corn hall programme oct 15

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First, huge thanks to you, our audience, for supporting our first season of On Tour events. So far,we’ve had excellent numbers and great feedback. We’ve also been making new friends andcontacts and are loving working with our new venue partners. In fact, some things have workedso well – in particular the outdoor theatre – we may even continue them after all the work on theCorn Hall is done. If you haven’t been into our On Tour box office in DesignerMakers@21, across the road from theCorn Hall, do pop in and see us – and all their lovely things!We have lots of enticing events to keep you busy over the winter months and, with 14 venuesacross the area – from Wortham to Brockdish and Garboldisham to Botesdale – there’s sure tobe some great entertainment right on your doorstep!Music has always been a key part of our programme, so I’m delighted that while we’re On Tour,we’re still able to present acts of the calibre of: BBC Folk Singer of the Year Award 2014, LucyWard and her band; The Roving Crows, named Best Live Act in the Spiral Earth Music Awards2014; The Sounds of Simon, the UK’s leading tribute to Simon and Garfunkel and, to get youinto the Christmas spirit, the enormously warm and funny Something Happened.With fantastic theatre, top comedians and stand-up poets, fabulous children’s events,engaging workshops and our hand-picked selection of the very best films, there are plenty ofreasons to hitch a ride with the Corn Hall On Tour.But there’s lots going on right in Diss too! In October, come and sample some of the wonderfulrange and quality of locally-produced food and drink during the Diss Food, Drink & MusicFestival (see p 5). And on Saturday 28th November, there’ll be an entire day of festivities towelcome in Christmas. Head along to the St Nicholas Winter Fayre in the Heritage Triangle andstay on to enjoy the Christmas Lights Switch-On and live entertainment in the Market Square.

Angela Sykes, Diss Corn Hall Manager


DATE VENUE EVENT TIME PAGE

Sat 3 Oct Hoxne Village Hall Lucy Ward Band 7.30pm 4

Wed 7 Oct Diss High School Far from the Madding Crowd (12A) 7.30pm 4

Thur 8-Sun 11 Oct

Diss Market& Heritage Triangle Diss Food, Beer & Music Festival Various 5

Thur 8-Sat 10 Oct Roydon Village Hall Under Milk Wood – Mere Players 7.30pm 5

Sat 10 Oct Park Hotel Pathways to Screenwriting Workshop 10am-1pm 6

Wed 14 Oct Diss High School Girlhood (15) 7.30pm 6

Sat 17 Oct DesignerMakers@21 Silver Clay Workshop 10am-12pm 6

Sat 17 &24 Oct DesignerMakers@21 The Big Draw Various 7

Sat 24 Oct Garboldisham Village Hall The Roving Crows 8pm 7

Wed 28 Oct Diss High School The Goob (18) 7.30pm 7

Sat 31 Oct Botesdale Village Hall Saturday Club – IMPS Halloween Make and Play 10 or 11.15am 8

Sat 31 Oct Brockdish Village Hall The Poisoner’s Pact – Stuff of Dreams 7.30pm 8

Wed 4 Nov DesignerMakers@21 Greeting Card Making Workshop 10am-12.30pm 9

Wed 4 Nov Diss High School Mr Holmes (PG) 7.30pm 9

Fri 13 Nov Scole Inn Stand Up Poetry Club – with Luke Wright 8pm 9

Sat 14 Nov Palgrave Community Centre Saturday Club – Nick Cope 2pm 10

Wed 18 Nov Diss High School Amy (15) 7.30pm 10

Thur 19 Nov Eye Town Hall Uncle Vanya – Open Space Theatre Company 7.30pm 10

Sat 21 Nov Garboldisham Village Hall The Sounds of Simon 7.30pm 11

Wed 25 Nov Diss High School Slow West (15) 7.30pm 11

Thur 26 Nov Diss High School Midsummer Night’s Dream – The HandleBards 7.30pm 12

Fri 27 Nov Diss Rugby Club Corn Hall Comedy Club – on tour 8pm 12

Sat 28 Nov Heritage Triangle St Nicholas Fayre & Diss Christmas Lights 11am-7pm 13

