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Art
- The Joys of Start With Art!
- Mike Webb Exhibition Launches at The Corn Hall
- Start with Art gets ship-shape, inspired by James Dodds
- Time with Friends: August
- Start with Art! with some Awesome Owls, Swirling Otters and very Creative IMPs
- Start with Art! #NationalLottery25
- A Splash of Colour with IMPS: Abstract Expressionism
- Follow the Lost Boys, Hoist the Jolly Roger and Look Out for Captain Hook.
- Arts Award News
- Ruby Watkinson: Work Experience Review
- Ruby Whitehouse: My Work Experience at the Corn Hall 2019
- We are Persimmon Community Champions!
- ARTS AWARD STUDENTS TAKE A STAND
- Local children explore the world of Winnie the Witch at the Corn Hall
- Have a go at weaving memories over half term- Bring your own materials!
- The Corn Hall galleries relaunch with Past Present Future and Nicola Hockley
- Mermaid and Sea Monster craft workshop at DC3 this morning
- Creative Collaboration on Wind Back Time Project
- Free Figure Drawing at Keeper’s Daughter Rehearsal
- Felix Tooth Exhibition
Arts Award
- Don’t wait for the world to change – ACT NOW!
- Tom and Bunny Save The World – A review by Lissy Mapes Graham
- The Pantaloons inventive reworking of The Odyssey is a triumph!
- ‘Tom and Bunny Save the World’ Review by Roisin
- ‘Tom and Bunny Save the World’ Review – By Malachy
- TOM and BUNNY SAVE the WORLD. A review by Elvis
- TOM & BUNNY SAVE THE WORLD Review
- TOM AND BUNNY SAVE THE WORLD THE MUSICAL!
- ARTS AWARD STUDENTS AT THE CORN HALL VOLUNTEER WITH PETE’S FAMILY JAM AT OUR SATURDAY CLUB
- Have you tried wolf tail soup? Our three little pigs thought it was delicious…!
- Arts Award students make a ‘spectacle’ of themselves!
- Arts Awards Students Near Completion
- Our Technical Bronze Arts Award begins
- Share your memories of Diss
- Introducing The Keeper’s Daughter
- Wind Back Time – A Community Project
- Arts Awards Students and Big Draw 2016
Comedy
- Shaparak Khorsandi delights her audience with gentle good humour and salacious anecdotes
- Mark Watson finally finds out that Diss Exists
- Gary Delaney makes a triumphal return to Diss
- Elvis McGonagall returns to the Corn Hall as funny, and as angry, as ever
- The Killer Question answered in this funny, inventive mystery
- Arthur Smith headlines a cracking evening of merriment.
- The Gentlemen is a Exuberant, Labyrinthine Romp
- Live Theatre returns to Diss with The Handlebards’s Romeo and Juliet
- Dom Joly shares his holiday snaps with Diss
- Horrible Histories is a fun packed romp through Roman Britain
- John Hegley certainly knows his potatoes
- Boothby Graffoe headlines the strongest comedy line up for months
- A Triumphant Return for Common Ground’s Sherlock Holmes
- A triumphant and life affirming return for Paul Sinha
- Yesterday is a funny, feelgood film that will delight fans of Richard Curtis’s very particular brand of film making
- Gary Delaney brings down the house with his Gagsters Paradise show
- January Comedy Club had a packed house cheering with laughter
- Enter the Dragon – weird and wonderful but David Vass wants more like this
- David Vass reviews Corn Hall Comedy
- Young Marx – A Preview
- Great Family Fun – Aladdin at the Corn Hall
- Audiences are loving Aladdin!
- Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles on the Future – a review
- Griff Rhys Jones – Where was I?
- Corn Hall Comedy Club – A Review
- Luke Wright’s Stay-at-Home Dandy – a review
- Henning Wehn – Eins Zwei DIY – a review
- Marcus Brigstocke: Je M’accuse – I Am Marcus – a review
Diss
- Women of Troy – a Corn Hall steward’s review
- The Corn Hall Café Raises £3140 for Ukraine
- The Corn Hall appoints new CEO
- Hazel O’Connor held her audience spellbound
- The Dave Thomas Big Blues Band delivers a masterclass in classic Chicago blues
- A riotous performance of Peter Pan is captured by a drawing soldier
- The Corn Hall Presents Diss in WWI
- Next Wednesday’s film – The Shape of Water – is a modern fairy tale that is both startling and uplifting
- Bethany Crow’s review of Life on the Deben
- Rowan Whittington Reviews Life on the Deben
- Gary Oldman’s Oscar winning performance invests the character of Churchill with doubt, humanity and righteous anger – Darkest Hour Preview
Family
- A superbly staged production that is both ambitious and original
- A Magically Nostalgic Evening with Dad’s Army
- Start With Art! returns with wonderful weaving
- The Corn Hall unlocks with an evening celebrating local talent
- War Horse – one of the best known, and best loved, theatrical productions of this century.
