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Conn Artists seduce their Corn Hall audience
9th Mar 2025
by David Vass
Attempting to adapt a novel as complex and involving as Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd for the stage is certainly ambitious, almost to the point of being foolhardy. It should come as no surprise… read more
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Mark Farrelly brings Patrick Hamilton to life
14th Feb 2025
by David Vass
Is Patrick Hamilton the most successful writer you've never heard of? The author of a string of best-selling novels in the 1930s that have now largely been forgotten, even his ground breaking plays Rope and… read more
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Best Friends soothe a Little Bawl of Pain
24th Jan 2025
by David Vass
West End Best Friend Productions came all the way across the country from Birmingham's Old Joint Stock Theatre to present A Little Bawl of Pain, an evening of tearjerkers at the Corn Hall, the second… 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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The Open Space of the Deep Blue Sea
29th Nov 2024
by David Vass
More than any other local theatre group, Open Space focuses on classic texts, favouring writers such as Anton Chekov, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams.  In doing so they set themselves the considerable challenge of doing… read more
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An Inspired Folly from Roughcast Theatre
22nd Nov 2024
by David Vass
George Bernard Shaw's tale of Eliza Dolittle's transformation has undergone so many iterations over the years that the themes and tone of the original play have been obscured, it not lost. Even the version of… read more
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A Haunting performance from Thom Bailey Theatre
26th Oct 2024
by David Vass
With Halloween only a week away Thom Bailey Theatre arrives just in time to scare the pants off the Corn Hall’s audience with four strange tales, based on East Anglian history and folk law. Reminiscent… read more
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An Uncommonly good ghost story
4th Oct 2024
by David Vass
The uncommon thing about a Common Ground production is that you never quite know what you're going to get, not just in substance but in tone. It will most likely be written and directed by… 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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Luke Wright brings Joy to Diss
21st Sep 2024
by David Vass
Luke Wright has appeared at the Corn Hall countless times with performances ranging from Poetry Nights, where new material is road tested in an informal setting, to the masterful long form trilogy of Johnny Bevan,… read more
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