SDC presents Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage

Theatre · Church Stretton

SDC presents Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage

Friday 20 November 2026 · Doors 19:00

All Stretton Village Hall, Church Stretton

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SDC presents Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage is on Friday 20 November 2026 at All Stretton Village Hall, Church Stretton, with doors at 19:00. Tickets start at £13.80, including the booking fee.

Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage is a series of eight short plays or revue sketches each with two characters and eight monologues, all composed by various English playwrights. Taken together, they present an acidly humorous image of marriage from the moment of blessing to the silver wedding anniversary. The characters in Mixed Doubles appear to be plagued by everyday trivialities, their pasts, their jobs, and their marital problems.

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