An actor that has made her name as a… read more
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