Stepping Out

About the show

Eastbourne Theatre’s summer production returns for 2026 with Richard Harris’ warm and witty tap-dancing comedy, Stepping Out, bringing joy and laughter to the Devonshire Park Theatre stage this summer for an extended run.

Mavis Turner runs a weekly tap class in a draughty church hall for a group of enthusiastic but decidedly amateur dancers. Among them are the shy, the anxious, the outspoken and the over-confident and each with their own reasons for being there.

As the class prepares for a public charity performance, tensions rise, friendships form and hidden talents emerge. Under Mavis’s patient guidance, what starts as a series of missteps and mishaps, gradually transforms into something quite special.

Stepping Out is a wonderfully funny and touching comedy about ordinary people achieving extraordinary things, this feel-good comedy is guaranteed to delight.

Directed once again by Chris Jordan from the team behind previous summer productions including The Invisible Man, The Play What I Wrote, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and many more.

Tap your troubles away at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne this August.