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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 and contacts and are loving working with our new venue partners. In fact, some things have worked so well – in particular the outdoor theatre – we may even continue them after all the work on the Corn Hall is done.

If you haven’t been into our On Tour box office in DesignerMakers@21, across the road from the Corn 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 venues across the area – from Wortham to Brockdish and Garboldisham to Botesdale – there’s sure to be 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, Lucy Ward and her band; The Roving Crows, named Best Live Act in the Spiral Earth Music Awards 2014; The Sounds of Simon, the UK’s leading tribute to Simon and Garfunkel and, to get you into 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 of reasons 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 wonderful range and quality of locally-produced food and drink during the Diss Food, Drink & Music Festival (see p 5). And on Saturday 28th November, there’ll be an entire day of festivities to welcome in Christmas. Head along to the St Nicholas Winter Fayre in the Heritage Triangle and stay on to enjoy the Christmas Lights Switch-On and live entertainment in the Market Square.

Angela Sykes, Diss Corn Hall Manager

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BOX OFFICE 01379 652241

10am-4pm every day except Tuesday and Sunday Opposite the Corn Hall at DesignerMakers@21, 21 St Nicholas St, Diss IP22 4LB www.disscornhall.co.uk email: boxoffice@disscornhall.co.uk diss.cornhall @disscornhall

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

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Category Colour Key

Film

Family

Theatre

Art/Craft

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Comedy

Music

Festival

Fair

Word

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October “Britfolk’s most vibrant new young talent”

Music

Film

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

Wednesday 7 October 7.30pm Diss High School Tickets £5 / Under 18s £2.50

Lucy Ward Band After winning the BBC Radio 2 Folk Horizon Award 2012 and being nominated for BBC Folk Singer of the Year Award 2014, Lucy Ward is now established as one of the UK’s top folk performers delighting audiences with her beautiful voice, the originality of her songs and her warm stage persona.

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

‘Britfolk’s most vibrant and forthright new young talent’ MOJO ‘Inspiring’ Billy Bragg www.lucywardsings.com @lucywardsings

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Far from the Madding Crowd

(12A)

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, UK/USA, 2015, 119 mins With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Sam Phillips David Nicholls’s screenplay beautifully distils the life and loves of headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (a fine and mercurial performance

by Mulligan), as she juggles with three very different suitors: a simple and honest sheep farmer (Schoenaerts), a handsome and reckless sergeant (Phillips), and a prosperous and mature bachelor (Sheen). Exploring the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit, this is a faithful yet imaginative reworking of Thomas Hardy’s timeless classic.

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Festival

Theatre

Diss Food, Beer & Music Festival Diss has a great variety of restaurants, pubs and food outlets, and the market square has been hosting a regular weekly market for over 500 years but between the 2-11 October, there’ll be even more reasons to come into Diss!

Here are just some of the events arranged so far. For more information about these and additional events, special offers and local menus, visit www.disscornhall.co.uk or www.disscouncil.com.

Friday 9 October 8am-3pm – bumper Diss Friday Market with more stalls offering a wide variety of products.

Noon-5pm – local produce stalls, food-tasting and beer festival in Norfolk House Yard, off St Nicholas Street. Come and explore the delightful shopping courtyards, sample some excellent, locally produced food and wash them down with a range of eminently quaffable ales headlined by the award-winning Grain Brewery.

5pm-10pm – The beer festival continues accompanied by live folk music!

Saturday 10 October 9am-1pm – an extra special Diss Farmers Market From 11am – Food demonstrations in The Boilerhouse, Norfolk House Yard Noon-10pm – Beer festival with live music and delicious food continues.

Sunday 11 October Have 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

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Thur 8 - Sat 10 October 7.30pm Roydon Village Hall, IP22 5RB Tickets £9 Mere Players present

Under Milk Wood

By Dylan Thomas This funny and saucy production combines words and music as you journey through the village of Llareggub, meeting its quirky yet oddly familiar inhabitants. Licensed bar.

Doors open at 7pm. www.mereplayers.com

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October “an original must-see act”

Workshop

Workshop

Saturday 10 October 10am-1pm Park Hotel, Diss Cost £10 only 20 places write2screen presents

Pathways to Screenwriting An introductory workshop for people who are keen to develop a career in screen-writing, designed and run by professional writers and tutors – Christabelle Dilks (ex Channel 4 commissioner) and Michael Lengsfield (UEA) - with extensive experience in the creative industries and TV drama commissioning.