Wed 2 Dec DesignerMakers@21 Book Folding with a Christmas Theme 10am-12.30pm 13

Sat 5 Dec Wortham Village Hall Something Happened at Christmas 7.30pm 13

Wed 9 Dec DesignerMakers@21 Christmas Wreath Making Workshop 10am-12.30pm 14

Thur 10 Dec Hoxne Village Hall A Christmas Carol – Spinning Wheel 7.30pm 14

Sat 19 Dec Palgrave Community Centre IMPS Christmas Make & Play 10 or 11.15am 14

Category Colour Key Film Family Theatre Art /Craft Comedy Music Festival Fair Word

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BOX OFFICE 01379 65224110am-4pm every day except Tuesday and SundayOpposite the Corn Hall at DesignerMakers@21, 21 St Nicholas St, Diss IP22 4LB www.disscornhall.co.uk email: [email protected]

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After winning the BBC Radio 2 Folk Horizon Award2012 and being nominated for BBC Folk Singer ofthe Year Award 2014, Lucy Ward is now establishedas one of the UK’s top folk performers delightingaudiences with her beautiful voice, the originality ofher songs and her warm stage persona.

Tonight, joined by a band of stellar musicians she iscelebrating her latest release I Dreamt I Was a Bird,available from 2 October.

‘Britfolk’s most vibrant and forthright new youngtalent’ MOJO

‘Inspiring’ Billy Bragg

www.lucywardsings.com

@lucywardsings

Lucy Ward Band

Saturday 3 October 7.30pm / Doors 7pmHoxne Village Hall, IP21 5AN Tickets £12

Music

“Britfolk’s most vibrant

new young talent”

October

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, UK/USA,2015, 119 minsWith Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts,Michael Sheen, Sam Phillips

David Nicholls’s screenplay beautifully distilsthe life and loves of headstrong BathshebaEverdene (a fine and mercurial performanceby Mulligan), as she juggles with three verydifferent suitors: a simple and honest sheepfarmer (Schoenaerts), a handsome andreckless sergeant (Phillips), and a prosperousand mature bachelor (Sheen). Exploring theextraordinary resilience of the human spirit,this is a faithful yet imaginative reworking ofThomas Hardy’s timeless classic.

Wednesday 7 October 7.30pmDiss High SchoolTickets £5 / Under 18s £2.50

Far from theMadding Crowd (12A)

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Diss has a great variety of restaurants, pubs and food outlets, and themarket square has been hosting a regular weekly market for over 500years but between the 2-11 October, there’ll be even more reasons tocome into Diss! Here are just some of the events arranged so far. For more informationabout these and additional events, special offers and local menus, visitwww.disscornhall.co.uk or www.disscouncil.com.

Friday 9 October 8am-3pm – bumper Diss Friday Market with more stalls offering a widevariety of products.Noon-5pm – local produce stalls, food-tasting and beer festival inNorfolk House Yard, off St Nicholas Street. Come and explore thedelightful shopping courtyards, sample some excellent, locally producedfood and wash them down with a range of eminently quaffable alesheadlined by the award-winning Grain Brewery. 5pm-10pm – The beer festival continues accompanied by live folk music!

Saturday 10 October9am-1pm – an extra special Diss Farmers Market From 11am – Food demonstrations in The Boilerhouse,Norfolk House YardNoon-10pm – Beer festival with live music and delicious food continues.

Sunday 11 OctoberHave Brunch at the Boilerhouse.Go to www.theboilerhousediss.co.uk for times, menus and prices.Part of the Waveney Valley Food & Drink Festival 2 -11 October

Diss Food, Beer & Music FestivalFestival

By Dylan Thomas

This funny and saucyproduction combines wordsand music as you journeythrough the village ofLlareggub, meeting itsquirky yet oddly familiarinhabitants. Licensed bar.Doors open at 7pm.

www.mereplayers.com

Thur 8-Sat 10 October7.30pmRoydon Village Hall,IP22 5RB Tickets £9

Mere Players present

UnderMilk Wood

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“an originalmust-see act”

October

An introductory workshop for people who are keen to develop acareer in screen-writing, designed and run by professional writersand tutors – Christabelle Dilks (ex Channel 4 commissioner) andMichael Lengsfield (UEA) - with extensive experience in thecreative industries and TV drama commissioning.

