Stepping Out
by Richard Harris

Mon 27 August - Sat 1 September 2012
Directed by Wendy McClay and Graham Underhill

'Your dreams are just a step away'

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This good-natured comedy chronicles several months in the life of a beginning dance class. Led by Mavis, their eternally patient instructor, and accompanied by the acerbic pianist Mrs. Fraser, the students (who range from hopeless to competent) strive to master the basics of dance. But the steps and routines are just the background for the real focus of the play - the relationships and interactions of these ten very different people. By their final performance, not only have the class members developed some degree of skill, but they have also overcome the inhibitions, awkwardness and personality conflicts that have kept them out of sync.
"Harris's play endures because it is a brilliant display of group dynamics and disgrace under pressure." The Guardian