If you are serious about writing but don’t really know how to structure your work or what producers, agents and commissioners are looking for, then this subsidised workshop could be for you.

Film Wednesday 14 October 7.30pm Diss High School Tickets £5 / Under 18s £2.50

Girlhood

(15)

Directed by Céline Sciamma, France, 2014, 113 mins, subtitled With Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh Céline Sciamma, directing her own screenplay, tells the story of a girl who joins a gang to escape her family, friends and neighbourhood. She changes her name, how she acts and looks, trying to gain a sense of self confidence in the process.

Set in the lower class suburbs of France, Girlhood is as much a sensory journey as an emotional one. ‘A coming-of-age classic’ The Daily Telegraph.

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Saturday 17 October 10am-12pm DesignerMakers@21 £40 including materials

Make your own pendant with Silver Clay Art Clay Silver is a craft medium which is easy and versatile to model and, once fired, produces a pure silver item. In this 2 hour taster session you will learn how to handle and work with the clay and, using a mould, make a small pendant that can be used as a necklace or charm for a bracelet.

All tools, silver clay and instruction will be provided so that at the end of the session you can take away a completed piece of jewellery. Informal and friendly, tea, coffee and delicious cake will be provided.

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Art

The Big Draw – the world’s biggest drawing festival DesignerMakers@21 This year’s theme is ‘Every Drawing Tells a Story’ Sat 17 October 6-9pm FREE

‘Draw Off’ Competing teams of artists draw on the walls. The winning team is the one that receives the loudest round of applause from the assembled audience.

Sat 24 October 11am-3pm FREE

Drawing ‘Drop in’ Workshop Have fun exploring different drawing and printing techniques and drawing your own stories. For adults and children.

If you would like to attend the ‘Draw Off’ as a member of the audience please contact the Box office on 01379 652241.

For more information contact clare@birksholden.co.uk www.bigdraw.org

Music Sat 24 Oct 8pm Garboldisham Village Hall, IP22 2SE Tickets £10 / Concessions £8

The Roving Crows Roving Crows are an original must-see act, with roots in Folk and Celtic music. Renowned for their high-energy live performance, their shows pull together funked-up traditional tunes and catchy original songs. Think powerful Celtic undertones and intoxicating tribal rhythms. The band comprises fiddle, guitar, bass, percussion and vocals.

‘Really individual Celtic folk rock group’ Mike Harding, BBC ‘The next folk super group in waiting’ Nancy Dunham, folking.com (2013) Band of the Year – FATEA Music Awards 2014 Running time 2hrs.

www.rovingcrows.com

Film Wed 28 October 7.30pm Diss High School Tickets £5

The Goob

(18)

Directed by Guy Myhill, UK, 2014, 84 mins With Sean Harris, Liam Walpole, Hannah Spearritt Filmed on location in the Norfolk fens, Guy Myhill’s uncompromising look at rural life follows 16-year-old school leaver, Goob Taylor during a long hot summer. Tensions build between Goob (fearlessly played by local discovery, Liam Walpole) his mother’s abusive boyfriend and a group of young transient field workers. Atmospheric, edgy and impressive, The Guardian described it as ‘an intelligent essay in classic Brit social realism… A beautiful evocation of the East Anglian landscape.’

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

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Oct-Nov “one of the greatest of them all”

The Saturday Club

Theatre

Saturday 31 October 10-11am & 11.15am-12.15pm Botesdale Village Hall, IP22 1BZ £4 per child (2-8 years old)

Saturday 31 October 7.30pm Brockdish Village Hall Tickets £10 / Concessions £9 The Stuff of Dreams Theatre Company

Imps Halloween Make & Play Session

The Poisoners’ Pact A new play by Tim Lane & Cordelia Spence

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-booking only.

Blow paint monsters, fly a whirly twirly bird, play pumpkin ‘volleyball’, make a glittery wand, take home a monster tooter, create a ghostly friend, create beautiful waxy cobweb art… amongst other things!

With local creative play group, Imps. Dress for mess!

Frances ‘Fanny’ Billing and Catherine ‘Cat’ Frary were the last women to be publicly hanged in Norfolk. In 1835, in the otherwise peaceful village of Burnham Market, the pair were found guilty of multiple murders by way of arsenic, frequently disguised... in dumplings. But what led two married women – one a mother – to carry out such grisly crimes?

