Photo Flash: Miranda Hart, Clare Balding & More at STEPPING OUT West End Opening

Last night, Stepping Out opened at the Vaudeville Theatre (read our review here). The production stars Amanda Holden, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Nicola Stephenson, Judith Barker, Jessica-Alice McCluskey, Sandra Marvin and Dominic Rowan, directed by Maria Friedman. For the first part of the West End run, Anna-Jane Casey steps in for the injured Tamzin Outhwaite.

Richard Harris's play charts the lives of seven women and one man attempting to tap their troubles away at a weekly dancing class. Initially all thumbs and left feet, the group is just getting to grips with the basics when they are asked to take part in a charity gala.

Over the course of several months we meet the group, and all of them have a story to tell. There's perfectionist Vera, mouthy Maxine and uptight Andy, bubbly Sylvia and shy Dorothy, eager Lynne and cheerful Rose, and, of course, Geoffrey. At the piano is the dour Mrs Fraser and spurring them all on, the ever-patient Mavis.

Miranda Hart
Miranda Hart
Clare Balding
Clare Balding
Maria Friedman
Lesley Joseph
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Walsh
Ant and Dec
Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon
Julia Bradbury
Julia Bradbury
Jake and Harriet Humphrey
Ben and Annie Shepherd
Ben and Annie Shepherd