Come Dance With Me

A couple is dancing on stage, with the woman in a sparkly dress and the man in a white shirt and black pants, dancing passionately in front of a black and white backdrop featuring other dancers.

A period drama spanning the late 1930s to the 1950s, capturing the tension and transformation of a post-war era.

Set in North East of England, it demonstrates the extraordinary resilience of a real life family at War.

  • Format & Style

    • 6 x 60-minute episodes

    • Gritty period drama with uplifting emotional and visual beats

    • Realistic storytelling infused with expressive, dreamlike dance sequences

    • Visual tone: Call the Midwife meets Peaky Blinders, with the stylised flair of Astaire Rogers

  • Tone

    • Gritty and grounded yet full of warmth and humour

    • Hopeful, raw, defiant, and politically resonant

    • Balancing family heartbreak with soaring ambition and escapism

  • Themes

    • Family, ambition, and betrayal

    • Disability, class, and female identity, young carers

    • Sisterhood and sacrifice

    • The power of dance as escape and self-expression

A smiling elderly man dressed in a black tuxedo with a white shirt and black bowtie, standing in front of a blurred background.

“I urge you to support this play Come Dance With Me. It shows how a working-class kid has to battle to make it in the world of Ballroom. This story could have been my story – and it’s the story of anyone who struggles against disadvantage to find their success in the world” 

Len Goodman.

A male and female ballet dancers performing on stage with a city skyline backdrop, dressed in white, in an expressive dance pose.

[Photography by Will Simpson]