An evening of murder, mayhem and recipes, as Stuff of Dreams continues to revisit events from East Anglia’s past, bringing them alive for contemporary audiences.

‘Watch out for this troupe.’ Eastern Daily Press Running time 1hr 45mins.

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Workshop Wednesday 4 November 10am-12.30pm Upstairs Studio, Designermakers@21 £15 including materials

Christmas Card Making Workshop – with Rushanne Young Come and join us in making some unique Christmas cards in unusual styles. As well as coming away with two finished designs, you’ll learn the basics of making greetings cards and get inspiration to go on and create all the cards you’ll need for Christmas.

Informal and friendly, tea, coffee and delicious cake will be provided. rockycraft.blogspot.co.uk

Film Wednesday 4 November 7.30pm Diss High School Tickets £5 / Under 18 £2.50

Mr Holmes

(PG)

Directed by Bill Condon, 2015, UK/USA, 104 mins With Ian McKellan, Laura Linney, Frances de la Tour Based on Mitch Cullen’s novel and set in 1947, the film finds Sherlock Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and son, and haunted by an unsolved 30-year-old case he can barely remember. Ian McKellen clearly enjoys the role of the great detective, benefiting greatly from the excellent support of Phil Davies and Francis de la Tour. This is a playful and mischievous film, with some surprisingly poignant things to say about old age.

Word Friday 13 November 8pm Scole Inn, IP21 4DR Tickets £8 / Students £6

Stand Up Poetry Club – featuring Francesca Beard The splendiferous Stand-Up Poetry Club returns for its first ‘on tour’ event. Our resident wordsmith, the bouffant, foul-mouthed dandy Luke Wright has got a scoop – one of the greatest of them all – Francesca Beard.

Beard is one of the UK’s very finest spoken word stars. She practically invented the poetry/theatre show with Chinese Whispers in 2003 and has since inspired a whole generation of spoken word artists. Her new show A Lie wowed crowds at Latitude this year, she’s frequently touring internationally, but for now we’ve got her all to ourselves.

Don’t miss this one.

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November “a first-time director to watch”

The Saturday Club

Theatre

Saturday 14 November 2pm Palgrave Community Centre, IP22 1AP Tickets £5 / Children £3 Ages 0-8 and much, much older

Sing! Family songs and music – with Nick Cope Monkeys, bears, socks and mud, this man sings about everything children are really interested in! Singer and songwriter Nick Cope made the international charts as The Candyskins’ lead singer in the 1990s. Now he makes music for children and has a strong following of little (and not-so-little) people all over the world creating interactive concerts for families, schools and festivals. Sit back and relax, or get up and dance!

Open Space Theatre Company present

Uncle Vanya

by Anton Chekhov The arrival from the city of an elderly professor and his beautiful young wife to live on his family’s rural estate provokes disharmony. Desire, jealousy, unrequited love and thwarted ambition are revealed in Chekhov’s classic story of country life. www.openspacetheatre.org.uk

Film Wednesday 18 November 7.30pm Diss High School Tickets £5 / Under 18 £2.50

Amy

Thur 19 November 7.30pm Eye Town Hall Tickets £10 / Concs £8.50

(15)

Directed by Asif Kapadia, 2015, UK/USA, 128 mins With Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse Asif Kapadia’s documentary is a mesmerising depiction of the too short life of the singer and icon, Amy Winehouse. Using fascinating archive footage as well as interviews with those who were closest to her, Kapadia shows her fun-loving and upbeat personality in the years before the health problems started, interwoven with her earliest and most famous hits, before confronting the viewer with the consequences of drink and drugs abuse played out in the spotlight of the media.

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Music

Film

Saturday 21 November 7.30pm Garboldisham Village Hall, IP22 2SE Tickets £12 / Concessions £10

Wed 25 November 7.30pm Diss High School Tickets £5 / Under 18 £2.50

The Sounds of Simon

Slow West

– a tribute to Simon and Garfunkel

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

Lose yourself in nostalgia and enjoy all the hits that established Paul Simon as one of the most successful songwriters of all time. Paul and Art are played to perfection and their beautiful harmonies are flawlessly reproduced. From Mrs Robinson to Homeward Bound, this is your chance to hear these songs as they were originally performed – just two voices and one guitar, up close and intimate.

