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Stepping Out

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  9w, 1m

Richard Harris

Stepping Out
by Richard Harris

"A surefire winner." - New York Daily News

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    9w, 1m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! Comedy of the Year by the Evening Standard Drama Awards, 1984

Details

Summary

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 dingy North London church hall. There is ex-professional dancer Mavis, who runs the class; cheerfully overweight Sylvia; Andy, a plain do-gooder with no confidence; snobby but well meaning Vera; timid Dorothy who works in Social Security; Maxine, attractive, sharp and very shrewd; fat, plain Lynne; Rose, just here for a good time, and Geoffrey, the lone male. As the play progresses, the class’s dancing improves to such an extent that by the climax, a grand charity show performance, they have been transformed into triumphant tappers, worthy of any chorus line.


History
Stepping Out was first presented at the Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead. Subsequently presented by Bill Kenwright, in association with the Thorndike Theatre, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London on 18 September, 1984.
Cast Attributes
M1(40s) F9 (1 Black or Asian) (19, 35-50s)

Optional extras

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting A church hall

Media

“A fresh and lively look... you can laugh yourself silly...” – Time Out

“Constantly simmers with laughter... it taps a rich vein in entertainment.” – Sunday Express

“The observation so acute, the tiffs so human, the revelations so likely...” – Daily Telegraph

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Author

Richard Harris

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