Learning How to Dive

Following a sold-out London run, Damn Cheek proudly presents its multi-award-nominated production of Brendan Murray's Learning How to Dive.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."Plunges the audience into immediate intrigue" - - Theatre Weekly
"Pure theatre at its absolute best. An awesome night." - - London Theatre1
"Much more than a work of fiction." - - Pride FM
"Moving, uncomfortable, and funny." - - BecomeUnmuted
"Redolent of Alan Bennett or Victoria Wood." - 1/2 - The Reviews Hub
"A thought provoking and very well done play" - 1/2 - Familes Who Love Theatre
"A story that knows how to find beauty in difficult moments" - - London Theatre Review
"Nuanced, sensitive, lyrical" - - London Pub Theatres Magazine
"Moving and quietly uplifting" - - Everything Theatre
"Focussed, and assured" - - theatre-news.com
"As heartbreaking as it is charming" - - Jack The Lad
"Every word and action has been chosen carefully" - - Lost in Theatreland2026 Award Nominations include: Fringe Theatre Awards (multiple nominations); London Pub Theatres Standing Ovation Award; The OffWestEnd Offies Awards (Assessors Choice)Learning How to Dive is written by and features multi-award-winning playwright Brendan Murray, described by The Guardian as "one of the country's most compassionate dramatists". Directed by Willie Elliott, it also stars Damn Cheek Co-Artistic Directors Darren Cheek and Karen Spicer.