Director: Annette O’Shea

Choreographer: Jasmine O’Shea
Production Manager: Natalie Froud

Details of the Play

This is a warm & very funny play which enjoyed a hugely successful West End run in 1984 and won the Evening Standard Best Comedy Award. 
Set in 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 village hall for anyone in the area. A mixed, and otherwise incompatible, group of seven women and one man meet weekly for their tap-dancing class in a dingy London church hall. 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?

Performances

The Theatre, The Gem Community Arts Centrre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald

Friday, 8 September – 8:00pm (Opening night)
Saturday, 9 September – 2:00pm Matinee
Saturday, 9 September – 8:00pm
Friday, 15 September – 8:00pm
Saturday, 16 September - 8:00pm
Sunday, 17 September – 2:00pm Matinee
Friday, 22 September – 8:00pm
Saturday, 23 September - 8:00pm

CHARACTERS

Mavis - Susan Collier 

Lynne - Jasmine O’Shea 

Dorothy - Laura Giampiccolo 

Maxine - Libby Rogers 

Andy - Melanie Bouette 

Geoffrey - Mathew Greenaway 

Sylvia - Ruth Gilmour 

Rose - Carol McCoy 

Vera - Diane Jenkins 

Mrs. Fraser - Margie Gemmell

Woman/Fairy - Jasmine Robson 

Nigel/Narelle - Graeme Taylor