The Essence of Audrey

Date: Thursday 10th July 2025

Show Time: 7.30pm

Ticket cost: £15 (adult) / £10 under 16*

 

Written & performed by Helen Anker

Directed by Michael Vivian Audrey Hepburn.

 

 

Have you ever wondered what is behind the seemingly idyllic life of Audrey Hepburn?

 

She was, and continues to be, an inspiration. A beautiful, modest actress, and Ambassador of UNICEF. Audrey proved to be one of those rare people who truly deserved ‘fashion icon’ status, but what made her into the star we think we know?

 

In The Essence of Audrey she shares her successes and failures, her triumphs and disappointments, confronting her anxieties and fears and finding the truth she’s never been able to voice before. Glimpse behind the icon in this new biopic play written and performed by Helen Anker.

 

Helen Anker has appeared in many shows in the West End and on Broadway, and in numerous regional productions including Crazy for You, Cats, Oklahoma, Beautiful and Damned, The 39 Steps, My Fair Lady, Mamma Mia! and The Prom. She is excited to share her one woman play about the life of Audrey Hepburn with you, which she wrote and created herself during lockdown.

 

The Corn Hall is pleased to welcome back, Giles Shenton Productions

 

If you have access requirements, please contact the Box Office on 01379 652241 (between 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday) to complete your booking. This allows us to ensure that your visit is as comfortable as possible. We have a limit on how many wheelchair spaces we can safely accommodate so these need to be reserved in advance.

 

As a charity we rely on donations to help cover the cost of delivering our programme of exhibitions, events, our community activities such as our Dementia Café, Arts Award, Saturday Club, Tots Tuesdays, Start With Art, as well as supporting our core costs. We ask you to support The Corn Hall with a donation, so that we can continue to be a creative community hub for Diss. Whatever the donation, anything from £1 to £10,000, is support that The Corn Hall didn't have until you very kindly gave it to us. We offer you a very warm thank you.

 

 

 

*not including booking fees