Archives - Stepping Out

by Richard Harris

Directed by Shirley Shaw

Saturday 14th – Saturday 21st October 1989 in the Auditorium

Stepping Out is a warm and very funny play about the lives, laughs and loves of a group of women (and one man) attending a weekly tap-dance class in a North London church hall. The characters are beautifully drawn, from Mavis, the ex-professional dancer who runs the class, to Rose, the self-styled “token spade”.

As the play progresses, the class’s dancing improves to such an extent that by the climax, a grand show performance, they have been transformed into triumphant tappers, worthy of any chorus line.