If you are serious aboutwriting but don’t reallyknow how to structureyour work or whatproducers, agents andcommissioners arelooking for, then thissubsidised workshopcould be for you.

write2screen presents

Pathways to Screenwriting

Saturday 10 October 10am-1pm Park Hotel, DissCost £10 only 20 places

Workshop

Directed by Céline Sciamma, France, 2014, 113 mins, subtitledWith Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh

Céline Sciamma, directing her own screenplay, tells the story ofa girl who joins a gang to escape her family, friends andneighbourhood. She changesher name, how she acts andlooks, trying to gain a sense ofself confidence in the process.Set in the lower class suburbsof France, Girlhood is as much asensory journey as an emotionalone. ‘A coming-of-age classic’The Daily Telegraph.

Girlhood (15)

Wednesday 14 October 7.30pm Diss High SchoolTickets £5 / Under 18s £2.50

Film

Art Clay Silver is a craft mediumwhich is easy and versatile tomodel and, once fired, producesa pure silver item. In this 2 hourtaster session you will learn howto handle and work with the clayand, using a mould, make asmall pendant that can be usedas a necklace or charm for abracelet.

All tools, silver clay andinstruction will be provided sothat at the end of the sessionyou can take away a completedpiece of jewellery. Informal andfriendly, tea, coffee and deliciouscake will be provided.

Saturday 17 October10am-12pmDesignerMakers@21£40 including materials

Make your ownpendant withSilver Clay

Workshop


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Roving Crows are an original must-see act, with roots inFolk and Celtic music. Renowned for their high-energy liveperformance, their shows pull together funked-uptraditional tunes and catchy original songs. Think powerfulCeltic undertones and intoxicating tribal rhythms. The bandcomprises fiddle, guitar, bass, percussion and vocals.

‘Really individual Celtic folk rock group’ Mike Harding, BBC

‘The next folk super groupin waiting’ Nancy Dunham,folking.com (2013)

Band of the Year – FATEAMusic Awards 2014

Running time 2hrs.

www.rovingcrows.com

The Roving Crows

Sat 24 Oct 8pm Garboldisham Village Hall, IP22 2SETickets £10 / Concessions £8

Music

Directed by Guy Myhill, UK, 2014, 84 minsWith Sean Harris, Liam Walpole, Hannah Spearritt

Filmed on location in the Norfolk fens, Guy Myhill’suncompromising look at rural life follows 16-year-old schoolleaver, Goob Taylor during a long hot summer. Tensions buildbetween Goob (fearlessly played by local discovery, LiamWalpole) his mother’s abusive boyfriend and a group of youngtransient field workers. Atmospheric,edgy and impressive, The Guardiandescribed it as ‘an intelligent essay inclassic Brit social realism… A beautifulevocation of the East Anglian landscape.’

We hope to have Guy Myhill with us tointroduce the film.

The Goob (18)

Wed 28 October 7.30pm Diss High School Tickets £5

Sat 17 October 6-9pm FREE

Film

‘Draw Off’ Competing teams of artists draw onthe walls. The winning team is theone that receives the loudest round ofapplause from the assembledaudience.

Sat 24 October 11am-3pm FREE

Drawing ‘Drop in’ Workshop Have fun exploring different drawingand printing techniques and drawingyour own stories. For adults andchildren.If you would like to attend the ‘Draw Off’ as amember of the audience please contact the Boxoffice on 01379 652241.

For more information [email protected]

www.bigdraw.org

The Big Draw– the world’s biggestdrawing festivalDesignerMakers@21

Art

This year’s theme is‘Every Drawing Tells a Story’


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“one of the greatestof them all”

Oct-Nov

All children must be accompanied by anadult. Pre-booking only.Blow paint monsters, fly a whirly twirly bird, playpumpkin ‘volleyball’, make a glittery wand, takehome a monster tooter, create a ghostly friend,create beautiful waxy cobweb art… amongstother things!