With video clips, stories and memories from the last 50 years… www.soundsofsimon.co.uk

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(15)

A young Scottish man (Smit-McPhee), travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide (Fassbender). The film is slow, in the measured way it shows the sometimes casual violence of the times.

But the film is none-the-less captivating and and moving, confirming that Maclean is a first-time director to watch.

A story of a gritty and cynical New World, told with wit and economy.

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Nov-Dec “stuffed with treats and surprises”

Theatre Thursday 26 November 7.30pm Diss High School Drama Studio Tickets £12 / Concessions £10 The HandleBards present

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By William Shakespeare “4 actors, 4 bicycles and a 1500 mile adventure.” Touring the UK, carrying all their set, props and costumes by bicycle, the HandleBards present their all-male production of Shakespeare’s woodland extravaganza – all 21 characters of it. A fast-paced farce described by Sir Ian McKellen as “outrageous” and “uproariously funny”, this is Shakespeare performed with eight very sore legs.

HHHHH ‘An unmissable show’ Broadway Baby (Macbeth, 2014) HHHH ‘It’s back to basics storytelling in the BEST way’ WhatsOnStage (The Comedy Of Errors, 2014) www.handlebards.com

Comedy Friday 27 November 8pm Diss Rugby Club, Bellrope Lane, Roydon, IP22 5RG Tickets Advance £9 / Door £10 Min age 18

Corn Hall Comedy @ Diss Rugby Club Stephen Carlin Fast establishing himself as one of the funniest and most distinctive new comedians in Britain, Stephen has been named by Stewart Lee as one of the ‘Ten Best Comedians in the World Ever’. ‘…genuinely original material… a definite tip for the top.’ Chortle Darren Walsh Darren Walsh’s silly, happy-go-lucky style has been compared to Harry Hill, with an act that combines surreal nonsense and snippets of daft songs.

‘Walsh is all set to become the new ruler of the comedy kingdom’ HHHH Broadway Baby ‘One to watch’ TimeOut ‘…no needless chit-chat, just a full on assault on the funny bones.’

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Darren Walsh

Chris Betts – Compère A finalist in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year and the 2015 New Act of the Year, Chris is a Canadian with a style that is equal parts confident, thoughtful, ridiculous and mischievous. ‘properly hilarious’ What’s On London Selection of hot food and bar from 6.30pm.

Line up is subject to change.

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Christmas Fair

Music

Saturday 28 November 11am-7pm Diss Heritage Triangle

St Nicholas Winter Fayre & Diss Christmas Lights Throughout the day, Cobbs and Norfolk House yards will host stallholders, musicians and food. Of course, all of the enticing independent shops in the Heritage Triangle – so perfect for present shopping – will be open too. Morris Dancing, carol singing, hot chestnuts and traditional folk music will add to the festive atmosphere.

From 3pm, the Christmas Lights Switch-On celebrations get underway.

There will be more stalls, hot food and live entertainment in the Market Square including Purple Jimi (Hendrix Tribute) and Busking for Breakfast.

The lights will be switched on at 6pm and the live music continues until 7pm.

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

Christmas Themed Book Folding – with Rushanne Young With this art form you can make unique gifts simply by folding book pages or magazines. In this workshop, learn how to make amazing Christmas decorations from old magazines and a small seasonal book fold for someone special.

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

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Sat 5 December 7.30pm Wortham Village Hall, IP22 1PS Tickets £9

Something Happened – at Christmas In the season to be jolly, there’s no better way to get in the mood than with a funny, toe-tapping evening with the marvellously entertaining trio, Something Happened.

Combining irreverent humour and sparkling musicianship, they reveal little-known Yuletide classics as well as giving their own treatment to much-loved favourites. From Christmas in Hawaii to traditional folk, from 1930s Jazz to 70s Glam, Something Happened’s Christmas stocking is stuffed with treats and surprises to bring you the best kind of festive celebration.

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December “make and eat a delicious snowflake”

Workshop Wednesday 9 December 10am-12.30pm Upstairs Studio, Designermakers@21 £45 including materials and refreshments

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop – with Gabriel’s Garden Create a stunning Christmas wreath to welcome friends and family this festive season. Learn how to make a bespoke wreath using fresh moss and a wide variety of festive greenery and evergreen foliage, holly berries, crab apples, dried fruit and pinecones. Informal, friendly and suitable for all ages. Tea, coffee and delicious cake provided.