- David Copperfield is very funny, breathlessly energetic and endlessly imaginative
- Red Shoes is a Marvellous Spectacle full of glamour and romance
- Little Women breathes new life into into the Classic Novel
- The Crow’s Tale was charming, imaginative, and delightful
- Judy is Zellweger’s chameleon like transformation makes this her movie from beginning to end
- J D King’s Elvis – here soon!
- Mary Poppins flies into the Corn Hall this Wednesday
- A Right Royal Draw-Along with Nick Sharratt, The Cat and The King, Timothy Pope and Tracy Beaker
- Young Reviewer thinks Water Babies is fantastic
- String Theatre’s inventive mix of puppetry and magic lantern entranced audience
- Community Choir continuing due to popular demand
- Sour Puss – A magical performance according to our young reviewer
- THE JUNGLE BOOK (PG) – A Preview
- A Review: Saturday Club – Nick Cope
- Bolognaise, beautiful buildings and brilliantly crafted children’s theatre
Film
- Benedict Cumberbatch gives an electrifying performance
- Almodóvar is on top form with his latest film
- Death on the Nile is a sumptuously filmed romp
- Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a spellbinding masterpiece
- A return to form for the King’s Man
- Dune is an extraordinary, spectacular visual treat
- After Love is a stunning debut
- No Time to Die proves well worth the wait
- The Courier is a Ripping Yarn – but is so much more as well
- Promising Young Woman is an engaging, thought provoking and gripping examination of date rape.
- First Cow is a triumph of gentle story telling
- Sound of Metal – a moving and heartfelt film
- Parasite is meticulously plotted, perfectly cast, and hugely entertaining
- 1917 is a thrilling, spell-binding triumph
- The Peanut Butter Falcon is a delightful buddy movie that plucks on your heartstrings
- Bait is a true original in both form and content
- Pain and Glory is a Stunning return to form for Pedro Almodóvar
- Downton Abbey film – a lavishly produced treat for the series many fans
- Rocketman – screening tomorrow – is bold, imaginative and original
- The Keeper – a watchable, engaging story of hope & humanity triumphing over bitter resentment
- Cast your prejudices aside, you’ll be cheering over this heart-warming tale with family, East Anglia & wrestling at its heart
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? – you will, after seeing next week’s hugely enjoyable film
- Green Book – in spite of its hard hitting subject matter – is an absolute delight from beginning to end
- Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie give powerful performances as the rivals in next week’s Wednesday film
- All is True – Branagh & Dench are magnificent in this film which seeks to explain the great mystery of why Shakespeare retired so suddenly
- Stan & Ollie – next Wednesday’s film – is a warm, affectionate delight
- The Favourite – screening next Wednesday – is an eccentric, intriguing delight from beginning to end
- Ryan Gosling is excellent as Neil Armstrong in next Wednesday’s film, First Man
- Wednesday 15 May – your chance to see one of the best films ever made
- Next Wednesday: Bohemian Rhapsody – with a roster of superb concert recreations – is hugely enjoyable
- Lady Gaga CAN act – See her in ‘A Star is Born’
- Next Wednesday’s film – a master class in screen acting that is as enjoyable as it is compelling
- Stranger than fiction, Wednesday’s film BlacKkKlansman, is probably the best Spike Lee film in 20 years
- Hotel Salvation – anyone who has spent time with an ageing parent will find much that is achingly resonant.
- East Anglian film premiere brought to life George Butterworth – a man who might have become one of Britain’s foremost composers
- A stellar cast makes The King of Thieves by far the best and most poignant cinema version of the Hatton Garden heist
- Cold War – A sweeping, yet oddly intimate love story
- Fire your imagination at ARCADIA!
- Next Wednesday’s film, The Happy Prince, has a message which is ultimately positive
- Journey’s End – the Wednesday film – is a quietly magnificent – and hugely respectful – testament to those we must not forget.
