Results from the Corn Exchange Drama Festival
“A wonderful week of theatre”, “a splendid variety of plays”, “interesting to compare my views with those of the adjudicators”. Just some of the comments overhead at last week’s drama festival which was the final week of what has become a regular sequence of events in Oxfordshire – Kenton (Henley), Oxfordshire Drama Network (Abingdon) and
All of Us Strangers review – Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott tremendous in a beautiful fantasy-romance
Peter Bradshaw Guardian ***** Scott, Mescal and Claire Foy shine in a drama about a screenwriter who visits his childhood home to find his parents, who were killed in a car crash, still living there All of Us Strangers review – Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott tremendous in a beautiful fantasy-romance | Film | The
Subtitles on Films
We’re trialling adding subtitles to matinee film showings, except for childrens’ films, to improve accessibility for the hearing-impaired. We’re appreciative of the regular audience now for matinees and we want to make sure that we’ve done everything that we can to make it a great experience. We’ll start this Wednesday with Women Talking. We would
Read about our films and shows
We’ve made some changes to our website recently and we have added a blog page containing previews and reviews of films and shows. Just click REVIEWS on the main page and read about what you’ve seen or are going to see. If you want to submit your own review just send a word document to
Matinee Film Showings are back
Good news. We are putting on some regular matinee film showings starting in October. We understand from some audience members that they would like to come to the cinema in Wallingford in the afternoon. So to address this need we are putting on regular matinee performances on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons starting at 2:30pm. We
Booking Confirmation Emails
Dear Patrons, Many of you have told us that you’re not receiving confirmation emails when booking tickets. We’re sorry about this and have checked our system and there doesn’t seem to be a problem there. We do think that many of these emails are going into the SPAM or JUNK folder. The best way to
Sinodun Players and Corn Exchange awarded Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
The Corn Exchange in Wallingford and the Sinodun Players, resident company and owner of the theatre, have received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest possible honour for voluntary groups in the UK.
Sound in the Cinema
The standard level for film sound in an Auditorium is 7.0 on the calibrated Dolby™ Volume level control. However, many cinemas including this one, have found that this setting can allow excessive sound levels on some film soundtracks. However, as part of the experience, the sound in a cinema will always be louder than that