With local creative play group, Imps. Dress formess!

Imps HalloweenMake & Play Session

Saturday 31 October10-11am & 11.15am-12.15pmBotesdale Village Hall, IP22 1BZ£4 per child (2-8 years old)

The Saturday Club

A new play by Tim Lane & Cordelia Spence

Frances ‘Fanny’ Billing and Catherine ‘Cat’ Frarywere the last women to be publicly hanged inNorfolk. In 1835, in the otherwise peacefulvillage of Burnham Market, the pair were foundguilty of multiple murders by way of arsenic,frequently disguised... in dumplings. But whatled two married women – one a mother – tocarry out such grisly crimes?

An evening of murder, mayhem and recipes, asStuff of Dreams continues to revisit events fromEast Anglia’s past, bringing them alive forcontemporary audiences.

‘Watch out for this troupe.’ Eastern Daily Press

Running time 1hr 45mins.

The Stuff of Dreams Theatre Company

The Poisoners’ Pact

Saturday 31 October 7.30pmBrockdish Village HallTickets £10 / Concessions £9

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Directed by Bill Condon, 2015, UK/USA, 104 minsWith Ian McKellan, Laura Linney, Frances de la Tour

Based on Mitch Cullen’s novel and set in 1947, the film finds SherlockHolmes living in a Sussex village with hishousekeeper and son, and haunted by anunsolved 30-year-old case he can barelyremember. Ian McKellen clearly enjoys therole of the great detective, benefiting greatlyfrom the excellent support of Phil Daviesand Francis de la Tour. This is a playful andmischievous film, with some surprisinglypoignant things to say about old age.

Mr Holmes (PG)

Wednesday 4 November 7.30pm Diss High SchoolTickets £5 / Under 18 £2.50

Film

The splendiferous Stand-Up Poetry Club returns for its first‘on tour’ event. Our resident wordsmith,the bouffant, foul-mouthed dandy LukeWright has got a scoop – one of thegreatest of them all – Francesca Beard.Beard is one of the UK’s very finestspoken word stars. She practicallyinvented the poetry/theatre show withChinese Whispers in 2003 and hassince inspired a whole generationof spoken word artists. Her newshow A Lie wowed crowds atLatitude this year, she’s frequentlytouring internationally, but for nowwe’ve got her all to ourselves.Don’t miss this one.

Stand Up Poetry Club– featuring Francesca Beard

Friday 13 November 8pm Scole Inn, IP21 4DRTickets £8 / Students £6

Word

Come and join us in makingsome unique Christmas cardsin unusual styles. As well ascoming away with twofinished designs, you’ll learnthe basics of makinggreetings cards and getinspiration to go on andcreate all the cards you’llneed for Christmas.

Informal and friendly, tea,coffee and delicious cake willbe provided.

rockycraft.blogspot.co.uk

Wednesday 4 November10am-12.30pmUpstairs Studio,Designermakers@21£15 including materials

ChristmasCard MakingWorkshop– with RushanneYoung

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“a first-time directorto watch”

November

Monkeys, bears, socks and mud, thisman sings about everything children arereally interested in! Singer and songwriterNick Cope made the international chartsas The Candyskins’ lead singer in the1990s. Now he makes music for childrenand has a strong following of little (andnot-so-little) people all over the worldcreating interactive concerts for families,schools and festivals. Sit back and relax,or get up and dance!

Sing! Family songs andmusic – with Nick Cope

Saturday 14 November 2pmPalgrave Community Centre, IP22 1APTickets £5 / Children £3 Ages 0-8 and much, much older

The Saturday Club

Directed by Asif Kapadia, 2015, UK/USA, 128 minsWith Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse

Asif Kapadia’s documentary is a mesmerising depiction of thetoo short life of the singer and icon, Amy Winehouse. Usingfascinating archive footage as well as interviews with those whowere closest to her, Kapadiashows her fun-loving andupbeat personality in the yearsbefore the health problemsstarted, interwoven with herearliest and most famous hits,before confronting the viewerwith the consequences of drinkand drugs abuse played out inthe spotlight of the media.

