Diss Coming Events:
| Thu 17 May 1:30 |
Jayne Ivimey presents: Making Paints and Painting Using Indigenous Soils and Minerals |
Workshops | Book/Details |
| Fri 18 May 8:00 | Whole Lotta Led - A Tribute to Led Zepplin | Music & Dance | Book/Details |
| Sat 19 May 8:00 |
Off the Kerb presents: Mark Steel's In Town |
Comedy | Book/Details |
Take a look through our April-June programme...
Coming very soon to Diss Corn Hall...
FILM: The next Wednesday's film is:
Chico & Rita (15)
Wednesday 23 May, 8pm
Directed by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, 2011
Spain, 94 mins
With voices of Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña and Mario Guerra
This luscious animation is a love story set in the smoky nightclubs of the 1940s. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams, Rita a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. From their native Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, the passionate individuals battle impossible odds in a tragicomedy with a happy ending. The musical and animated jazz cameos are a treat – look out for Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker and Woody Herman. Oscar nominated animation.
Tickets: £4 / Students £2
ART: The current exhibition is...
Meet Me On the Edge by Jayne Ivimey
Tuesday 8 May to Saturday 2 June
The Old Stables Gallery, Mon-Sat 11am - 4pm
During the harsh winter of 2003 Jayne Ivimey visited Happisburgh twice monthly, recording the dramatic cliff falls and loss of property. Returning 8 years later she connects this retreating coastline to the ongoing land changes in geological time.
Wednesday 16 May - Evening view with the artist 6.00-7.45pm
Followed at 8pm by an audio visual floortalk in which Jayne will talk about her work, describe her journey and introduce the film, Patience (After Sebald)
Workshop - Thursday 17 May 1.30-5.00pm £18
Making paints and painting using indigenous soils and minerals
Liberate your ideas and techniques with a fresh approach to image making. In her recent work, Jayne Ivimey has been using the clays and sands of New Zealand to explore place and memory. She will demonstrate paint making with local materials and discuss our connection with the earth.
The DCH Blog
Mark Steel wins radio award
Last night (Monday 14th May) was the Sony Radio awards ceremony, a high profile event celebrating the best radio around the UK. We are very proud to say that one of the winners was Mark Steel! His show ‘Mark Steel’s in town’ recorded live and broadcast on the radio, won the Gold award in the ‘Best Comedy’ category.
Mark is coming to the Corn Hall this Saturday to perform the very same show, but this time focussing on the traditions and stories that make Diss, and Norfolk, such a unique place to live.
Explaining what made Mark’s show stand out from the crowd, the awards panel said:
“The judges were particularly influenced by how much the live audience loved this show. Continuous laughs which made us all feel differently and more affectionately about the UK. Completely original.”
If you want to see who else won, then check out the award website on www.radioacademyawards.org.
If you can’t make it this weekend then do not fear! We have more comedy coming up. May the 25th sees the Red Card Comedy Club returning to the venue, this month including the comedy styling’s of John Ryan, emerging talent Matt Richardson and compered by the wonderfully eccentric Tim FitzHigham. Red Card evenings are set apart from other evenings because of their intimate cabaret seating and the chance to have a slice of cake and a beer whilst you watch!
We are also welcoming Lee Hurst on the 2nd of November. From the original cast of ‘They think its all over’, Lee is stopping off in Diss on his nationwide tour, putting his own unique comical spin on life.
To buy tickets for these events just visit the ‘Comedy’ section of our website.
Tuesday 15th May 2012
Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield is brought to the stage at Diss Corn Hall
Published in the Diss Express
Mad Dogs and Englishmen Theatre Company present David Copperfield at Diss Corn Hall on Friday, April 27, at 7.30pm.
Charles Dickens’ favourite tale is brought to the stage with a flourish by the award-winning Mad Dogs and Englishmen Theatre Company.
Replete with comic, cruel and repugnant characters, Dickens’ semi-autobiographical novel follows a vulnerable boy on his journey to manhood. It is a story of the struggle against poverty and obscurity: a story of loss, of loneliness, and the betrayal of innocence.
Touring nationally, this fast-paced and faithful new adaptation evokes all the hilarity and pathos of Dickens’ writing and is sure to entertain and delight.
Tickets available on the website
Thursday 12th April 2012
Book launch with Ancient Map exhibition.
Published in the Diss Express.
A book showing the first stages of detail drawn from the Diss Manorial Map of 1637 was launched on Tuesday as part of the Ancient Maps of Diss exhibition at Diss Corn Hall.
The map, which was purchased with the help of the community in 2007 and lodged with the Norfolk Record Office, prompted a group of members from the Diss Decorative and Fine Arts Society to decipher details from the map, which lists names of owners and tenants, many of which can still be found in the town.
About 80 visitors attended the lunchtime meeting, with a talk from Dr John Alban, county archivist for Norfolk, who gave an account of the work of his office and the place of the map in illustrating the 17th century.
Saturday 7th April 2012