Welcome to the Shropshire Drama Company (SDC) website.
We hope you find the enclosed information useful. If you would like to be kept up to date with what’s happening at SDC then do please get in touch via the Contact page HERE.
We’re out on tour again this autumn, with a new show called Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment On Marriage. Mixed Doubles 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 appear to be plagued by everyday trivialities, their pasts, their jobs, and their marital problems.
Here are the dates and venues (click on the venue name for the link to ticket sales):
Friday 13 November – Wem Town Hall (coming soon!)
Monday 16 November – Performing Arts Theatre, Shrewsbury Colleges Group (London Road campus)
Friday 20 November – All Stretton Village Hall, Church Stretton
Saturday 21 November – Montgomery Town Hall, Powys.
How we began
SDC was founded in 1958 as Shropshire County Drama Group by the late Bert Amies, OBE, the former county drama adviser. The name was changed to Shropshire Drama Company in 2005. We became a registered charity in 2024 – number: 1207580.
Our aim
Enshrined in the constitution of SDC is Bert’s original brief to perform ‘challenging, worthwhile and experimental drama’, which up until recently was SDC’s strapline. It is now ‘engaging live theatre’.
What we offer
SDC aspires to provide its audiences with high quality performances covering a wide genre of plays. Its members have the chance to be involved in productions at a variety of venues. Opportunities are also available to develop and hone skills in various aspects of theatre, through an expansive and continually reviewed programme of workshops and other social activities.
Interested?
If you are attracted to the idea of being part of a dynamic, friendly company – please get in touch.
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