Amy (15)

Wednesday 18 November 7.30pmDiss High School Tickets £5 / Under 18 £2.50

Film

by Anton Chekhov

The arrival from the city of anelderly professor and hisbeautiful young wife to live on hisfamily’s rural estate provokesdisharmony. Desire, jealousy,unrequited love and thwartedambition are revealed inChekhov’s classic story ofcountry life.

www.openspacetheatre.org.uk

Thur 19 November 7.30pmEye Town HallTickets £10 / Concs £8.50

Open Space Theatre Companypresent

Uncle Vanya

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Lose yourself in nostalgia and enjoy all the hits thatestablished Paul Simon as one of the most successfulsongwriters of all time. Paul and Art are played toperfection and their beautiful harmonies are flawlesslyreproduced. From Mrs Robinson to Homeward Bound,this is your chance to hear these songs as they wereoriginally performed – just two voices and one guitar, upclose and intimate.

With video clips, stories and memories from the last50 years…

www.soundsofsimon.co.uk

The Sounds of Simon– a tribute to Simon and Garfunkel

Saturday 21 November 7.30pmGarboldisham Village Hall, IP22 2SETickets £12 / Concessions £10

Music

Directed by John Maclean, UK/NZ,84 minsWith Michael Fassbender,Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn

A young Scottish man (Smit-McPhee),travels across America in pursuit of thewoman he loves, attracting the attentionof an outlaw who is willing to serve as aguide (Fassbender). The film is slow, inthe measured way it shows thesometimes casual violence of the times.But the film is none-the-less captivatingand and moving, confirming thatMaclean is a first-time director to watch.A story of a gritty and cynical NewWorld, told with wit and economy.

Wed 25 November 7.30pmDiss High SchoolTickets £5 / Under 18 £2.50

Slow West (15)

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Stephen CarlinFast establishing himself as one of thefunniest and most distinctive newcomedians in Britain, Stephen hasbeen named by Stewart Lee as one ofthe ‘Ten Best Comedians in the WorldEver’.‘…genuinely original material…a definite tip for the top.’ Chortle

Darren WalshDarren Walsh’s silly, happy-go-luckystyle has been compared to Harry Hill,with an act that combines surrealnonsense and snippets of daft songs.‘Walsh is all set to become the newruler of the comedy kingdom’HHHH Broadway Baby‘One to watch’ TimeOut‘…no needless chit-chat, just a full onassault on the funny bones.’Brighton Gig Blog

Chris Betts – CompèreA finalist in the Leicester SquareTheatre New Comedian of the Year andthe 2015 New Act of the Year, Chris isa Canadian with a style that is equalparts confident, thoughtful, ridiculousand mischievous.‘properly hilarious’ What’s On London

Selection of hot food and bar from 6.30pm.Line up is subject to change.

Friday 27 November 8pmDiss Rugby Club, Bellrope Lane, Roydon, IP22 5RGTickets Advance £9 / Door £10 Min age 18

Corn Hall Comedy@ Diss Rugby Club

Comedy

Stephen Carlin

Darren Walsh

Chris Betts

“stuffed with treats andsurprises”

Nov-Dec

By William Shakespeare

“4 actors, 4 bicycles and a 1500mile adventure.” Touring the UK,carrying all their set, props andcostumes by bicycle, theHandleBards present their all-maleproduction of Shakespeare’swoodland extravaganza – all 21characters of it. A fast-paced farcedescribed by Sir Ian McKellen as“outrageous” and “uproariouslyfunny”, this is Shakespeareperformed with eight very sorelegs.

HHHHH ‘An unmissable show’Broadway Baby (Macbeth, 2014)

HHHH ‘It’s back to basicsstorytelling in the BEST way’WhatsOnStage (The Comedy OfErrors, 2014)

www.handlebards.com

Thursday 26 November 7.30pmDiss High School Drama StudioTickets £12 / Concessions £10

The HandleBards present

A MidsummerNight’s Dream

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Throughout the day, Cobbs and Norfolk House yards will hoststallholders, musicians and food. Of course, all of the enticingindependent shops in the Heritage Triangle –so perfect for present shopping – will be opentoo. Morris Dancing, carol singing, hotchestnuts and traditional folk music willadd to the festive atmosphere.

