Join Damn Cheek at the Mole Valley Arts Alive festival to see our multi-award-nominated production of Brendan Murray’s Learning How To Dive.

About the show

What do you say when you answer the door to a man you’ve never met before?

Especially when you’ve known him for 30 years?

Where do you start? Where does it end?

And how about discovering your husband of 50 years is not who you thought he was? What then?

By turns tense and tender, Learning How to Dive tells the story of 3 people and the shared loss they find themselves facing.

Learning How to Dive enjoyed sell-out shows, rave reviews and award nominations at its first run at the White Bear Theatre in Kennington in February 2026.

“Pure theatre at its absolute best. An awesome night.“ – ★★★★★ – London Theatre1’s 5-star review

Don’t miss this opportunity to see what all the fuss is about!

When

Friday 23 October 2026 at 7.30pm.

Where

Oddfellows Hall
270 High Street
Dorking
RH4 1QT

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Tickets

Tickets are £14 to £18, available via TicketSource:

About Arts Alive

Learning How To Dive is being staged as part of Mole Valley’s Arts Alive festival, the community arts festival in Surrey.

Often a key part of the Arts Alive calendar, Damn Cheek’s previous productions at the festival have included The Door, Taking a Chance, Blessed Assurance, Sex is Another Language and An Evening with Damn Cheek.

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