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BOX OFFICE: 01379 652241
BOX OFFICE OPEN: 10am – 4pm Monday – Saturday
The Corn Hall, St Nicholas Street, Diss, IP22 4LB
Celebrating 15 years as Diss’ Creative Heart
Welcome
to our new season at The Corn Hall Diss. What an amazing year it has already been and we’ve so many more wonderful events to come too.
Read on to see our full listings, right the way through to the end of 2025. This brochure is designed to work together with our website where you’ll find lots more information about each artist and show, together with booking links.
Of course, as we head towards the end of the year we arrive in panto season and we are thrilled to be working once again with the producer of last year’s smash-hit pantomime to present Beauty and the Beast. So keep it local this festive season and come and join us for a dazzling spectacle of a pantomime right here in Diss. Tickets are on sale right now – including our brilliant new Panto Pay instalment plan to spread the cost of Family Tickets. See more on our website.
As ever, we’d like to remind you that The Corn Hall Diss is a charity and that we rely on our ticket sales and on donations and sponsorship to be able to continue offering an exciting and varied programme of fantastic events. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers, our Friends of The Corn Hall Diss and our brilliant team of volunteers for your continued and much valued support. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Lee Johnson, General Manager
Please note that our film showings are listed on our website, social media and on separate flyers as they are programmed on a much shorter timescale.
THE CORN HALL CAFÉ & BAR
OPEN: Mondays – Saturdays, 9:30am – 2:30pm (food served ‘til 2pm). Bar open from 6pm for evening events.
Exhibitions
The Corn Hall - Diss
JULY
FRIDAY 4 JULY
Romeo & Juliet:
Roughcast Theatre Company
7:30pm | Tickets: £13 (adult), £7 (under 16s)
SATURDAY 5 JULY
The Nashville Sounds Experience
7:30pm | Tickets: £21
WEDNESDAY 9 JULY
Exhibitions on Screen:
Michaelangelo: Love & Death
10:30am and 7:30pm | Tickets: £10 (adult), £9 (Friend of The Corn Hall), £5 (under 16s)
The Nashville Sounds Experience
THURSDAY 10 JULY
The Essence of Audrey: Giles Shenton Productions
7:30pm | Tickets: £15 (adult), £10 (under 16s)
FRIDAY 11 JULY
Masters of Swing
7:30pm | Tickets: £15
SATURDAY 12 JULY
Diss Ukulele Day:
The Big Sing led by Silver Linings
11:30am to 12:30pm | FREE
SATURDAY 12 JULY
Diss Ukulele Day: Rhumba-lele! with Pete Arnold
2pm – 3pm | Tickets: £7 (or £25 for an all day and evening ticket)
SATURDAY 12 JULY
Diss Ukulele Day:
Trebling Your Songbook with The Hedge Inspectors
3:30pm – 4:30pm | Tickets £7
The Corn Hall - Diss
SATURDAY 12 JULY
Diss Ukulele Day: Open Mic Session
5pm to 6pm | FREE
SATURDAY 12 JULY
Diss Ukulele Day: The Hedge Inspectors
7:30pm | Tickets: £13 (adults) £10 (under 16s)
SUNDAY 13 JULY
Confessions of a Teletubby
6:00pm | Tickets: £15 (adults), £12 (under 16s)
Confessions of a Teletubby
The Corn Hall - Diss
FRIDAY 25 JULY
Normal for Norman: Growing Theatre
7:30pm | Tickets: £11
WEDNESDAY 16 JULY
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (12+) – written and performed by Mark Stratford
7:30pm | Tickets: £18 (adult), £10 (under 16s)
THURSDAY 17 JULY
Limehouse Lizzy
7:30pm | Tickets: £21 (standing), £23 (seated)
SATURDAY 19 JULY
Alan Barnes Plays Ellington & Strayhorn
7:30pm | Tickets: £18
THURSDAY 24 JULY
NT LIVE: A Streetcar Named Desire
7pm | Tickets: £14.50 (adults), £11 (under 16s)
Suitable for ages 15 years+
SATURDAY 26 JULY
Mark Watson & Friends
8:00pm | Tickets: £21
TUESDAY 29 JULY
Start with Art inspired by ‘The Art of the Picture Book’ exhibition by Dorien Brouwers
10:30am | Tickets: £6.50
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Mark Watson & Friends
FRIDAY 31 JULY
Miss Julie: Barefaced Theatre
7:30pm | Tickets: £14 (adult), £12 (65 years+ and under 25s)
AUGUST
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST
Writing workshop with children’s author James Campbell
10:00am – 3:00pm | Tickets: £30
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST
The Wild Murphys
7:30pm | Tickets: £18
SATURDAY 2 AUGUST
Albert Lee
7:30pm | Tickets: £25
The Corn Hall - Diss
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST
The Best in Comedy: Marcus Brigstocke, Scott Bennett, Andrew Bird and Will Duggan
7:30pm | Tickets: £23.50
