Box Office: 01379 652241

DISS • NORFOLK

Tag: David Vass reviews

A Magically Nostalgic Evening with Dad's Army
3rd Sep 2021
by David Vass
Back in the 70s it was not uncommon for a successful TV show to be adapted for the radio, and Dad’s Army was no exception. David Benson’s and Jack Lane’s audacious idea was to replicate… read more
Posted in Family, Theatre
Tags: , ,

Ezio thrill the Corn Hall audience with a cracking gig packed with fan favourites
23rd May 2021
by David Vass
This was the third is a series of gigs presented by English Folk Expo at the Corn Hall. Notionally a folk artist, Ezio is at the rockier end of the spectrum, with a sound that… read more
Posted in Music
Tags: , , , ,

The Corn Hall reopens with a celebration of protest and song
20th May 2021
by David Vass
Presented as part of the of  N&N festival, The People’s Cabaret is a work in progress, with this premier intended as seed corn from which a bigger, bolder event will emerge through community involvement. We… read more
Posted in Music, Theatre
Tags: , , , ,

The Gentlemen is a Exuberant, Labyrinthine Romp
14th Oct 2020
by David Vass
After dipping his toe into family friendly films, Guy Ritchie returns to what he does best with The Gentlemen. The film is a scabrous, exuberant romp, with a labyrinthine plot that will have your head… read more
Posted in Comedy, Film
Tags: , , , ,

David Copperfield is very funny, breathlessly energetic and endlessly imaginative
8th Oct 2020
by David Vass
Armando Iannucci’s exuberant adaptation of David Copperfield opens with our eponymous hero telling his life story to a rapt audience in Bury St Edmund’s Theatre Royal. What follows is a joyous romp around East Anglia,… read more
Posted in Family, Film, Uncategorised
Tags: , , ,

Parasite is meticulously plotted, perfectly cast, and hugely entertaining
4th Oct 2020
by David Vass
Parasite is deservedly the first foreign language film to win an Oscar for best film. It is meticulously plotted, perfectly cast, and hugely entertaining, Bong Joon-ho won two more, for direction and script, along with… read more
Posted in Film
Tags: , , , ,

Red Shoes is a Marvellous Spectacle full of glamour and romance
30th Sep 2020
by David Vass
Michael Powell's masterful adaptation of a Hans Christian Anderson story famously inspired Mathew Bourne to enter the world of dance, and his adaptation of the film is full of the glamour, romance and creativity that… read more
Posted in Family, Review, Theatre
Tags: , , , , ,

1917 is a thrilling, spell-binding triumph
23rd Sep 2020
by David Vass
Much has been made of the technical brilliance of Sam Mendes’s 1917. This is a film that takes place in real time, with the camera seemingly following soldiers Schofield and Blake in a single unbroken… read more
Posted in Film
Tags: , , , ,

Live Theatre returns to Diss with The Handlebards’s Romeo and Juliet
20th Sep 2020
by David Vass
It was a slimmed down version of the Handlebards that entertained people in the park, as part of the Corn Hall’s continuing efforts to reintroduce live theatre to Diss. Fortunately, what the company lacked in… read more
Posted in Comedy, Family, Theatre
Tags: , , , , , ,

Little Women breathes new life into into the Classic Novel
16th Sep 2020
by David Vass
Louisa May Alcott’s book has been adapted many times, and as recently as the mid-nineties, so Greta Gerwig had to bring something very special to the screen in order to justify yet one more retelling… read more
Posted in Family, Film, Review
Tags: , , , , , , ,