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Ed Entertains
10th Jan 2026
by David Vass
I’m still not sure whether I’ve just attended a comedy night headlined by Ed Byrne, or an Ed Byrne show with not one, but two, support acts. Either way, it attracted a full house which,… read more
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There's something fishy about Common Ground
9th Jan 2026
by David Vass
It's that time of year again, when Common Ground Theatre - erudite and accomplished adapters of Poe, Coleridge, Dickens and Dostoevsky - go ever so slightly bonkers with a post-Christmas show that is rarely troubled… read more
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The Verdict is in
1st Dec 2025
by David Vass
The Raconteur Theatre Company examines capital punishment by dramatizing the cases of five women hanged over a fifty-year period. Annie Marler's text imagines all of the executions were presided over by Mr Pierrepont, the timespan… read more
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haunting notes, Pizzicato strings
23rd Nov 2025
by David Vass
The early eighties will be forever known as the era of big hair, shoulder pads, legwarmers, New Romantic synth pop, MTV, brick-sized mobile phones and the romance of the century. Though some may judge that… read more
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Now and then we get a gem of a play
14th Nov 2025
by David Vass
Giles Shenton Productions have visited the Corn Hall several times over the years, and can always be relied upon to offer up well staged, thought-provoking shows. Flo' Smith Now and Then must rate as one… read more
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Open Space paint a picture of a young Dutch artist
13th Nov 2025
by David Vass
Nicolas Wright's sneaky relocation of Van Gogh's lodgings from Stockwell to Brixton must have triggered presumptions of urban grit for an audience in the noughties, when Vincent in Brixton was first performed at the National.… read more
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Hair raising magic from the Great Baldini
1st Nov 2025
by David Vass
I can honestly say I've waited years for the Great Baldini to visit Diss - he knows why - and his show at the Corn Hall certainly delivered on the promise of jolly, knockabout fun… read more
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Bona polari from Apollo Theatre
25th Oct 2025
by David Vass
In the mid to late sixties television was starting to dominate home entertainment. Around the Horne, far from being part of the so-called swinging sixties, was effectively the last hurrah for radio comedy. To modern… read more
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High Tide offers even more frights
14th Oct 2025
by David Vass
Last year, I was fortunate enough to attend the second iteration of HighTide's trio of supernatural tales at the spookily evocative Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds, so I came to this third outing with… read more
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A company that Grows with every performance
11th Oct 2025
by David Vass
Adapting a nineteenth-century novella about wallpaper for the stage might seem an odd choice of source material, but that would be to reckon without the considerable talent of the author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow… read more
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