- Wednesday film – part comedy, part travelogue, part mystery, part romance – will delight fans of Downton Abbey
- Lady Bird – next Wednesday’s film – features superb performances
- I, Tonya – An absorbing tale that is both tragic and hilarious
- Next Wednesday’s film – literate, profane and very clever.
- Authentic and truthful, A Fantastic Woman holds a mirror up to society
- Christopher Plummer – a brilliant performance as cantankerous Getty in next Wednesday’s film
- This Wednesday’s film – heart-warming and beautifully judged
- In Between – David Vass previews this Wednesday’s film
- Wednesday’s film is a gloriously cinematic rollercoaster ride
- This Wednesday’s film will keep you gripped until it’s surprising conclusion
- Get Out! – an intelligent thriller says reviewer David Vass
- Oscar & BAFTA winning film is a beautifully photographed love letter to Northern Italy
- This Wednesday – Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool is refreshing and authentic, says David Vass
- Paddington 2 wins over our reviewer, David Vass
- A preview of The Party, screening this Wednesday
- This Wednesday’s film – Goodbye Christopher Robin – previewed
- Wednesday film preview – La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
- Churchill – A preview of the Wednesday film
- A preview of Wednesday film – A Man Called Ove
- My Cousin Rachel – a preview
- Dunkirk – A Preview
- The Sense of an Ending – A Preview
- Baby Driver – A preview
- Lady Macbeth Review
- I am Not Your Negro (12) – A Preview
- Denial (12A) – A Preview
- Moonlight (15)- A Preview
- Their Finest (12A) – A Preview
- The Viceroy’s House (12A) – A Preview
- BARRY LYNDON (PG) – A Preview
- THE SALESMAN (12) – A Preview
- Hidden Figures (PG) – A Preview
- Manchester By The Sea (15) – A Preview
- NOTES ON BLINDNESS (U) – A Preview
- Toni Erdman (15) – A Preview
- T2 Trainspotting – A Preview
- Flying Scotsman (15) – A Preview
- Under the Shadow (15) – A Preview
- LA LA LAND (12A) – A PREVIEW
- Our Kind of Traitor (15) – A Preview
- A United Kingdom (12A) – A Preview
- A Street Cat Named Bob – A Preview
- ALLIED (15) – A Preview
- Julieta (15) – A Preview
- SULLY: MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (12A) – A PREVIEW
- FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (12A) – A Preview
- I, Daniel Blake (15) – A Preview
- The Girl with All the Gifts (15) – A Preview
- The Queen of Katwe (PG) – A Preview
- Bridget Jones’s Baby (15) – A Preview
- Kubo and the Two Strings (PG) – a preview
- Departure (15) – A Preview
Fredricks Cafe
- Job Opportunities with Fredricks at the Corn Hall
Heritage
- Thomas Paine play was sometimes melancholy, frequently moving, and ultimately life affirming.
- LECTURE ON WORLD WAR ONE ART WAS ENTERTAINING, EDUCATING, AND ENRICHING
live entertainment
- Roughcast’s rumbustious romp of A Midsummer Night’s Dream features a scene-stealing, marvellously exuberant Bottom
Luke Wright
- Luke Wright’s Stand-Up Poetry – a night of great pleasure
- Luke Wright’s latest show – Poet Laureate – is unusually thoughtful and moving
- Luke Wright’s Stand Up Poetry Club presented a compelling contrast of talent
- Luke Wright & Mike Garry mesmerised at June Poetry Club
Music
- Catfish thrill audience after a two year wait
- Black is the Color of my Voice plays to a full house
- Britten Sinfonia brings a World Premiere to our doorstep
- Kathryn Tickell lights up the Corn Hall with the Darkening
- Ezio thrill the Corn Hall audience with a cracking gig packed with fan favourites
- The Corn Hall reopens with a celebration of protest and song
- The Blues Band are better than ever in concert & on their new album
- Singer ,Georgia Mancio delighted Diss Jazz Club with her interpretation of songs by Tom Jobim
- ‘Royalty’ at the Corn Hall in the shape of Paul Jones & Dave Kelly!