Please note that the line up may be subject to change
SATURDAY 16 AUGUST
Gong Bath with Maggie Stickney & The Hum of the Universe
2pm | Tickets: £12.50
TUESDAY 26 AUGUST
Cardboard Creativity Workshop
10:00am – 1:00pm | Tickets: £6
Albert Lee
THURSDAY 28 AUGUST
‘Life’ with Dorien Brouwers – a storytelling and craft workshop
10:30am – 12:00noon | Tickets: £6
SATURDAY 30 AUGUST
The Ben Langley Show
7:30pm | Tickets: £20 (adult) £12 (under 16s)
SUNDAY 31ST AUGUST
The Utterly Fabricated History of the World: Raconteur Theatre Company
7.30pm | Tickets: £13.50
Ben Langley
The Corn Hall - Diss
SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
Luke Wright’s Pub Grub
7:30pm | Tickets: £16
SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER Dire Streets
7:30pm | Tickets: £22
WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
Fesshole Live: Diss
7:30pm | Tickets: £18
THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
Exit Pursued by a Bard: Giles Shenton Productions
7:30pm | Tickets: £15 (adults), £10 (under 16s)
Luke Wright’s Pub Grub
Dire Streets
FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER
Now! That’s What I Call… Drag!
7:45pm | Tickets: £14 (advance) £17 (on the door)
SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
Adele By Candlelight
7:30pm | Tickets: £28
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER SQUELCH!
1pm | Tickets: £10 (adults) £8 (children)
The Corn Hall - Diss
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
Griff Rhys Jones: The Cat’s Pyjamas
Time: 7:30pm | Tickets: £27
WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
Hamlet: The Pantaloons
7:30pm | Tickets: £16 (adult), £10 (under 16s)
THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
Steely Jazz: The Chris Ingham Quintet
7:30pm | Tickets: £18
FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER The Counterfeit Sixties
7:30pm | Tickets: £22 (adult) £20 (concessions)
Griff Rhys Jones
Adele by Candlelight
The Corn Hall - Diss
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
Alfie Moore: Acopalypse Now
7:30pm | Tickets: £21
TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
NT LIVE: Inter Alia
7pm | Tickets: £14.50 (adults), £11 (under 16s)
WEDNESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
The Corn Hall Autumn Quiz
7:00pm | Tickets: £5
FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
The Funny Mummy
8:00pm | Tickets: £18
NT Live: Inter Alia
The Corn Hall - Diss
SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
Queen Tribute: Hammer To Fall
7:30pm | Tickets: £20
SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
Nick Cope:
I’ve Lost My Bobble Hat
11:00am & 2:00pm | Tickets: £16 (adults) £14 (under 14s)
OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER
Hard Travellin’: Dave Kelly & Bob Hall with Hilary Blythe
7:30pm | Tickets: £22.00 (adult) £11 (under 16s)
THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER
Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell
7:30pm | Tickets: £23.50
FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER
Kerry Ellis: Queen of The West End
7:30pm | Tickets: £30 (general admission), £45 (premium), £75 (meet and greet)
Kerry Ellis
SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER
The American Classic Rock Show
7:30pm | Tickets: £23
TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER
Tales Our Mother Told: Common Ground Theatre Company
7:30pm | Tickets: £16 (adult) £10 (under 21s)
THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER
As I Walked Out: Giles Shenton Productions
7:30pm | Tickets: £15 (adult) £10 (under 21s)
FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER
The Yellow Wallpaper
7:30pm | Tickets: £11
SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER
Bob Drury’s
‘The Neil Diamond Story’ –The Life of a Legend in Song
7:30pm | Tickets: £26
MONDAY 13 OCTOBER
Even More... Ghost Stories by Candlelight: A HighTide & Pentabus co-production
7:30pm | Tickets: £15 (adult), £13.50 (under 18s)
THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER
Teechers by John Godber: Eastern Angles
7:30pm | Tickets: £20 (adult), £15 (under 25s), £10 (students)
FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER
Budapest Café Orchestra
7:30pm | Tickets: £20 (adult) £12 (under 16s)
THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER
Round The Horne: 60th Anniversary Tour
7:30pm | Tickets: £21
FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER
Heaven Can Wait – Meatloaf Tribute
7:30pm | Tickets: £26
Budapest Café Orchestra
The Corn Hall - Diss
SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER
The Best in Comedy: line up is still TBC
7:30pm | Tickets: £23.50
THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER Freddie Plays Freddie Hubbard
7:30pm | Tickets: £18
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER
The Great Baldini: Family Magic Show
2:30pm | Tickets: £12 (adults), £10 (under 16s), £40 (family – 2 adults & 2 under 16s)
Freddie Plays Freddie Hubbard
The Corn Hall - Diss
NOVEMBER
SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Pure Floyd: 25th Anniversary Tour
7:30pm | Tickets: £25
WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER
The Guilty Men
7:30pm | Tickets: £17.50
THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Dorian Gray
7:30pm | Tickets: £15 (adult), £9 (under 16s)
FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER
Tom Carradine’s
Cockney Sing-A-Long
7:30pm | Tickets: £12.50
SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER
Alex McAleer: Mind Reader
7:30pm | Tickets: £18
WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER
Vincent in Brixton:
Open Space Theatre Company
7:30pm | Tickets: £12.50
THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER
Flo Smith Now & Then: Giles Shenton Productions
7:30pm | Tickets: £15 (adult), £10 (under 16s)
SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER
The Ultimate Commitments & Blues Brothers Experience
7:30pm | Tickets: £22.50
WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER Benched
7:30pm | Tickets: £11
THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER
Blowzabella
7:30pm | Tickets: £20 (25 years+), £10 (11 to 24 years), FREE (10 years & under)
FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER Ubunye
7:30pm | Tickets: £20 (adults), £18 (under 18s)
SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER
Charles and Diana: The Reunion Tour - a celebration of the 80s with disco
7:30pm | Tickets: £25
Tom Carradine’s Cockney Sing-A-Long
Alex McAleer: Mind Reader
The Corn Hall - Diss
THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER
Strong Enough: The Ultimate Tribute Concert to Cher
7:30pm | Tickets: £26
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER
Roving Crows
8:00pm | Tickets: £18
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER
Gong Bath with Maggie Stickney & The Hum of the Universe
2pm | Tickets: £12.50
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER
Bye Bye Baby Christmas
7:30pm | Tickets: £26
Roving Crows
SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER
The Long Drop
7:30pm | Tickets: £13.50
DECEMBER
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER
The Corn Hall Christmas Quiz
7:00pm | Tickets: £5
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER
Christmas Crooners
7:30pm | Tickets: £15
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER AND FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER
Christmas Wreath
Making Workshops with Sassy’s Floral Design
6:30pm | Tickets: £55
FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER
Christmas Jazz with the Chris Ingham Quintet featuring Joanna Eden
7:30pm | Tickets: £22
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER AND SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER
Breakfast With Santa
9:30am | Tickets: £15 (child) and £12 (adult)
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER
GM Live: The Ultimate Tribute to George Michael
7:30pm | Tickets: £28.50
FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER TO SUNDAY 4 JANUARY
Beauty and the Beast
Various times | Tickets: £18.50 (adult), £16.50 (under 16s), Family (2 adults & 2 children OR 1 adult & 3 children) £65
JANUARY
THURSDAY 15, FRIDAY 16 & SATURDAY 17 JANUARY 2026
The WizHard Of Oz: NOW! That’s…PANTO! (ADULT PANTO)
8:00pm | Tickets: £19 (18+ years only)
Ryan Holt in association with The Corn Hall, Diss
Sponsored by presents
FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER - SUNDAY 4 JANUARY
Beauty & the Beast - Family Pantomime
Following the smash-hit success of last year’s pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, the producer, Ryan Holt returns with another magical adventure!
Join us at The Corn Hall, Diss for a spellbinding pantomime adaptation of the beloved classic Beauty and the Beast.