Please bring a pair of secateurs or scissors.

Theatre Thur 10 December 7.30pm Hoxne Village Hall, IP21 5AN Tickets £9.50 / Concessions £7.50 (Not suitable for under 7 year olds) Spinning Wheel Theatre presents

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens Miserly humbug, Ebenezer Scrooge, has no time for Christmas.

At the strike of midnight, a ghostly visit from his long-dead business partner propels him on a helterskelter night of visions of his happy past, harsh present and horrific future ultimately persuading him to change his ways.

Featuring much-loved characters including Fezziwig, Tiny Tim and the old humbug himself, Dickens’ classic Christmas tale is the perfect way to get into the true festive spirit.

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

Imps Christmas Special Roll some ice marbles, scoop some Christmas rice, make and eat a delicious snowflake, explore puffy snow paintings, investigate some snowball mix, knock down some shiny towers, play with gingerbread playdough… amongst other things!

With local creative play group, Imps. Dress for mess!

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-booking only.

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COMING ON TOUR… Saturday 9 January 7.30pm Venue tbc Tickets £12

It’s a Wonderful Life – Frank Capra’s classic 1946 movie needs no introduction. George Bailey, a desperate middle aged clerk discovers the difference he has made to his family, his friends and his home town – with a little help from Clarence, the apprentice angel.

Following their successful Miracle on 34th Street, Farnham Maltings has created a joyful piece of theatre that promises to warm the coldest of places through the long winter nights.

Saturday 6 February 7.30pm Park Hotel, Diss Tickets Advance £12 / Door £14

Celebrating Hoagy Carmichael – Sold out at Ronnie Scott’s and a Sunday Times Top 10 album in 2014, Celebrating Hoagy teams acclaimed singer-pianist, Chris Ingham with stellar trumpeter Paul Higgs for a fascinating journey through Hoagy’s unique songbook.

‘One of Britain’s best singer-pianists... sophisticated tribute... charming work’ HHHH London Evening Standard

Saturday 13 February 7.30pm Garboldisham Village Hall, IP22 2SE Tickets £15 / Under 18s £7

La bohème – the Merry Opera Company won enthusiastic fans on previous visits with productions of Kiss me, Figaro! and their critically acclaimed interpretation of Handel’s Messiah. Now they return with Puccini’s La bohème, one of the greatest love stories in opera. Sparkling with merriment, and yet rich in pathos, Rodolfo and Mimi’s exuberant and despairing love affair is set in Paris, where the carefree young lovers learn that life and death are all too real.

Sunday 6 March 8pm Tickets £10 / Concs £9

Churchfitters – The three virtuoso musicians strut their stuff on a stage that bristles with instruments – foot-stompingly fast fiddle, flute, banjo, dulcimer, tin whistle, guitar, ukulele, a double bass made out of a saucepan, electric hub-cap bass-bouzouki and a sackful of percussion. Throw in exquisite harmonies, a slew of original songs and you’ve got a high energy show that always leaves audiences cheering. ‘totally brilliant and beautiful’. Mike Harding

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BOX OFFICE 01379 652241

10am-4pm every day except Tuesday and Sunday Opposite the Corn Hall at DesignerMakers@21, 21 St Nicholas St, Diss IP22 4LB www.disscornhall.co.uk email: boxoffice@disscornhall.co.uk diss.cornhall @disscornhall

Tickets During 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 can purchase tickets: In person: During box office opening hours.

By phone: Card payment is accepted (credit cards incur a 50p processing fee). Outside box office opening hours you may leave a message and your call will be returned. Tickets will be held for collection on the door 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 boxoffice@disscornhall.co.uk.

Venues As Corn Hall events are On Tour, please check each event carefully for individual venue locations.

Where available, links to the venues will be given on our website and updates about events are often posted on our Facebook page.

Accessibility If you have any access requirements, please contact the Box Office to discuss these. Each venue’s accessibility facilities will vary but we will do our best to accommodate your needs if we possibly can.

BOX OFFICE

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If you are interested in volunteering as a steward, in the box office, or in any other way, email admin@disscornhall.co.uk. We’d love to hear from you.

Thanks Our heartfelt thanks go to: Diss Town Council, South Norfolk Council, Norfolk County Council and our dedicated team of volunteers.

Special thanks to our Good Friends Terence 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.

Patron The Duke of Norfolk.