Frisky & Mannish's Pop Centre Plus 08.10.11

Frisky and Mannish’s Pop Centre plus was a riot of musical hilarity. From the moment they appeared on stage they had us in fits of laughter and up on our feet for a plethora of audience participation.

Their take on current pop music is refreshing, silly and insightful: from their classic rendition of The Wheels on the Bus set to Girls Aloud’s Sound of the Underground to their Bee Gees inspired take on Rihanna’s Rude Boy – complete with Mannish hitting the high notes (much to Frisky’s annoyance) – they were pure cheesy pop gold. Definitely my highlight of Lincoln Comedy Festival!

-Andy Farenden, Box Office Assistant

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Jon Richardson and Shappi Khorsandi 07.10.11

I arrived at the Drill Hall with high hopes of laughter for this sell out night. I was particularly pleased with the value for money £15 for two top comedians!!

  

 Jon Richarson is a cynical perfectionist in the extreme. He makes humour of his talent to spoil a day over trivial things, and in his own words "why worry about the important things when there’s plenty of little things you can worry about?" Jon was funny and had the audience captivated with his anecdotes of how his obsessive thoughts lead to his strange curious behaviour - especially his difficulty in talking to women and maintaining a relationship.

 The beautiful Shappi on the other hand came stumbling on stage forgetting half of her props. It was clear Shappi didn’t share the same attention to detail as Jon, and she went on to pick on exactly the same young newly engaged couple at the front  as Jon did, and tried to make them and the audience share the same scepticism about long lasting relationships as she did. The show gave an insight to what it was like to grow up as a Iranian in England and her close but competitive relationship with her brother. She also talked about how her father’s political beliefs led to assassination attempts and now and again throwing in a references to her divorce. My only criticism of Shappi was I wasn’t really sure the direction of the show and it sometimes felt that she hadn’t actually

planned the show at all.

 - Finance Manager

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Sinfonia ViVA 05.10.11

I didn't know what to expect of sinfonia ViVA - I'd heard good things since about them since their name popped up in our brochure, but I'd not even heard of them before then, never mind heard them play.

It's safe to say I was absolutely astounded. They are phenomenal! The sound they made was just amazing - the strings simply sang in every single piece.

Leader Benedict was great at keeping the audience engaged, and explaining the pieces before they were played, and everyone in the auditorium (which sadly was not very full) loved him.

Even though the whole thing was 2 and a bit hours it definitly didn't feel like it, and I freely admit to going home and youtubing the pieces

ViVA played that night.

- Hilary Shepherd, Marketing Officer

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we have this season by clicking here

The Magnets 29.09.11

The Magnets' show on 29th Sept was the band’s second visit to the Drill Hall but it certainly won’t be their last… Not only are they fantastic musicians who really know how to put on a show, they’re also bloody nice blokes!

Working with them is a joy and they seem to get genuine enjoyment from every gig, even every song they perform.

They love talking to people before and after the show and this time they even agreed to a private performance in the afternoon which was one of the auction prizes from our Bangers & Mash Ball in August.

The atmosphere in the building during the gig is absolutely electric and people leave in such a good mood. In many ways it’s the perfect kind of Drill Hall gig and if you could bottle the Magnets on get it on the NHS I reckon the world would be a happier place…

-Simon Hollingworth, Director

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Lunchtime Concert 06.09.11

To be honest, this felt like quite a long concert...

However, it sounded great - the pieces were high-profile and probably nearly impossible to play, (see Concert details - Lincoln Drill Hall Website) but I found myself a bit too tired to concentrate fully!

It was a piano four hands solo, which is fairly unusual, and I remember thinking that one of the pieces had a nice tune to it, though I couldn't sing it now if you asked me to. The Drill Hall's auditorium was comfortably filled with people, mostly of the silver-haired generation, but no complaints from me as they all seemed to love it! :)

- Hilary Shepherd, Marketing Officer

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To begin...

Hello world, this is blog post number 1!

Here at the Drill Hall pretty much every employee likes something different. Sure there's the odd similar taste, like food or sleep...

...but generally speaking, we're a right mixture. 

By getting opinions from a different member of staff each time you can be sure they'll be honest event reviews spoken with completely different voices.