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Luke Wright’s Stand-Up Poetry Club
9th Jun 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Another six months have rolled by since the last time we had a night of performance poetry at the Corn Hall, but it proved to be worth the wait, with a selection of new poems… read more
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Young Reviewer thinks Water Babies is fantastic
20th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
"It was about a little boy who did work up a chimney, his boss forced him to do it. He jumped into the sea because his life was just work. But when he jumped into… read more
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Wednesday's film is a gloriously cinematic rollercoaster ride
18th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Murder on the Orient Express Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel is a big budget, gloriously cinematic, giddy rollercoaster ride of a movie. A nostalgic indulgence that is not just for a… read more
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Get Out! - an intelligent thriller says reviewer David Vass
4th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
It’s a truism that the characters in thrillers frequently act irrationally, leaving their frustrated audience mute with impotent rage. All we want them to do is get out, yet they rarely follow this advice. Jordan… read more
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Eastern Angles latest play is powerful and moving
4th May 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Eastern Angles have something of a reputation for cannily focusing on regional topics which nonetheless touch on universal themes. In Nicola Werenowska’s Guesthouse, the company uses the device of a struggling B&B in Clacton to… read more
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Oscar & BAFTA winning film is a beautifully photographed love letter to Northern Italy
27th Apr 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Call Me By Your Name Set during a hot and seemingly endless summer, this beautifully photographed film is a love letter to Northern Italy, telling the minutely observed story of Elio, a grumpy teenager played… read more
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Julius Caesar from National Theatre a hit
14th Apr 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Shakespeare’s essay on political expediency and the fragility of power is notoriously difficult to stage effectively. With an early exit for its eponymous lead, and the closing scenes largely taken up by folk shouting and… read more
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RoughCast Theatre - a bold and comedic Measure for Measure
19th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Despite Shakespeare’s prodigious output, only a relatively small number of his plays are regularly performed, so Roughcast are to be commended for tackling one of his trickiest, problematic plays, and for making such good sense… read more
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A preview of The Party, screening this Wednesday
18th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Sally Potter’s first film since 2012 voyeuristically takes a peek at a group of self-satisfied, champagne socialists, as they tear lumps out of each other in an increasingly farcical, middle-class nightmare of social niceties,  acid… read more
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This Wednesday's film - Goodbye Christopher Robin - previewed
12th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Anyone expecting a sugar-coated period drama needs to approach this film with caution. Director Simon Curtis has instead delivered something altogether more substantial and troubling. Based on local author, Ann Thwaite’s biography of A A… read more
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