As the mysterious Beast roams his enchanted castle, prepare to be swept away by the heart-warming story of Belle. Can she uncover the secret to breaking the Beast’s curse? Will love triumph amidst the magic and mayhem? Expect laugh-out-loud moments, toe-tapping musical numbers, dazzling costumes and heaps of audience participation – perfect for all ages! Estimated Running Time: 2hrs 30mins (inc interval) DECEMBER
Back by popular demand: returns as Dame Dolly Doughnut Je erson Parlett Silly Billy, Evie Foresdicke Dylan Morgan Gaston. With further casting to be announced.
HOW TO BOOK:
ONLINE:
Our website is the best way to keep up to date with what’s on at The Corn Hall Diss. Check www.thecornhall.co.uk regularly and search by genre, or title to find and book for events.
IN PERSON:
During our Box Office opening hours, from 10am to 4pm from Monday to Saturday, and an hour before events.
EMAIL:
boxoffice@thecornhall.co.uk
BOOKING FEE:
Please note that a £2.50 booking fee is applied per total cart, however your booking is made. Our booking fee is one of the ways in which we aim to cover our rising operational costs and is applied only once per total cart – whether you are buying 1 or 100 tickets.
SEATING PLAN
Seating plans for events which have allocated seating can be found in the show information on our website.
E-TICKETS
We are in the process of moving away from printed tickets and embracing digital tickets. Please download or screenshot the QR code for the event that you are attending and have this available for scanning upon arrival at the venue.
EXCHANGES
Refunds will not be given unless the event is cancelled by the producer. Exchanges may be permitted in some circumstances - please see our website for details.
ACCESSIBILITY
The Corn Hall Diss is committed to making our venue as accessible as possible. The Box Office, Main Auditorium, Waveney Room, Gallery, Bar and café are all on the ground floor with level access. Lift access is available to the first floor. Both floors have fully accessible toilets.
We are soon to be working with Nimbus Disability, a Social Enterprise that has received international recognition for its Access Card Scheme.
This scheme includes a new level of validation, meaning that our tickets and venue are being used effectively by those who require access facilities, and enabling us to mitigate any possible misuse of our access tickets.
WHEELCHAIR BOOKINGS
We can only accommodate a limited number of wheelchairs at events. Please inform the Box Office when you book so we can reserve your space.
Our Main Auditorium and the Waveney Room are both equipped with induction loops. These work for amplified events.
Get Closer to The Corn Hall Diss
Join the Friends of The Corn Hall and enjoy a range of benefits. Visit our website or ask at our Box Office for details.
BOX OFFICE: 01379 652241
BOX OFFICE OPEN: 10am – 4pm Monday – Saturday
The Corn Hall, St Nicholas Street, Diss, IP22 4LB
THE CORN HALL CAFÉ & BAR
Open from Mondays to Saturdays, from 9:30am – 2:30pm (food served ‘til 2pm). Join us for lunches, light bites, scrumptious cakes, great coffee and our famous cheese scones. Everyone is welcome and we are dog friendly too!
The Corn Hall Bar is open from 6pm before evening events.
We can host and cater for a wide range of meetings and functions. Please email your enquiry to cafe@thecornhall.co.uk
VENUE HIRE
We have a range of well-equipped and attractive spaces available for hire. Please contact operations@thecornhall.co.uk or phone 01379 652241 for more information.
STAY IN TOUCH
Join our mailing list and you will receive news and information about new shows and events direct to your inbox. Register now at www.thecornhall.co.uk
Diss
Thanks to Our Good Friends and Very Good Friends
Keith & Sue Best, Anita Burnard, Jenny Chamberlin, Jenny Chaplin, Deb & David Cousins, Paul Curson, John Dixon, Peter Dudley, Jake & Margaret Ecclestone, Mark & Gill Ellery, Gunilla Falk, Debbie Gaze, Anita & Nicholas Hales, Matthew Hill & Abigail Watson, Jo & Gary Hincks, the Howling family, Rosemary Jones, Ian and Mel Julier, Martha Kearney, Kate Lloyd, Glynne Lloyd-Davis, Richard Mabey & Polly Lavender, Jean Page & Chris Grocott, Lyn & Peter Norman, Je rey Parker, Richard Poole, Glyn Pugh, Chris Shaw, Linda & Andy Simpson, Sue Smith, Anne & David Steel, Sam Stewart, Karen & Goyle Weir, David Witton, Marion Williams, Susan Williams.