From 3pm, the Christmas LightsSwitch-On celebrations get underway.There will be more stalls, hot food andlive entertainment in the MarketSquare including Purple Jimi (HendrixTribute) and Busking for Breakfast.The lights will be switched on at 6pmand the live music continues until 7pm.

St Nicholas Winter Fayre &Diss Christmas Lights

Saturday 28 November 11am-7pm Diss Heritage Triangle

Christmas Fair

With this art form you can make uniquegifts simply by folding book pages ormagazines. In this workshop, learn howto make amazing Christmas decorationsfrom old magazines and a smallseasonal book fold for someone special.

All you need is the ability to use a rulerand a pencil. What could be easier?

Informal and friendly, tea, coffee anddelicious cake will be provided.

rockycraft.blogspot.co.uk

Christmas Themed BookFolding – with Rushanne Young

Wednesday 2 December 10am-12.30pmUpstairs Studio, DesignerMakers@21 £15 including materials

Workshop

In the season to be jolly, there’sno better way to get in the moodthan with a funny, toe-tappingevening with the marvellouslyentertaining trio, SomethingHappened.

Combining irreverent humourand sparkling musicianship, theyreveal little-known Yuletideclassics as well as giving theirown treatment to much-lovedfavourites. From Christmas inHawaii to traditional folk, from1930s Jazz to 70s Glam,Something Happened’sChristmas stocking is stuffedwith treats and surprises to bringyou the best kind of festivecelebration.

Sat 5 December 7.30pmWortham Village Hall, IP22 1PSTickets £9

SomethingHappened– at Christmas

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“make and eat adelicious snowflake”

December

By Charles Dickens

Miserly humbug, Ebenezer Scrooge, has no time for Christmas.At the strike of midnight, a ghostlyvisit from his long-dead businesspartner propels him on a helter-skelter night of visions of his happypast, harsh present and horrificfuture ultimately persuading him tochange his ways.

Featuring much-loved charactersincluding Fezziwig, Tiny Tim and theold humbug himself, Dickens’classic Christmas tale is the perfectway to get into the true festive spirit.

Spinning Wheel Theatre presents

A Christmas Carol

Thur 10 December 7.30pm Hoxne Village Hall, IP21 5ANTickets £9.50 / Concessions £7.50(Not suitable for under 7 year olds)

Theatre

Roll some ice marbles, scoop some Christmas rice, make andeat a delicious snowflake, explore puffy snow paintings,investigate some snowball mix,knock down some shinytowers, play with gingerbreadplaydough… amongst otherthings!

With local creative play group,Imps. Dress for mess! All children must be accompanied by anadult. Pre-booking only.

Imps Christmas Special

Saturday 19 December 10-11am & 11.15am-12.15pmPalgrave Community Centre, IP22 1AP£4 per child (2-8 years old)

The Saturday Club

Create a stunning Christmaswreath to welcome friends andfamily this festive season. Learnhow to make a bespoke wreathusing fresh moss and a widevariety of festive greenery andevergreen foliage, holly berries,crab apples, dried fruit andpinecones. Informal, friendly andsuitable for all ages. Tea, coffeeand delicious cake provided.

Please bring a pair of secateurs or scissors.

Wednesday 9 December10am-12.30pmUpstairs Studio,Designermakers@21£45 including materials andrefreshments

ChristmasWreath MakingWorkshop – withGabriel’s Garden

Workshop


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Saturday9 January7.30pmVenue tbcTickets £12

It’s a Wonderful Life – Frank Capra’sclassic 1946 movie needs nointroduction. George Bailey, a desperatemiddle aged clerk discovers thedifference he has made to his family, hisfriends and his home town – with a littlehelp from Clarence, the apprentice angel.Following their successful Miracle on34th Street, Farnham Maltings hascreated a joyful piece of theatre thatpromises to warm the coldest of placesthrough the long winter nights.

