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A RAre double bill of Early Stoppard superbly performed
20th Mar 2026
by David Vass
Director Paul Baker has gathered his A team together for Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound with some of the finest acting talent RoughCast Theatre Company has to offer. The play is a typical Stoppard,… read more
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Life Before You Grips thoughout
5th Mar 2026
by David Vass
The Corn Hall has recently hosted a number of bold productions, thanks to its continued and laudable commitment to live theatre. Once every so often, however, a show comes along that is on another level,… read more
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McNish and Wright Fill the Corn Hall
28th Feb 2026
by David Vass
There wasn't an empty seat in the house for a double bill of poetry at the Corn, with folk coming from far and wide to listen to Luke Wright and Holly McNish present their latest… read more
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Obama's Elf has only seven teeth
21st Feb 2026
by David Vass
For many people, not least Ben Langley himself judging by his website, he's best known for his misheard lyrics routine on Britain's Got Talent. For me, his TV career highlight was appearing in an entirely… read more
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The Last of Jarman
13th Feb 2026
by David Vass
Mark Farrelly has carved out a niche for himself, portraying troubled souls in a series of one-man plays, exploring lives that range from Quentin Crisp to Frankie Howerd. Last year he came to the Corn… read more
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Murder, he deconstructed
31st Jan 2026
by David Vass
Tim Benzie has watched every episode of Murder, She Wrote, and has done so repeatedly, largely so we don't have to. The end result of this selfless act is Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote, a joyous celebration of a… read more
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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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