Following the recent productions of Soul Music & Blue Remembered Hills, not to mention Calendar Girls,

Wellington Theatre Company is delighted to be working with Director /Choreographer Tracey Hamilton for their forthcoming production of Stepping Out, which will run from Wednesday March 30 – Saturday April 2 at Wellington Arts Centre

Tracey is qualified as a performer and teacher in all aspects of theatre dance, who has had a professional musical theatre career before starting her own dance school in Exmouth in 2011.

Tracey has performed in many productions with Exeter Musical Society, and has directed and choreographed Calamity Jane, as well as numerous musical reviews.

In 2012 she choreographed, co-directed and played the part of Mavis in Stepping Out the Musical at the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter.

This heart-warming, toe-tapping comedy by Richard Harris (not to be confused with the musical) enjoyed a hugely successful West End run in 1984 and won the Evening Standard Best Comedy Award.

Set in North London, the story follows the lives of the members of an amateur tap class. Each attending for their own reasons, Harris’ play is a wonderfully endearing tale of how determination, friendship and camaraderie can shape even the most bashful into proud performers.

Mavis, a professional dancer who didn’t quite make it past the chorus line, now runs her own class in the local church hall accompanied by the acerbic pianist Mrs Fraser. A mixed, and otherwise incompatible, group of seven women and one man meet weekly for their tap-dancing class. Each struggling to conquer either their inhibitions or dance technique, or both!

Then the day comes when Mavis breaks the news to the group that they have been invited to perform in front of an audience for a big charity concert.

With varying degrees of talent and determination we see how each class member copes with the challenge…but with only a few weeks to learn an impressive tap routine, will they do it in time? Can they make it? Or will they all, literally, fall flat on their faces?

A read-through/tap workshop will take place on Thursday November 26, 7.30pm. The main audition is on Sunday December 6, 10am – 1pm. Wednesday December 9,7.30, for anyone unable to manage the Sunday.

(These all take place at Wellington Arts Centre)

For anyone with little or no tap/movement experience, we are simply looking for a willingness to learn.

Rehearsals will start in January with tap classes.

Please call 01823 667388 for further information.