Saturday6 February7.30pmPark Hotel,DissTicketsAdvance £12/ Door £14

Celebrating Hoagy Carmichael – Soldout at Ronnie Scott’s and a Sunday TimesTop 10 album in 2014, Celebrating Hoagyteams acclaimed singer-pianist, ChrisIngham with stellar trumpeter Paul Higgsfor a fascinating journey through Hoagy’sunique songbook. ‘One of Britain’s best singer-pianists...sophisticated tribute... charming work’HHHH London Evening Standard

Saturday13 February7.30pmGarboldishamVillage Hall,IP22 2SETickets £15/ Under 18s£7

La bohème – the Merry Opera Company wonenthusiastic fans on previous visits withproductions of Kiss me, Figaro! and theircritically acclaimed interpretation of Handel’sMessiah. Now they return with Puccini’s Labohème, one of the greatest love stories inopera. Sparkling with merriment, and yet richin pathos, Rodolfo and Mimi’s exuberant anddespairing love affair is set in Paris, wherethe carefree young lovers learn that life anddeath are all too real.

Sunday6 March8pmTickets £10/ Concs £9

Churchfitters – The three virtuoso musiciansstrut their stuff on a stage that bristles withinstruments – foot-stompingly fast fiddle,flute, banjo, dulcimer, tin whistle, guitar,ukulele, a double bass made out of asaucepan, electric hub-cap bass-bouzoukiand a sackful of percussion. Throw inexquisite harmonies, a slew of original songsand you’ve got a high energy show thatalways leaves audiences cheering. ‘totally brilliant and beautiful’. Mike Harding

COMING ON TOUR…

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TicketsDuring the Corn Hall refurbishment our box office will be located across the road at DesignerMakers,21 St Nicholas Street, Diss IP22 4LB. Our telephone number and website address are unchanged. You canpurchase tickets:In person: During box office opening hours.By phone: Card payment is accepted (credit cards incur a 50p processing fee). Outside box office openinghours you may leave a message and your call will be returned. Tickets will be held for collection on thedoor or can be posted to you for an additional 50p if requested.By post: Send full details of the tickets you require along with a SAE and a cheque for the full amount.Cheques should be made payable to the Diss Corn Hall Trust.Online: Tickets for most events may be booked online at www.disscornhall.co.uk.Email: You may email requests for tickets to [email protected].

VenuesAs Corn Hall events are On Tour, please checkeach event carefully for individual venue locations.Where available, links to the venues will be givenon our website and updates about events are oftenposted on our Facebook page.

AccessibilityIf you have any access requirements, please contactthe Box Office to discuss these. Each venue’saccessibility facilities will vary but we will do our bestto accommodate your needs if we possibly can.

Bar and door opening timesThe bar and doors will open 30 minutes before theprinted show time, unless otherwise stated.

Getting involvedIf you are interested in volunteering as a steward,in the box office, or in any other way,email [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you.

ThanksOur heartfelt thanks go to: Diss Town Council, South Norfolk Council, Norfolk County Council and ourdedicated team of volunteers.Special thanks to our Good FriendsTerence Blacker, Eve Boyd, David Case, Lynn Clark, Jane Denny, Peter Dudley, Don Dunkin,Brian & Gunilla Falk, Alan & Stephanie Franks, Charles & Liz Handy, Stephanie Harrison, Jo & Gary Hincks,Judith Howard-Rees, Alun Howkins, Paul Howling, Rosemary Jones, Martha Kearney, Orla Larkinmood,Jay Leader, Dr A Linder, Glynne Lloyd-Davis, Richard Mabey, T. Manning, Linda Merricks,Elizabeth Mooney, Sheila Moss-King, Stephen Murphy, Sue Shrager, John Taylor, Richard Vivian,Sue Wright and Corporate Friends: Conisbee structural and civil engineers, Dayburst Couriers,Grain Brewery, Mere Players and John Taylor Builders.

PatronThe Duke of Norfolk.

BOX OFFICE 01379 65224110am-4pm every day except Tuesday and SundayOpposite the Corn Hall at DesignerMakers@21, 21 St Nicholas St, Diss IP22 4LB www.disscornhall.co.uk email: [email protected]

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