- 4 star review of ‘The Mariner’ Common Ground’s latest production – coming 26 Oct
- David Vass enjoys reliving the many hits of The Kinks
- Toyah – Up Close & Personal at the Corn Hall
- Townsend Productions latest is another hit with our reviewer, David Vass
- A Review: Lady Maisery
- Kast off Kinks – a review
- Electric Swing Circus – a review
- The Will Pound Band – a review
Open Space Theatre Company
- Open Space’s Browning Version – their finest ever
Refurbishment
- Refurbishment Update by Lucy Kayne
- Lucy Kayne documents the refurbishment
Review
- THE REMAINS OF LOGAN DANKWORTH Completes Luke Wright’s stunning trilogy
- Another chance to see Fleabag on the big screen – it’s a terrifically entertaining showcase for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s considerable talents
- Old Herbaceous – a night at the theatre that was a delight from beginning to end
- Gillian Anderson and Lily James – superb in the National Theatre live screening of All About Eve
- Super Happy Story – genuinely good theatre with real emotional impact
- Allelujah! – something to celebrate!
- David Vass is swept away with the surprisingly moving new production of The King and I
- Common Ground’s, The Mariner demonstrates just how good a touring company can be
- Luke Wright’s Stand-Up Poetry Club
- Eastern Angles latest play is powerful and moving
- Review of Open Space production of Dancing at Lughnasa
- Julius Caesar from National Theatre a hit
- RoughCast Theatre – a bold and comedic Measure for Measure
- Dan Cruickshank – from heartbreaking destruction of Palmyra to the delights of Diss
- A woman of no importance review
- Suddenly Last Summer at Wingfield Barns – A Preview
- Team Viking review
- Michael Portillo at the Corn Hall
- The Old Curiosity Shop review
- Finding Joy – A Review
- Dr Phil’s Health Revolution – A Review
- Professor Robert Winston – A Review
- A Review: Burton by Gwynne Edwards
- See How They Run – A Preview
Screening
- ROH broadcasts – COVID-19 update
- Present Laughter – Andrew Scott’s brilliant performance in the National Theatre’s Production makes Noel Coward’s play sparkle
- NT’s Antony & Cleopatra next Thursday is packed with enough intrigue to fill a mini-series
- ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (12A) – A PREVIEW
Staff
- Paul Howling 1963-2020
- Work Experience at The Corn Hall
- Welcome to our Arts and Heritage Outreach Officer
- Getting your Board on board!
- The Corn Hall welcomes new Technical Manager
Theatre
- Jodie Comer’s stunning stage debut
- The National Theatre Returns to the Corn Hall
- Unfolding Theatre Breaks Bread with the people of Diss
- The Bard Of Bungay returns to Diss
- Something wicked this way came
- Sadie Clark fascinating look at Solo Theatre comes to the Corn Hall
- A View From the Bridge marks Open Space’s triumphal return to the stage
- Common Grounds handsome adaptation of Dostoevsky is a bold triumph
- Hollie McNish signals the triumphant return of Luke Wright’s Poetry evenings
- The Pantaloons Master one of Shakespeare’s Greatest Tragedies
- In Loyal Company – a masterpiece of war storytelling
- David Vass talks to Ian Ruskin about his play Thomas Paine’s To Begin the World Over – performed at the Corn Hall on Thursday 9 May
- In an age of zero hour contracts and offshore sweatshops, Townsend productions provide a timely reminder of how effectively historical drama can resonate with the issues of today.
- The Wandering Spectre – An Update
- Dare Devil Rides to Jarama – A Review
- A Strange Wild Song by Rhum and Clay – a review
- Bleak House – The Pantaloons Theatre Company – a review
Training
- Elliot Grayston Work Experience At The Corn Hall
- Joseph Grayston Has Enjoyable Time During Work Experience Week At The Corn Hall
Uncategorised
- Tim Holt-Wilson discusses the elephant in the room
- John Illsley brings the Songs of Dire Straits to DIss
- Banham Zoo Meerkats enjoy new toys made at The Corn Hall
- Start with Art! Inspired by current exhibition
- Open Space’s welcome reminder of Russian culture
- Mothering Sunday is a day no one will forget
- A stunning drama that resonated with universal truths
- The Big Give is now on – donate before midday on December 7th!
- Maggi Hambling visits the Corn Hall
- Julius Caesar by Silas Tooth
- Spring Flowers and Little Dewdrops
- TOM AND BUNNY SAVE THE WORLD THE MUSICAL…
- The Hilarious World of James Campbell… yes everyone thought it was really hilarious.
- Alice Lee Bird Colouring- In Days
- Diss Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers demonstrate and exhibit at the Corn Hall
- Families – stuck for something to do over Half Term? Come to the Corn Hall!
- Edna tells Grace her stories about Diss
- Wind Back Time Event
Word
- A Review: Luke Wright – The Toll
work experience
- Wonderful Work Experience!

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