Stepping Out

by Richard Harris

Stepping Out i s 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 con dence; 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.

Genres: Plays

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1985

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has a Robert Altman-esque quality that is really quite appealing.

[Nick Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a lovely read. Very British. I'd love to see it on stage.

[edward clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

enjoyable read but didn’t really say anything and no conflicts were resolved

[natalya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read it because I’m in a production of it. But it counts, right?

[Sinem · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t know why it was chosen the comedy of the year in 1984. Must be awarded to the performance, because there is nothing funny about the text.

[Sally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saw Angela in this at Lilydale :) Prior to that had read the script myself... I was originally planning to audition myself, actually (o.O!) until Alan changed the date and location of his production and moved it too far away for me to travel to... not that I probably would have had the nerve anyway! ;)

[Ryan Juno · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally read it, it was ok. I wish some of the conflicts mentioned had been resolved. It was more a sneak peek into others lives.