Greatest Showman · Plymouth hen party theme
Greatest Showman
Hen Party Dance Class
Plymouth.
Top hats, ringmaster struts and a big-top Greatest Showman routine inspired by the Showman songbook, taught to your whole hen group by a private choreographer in Plymouth city centre. One hour is £160 flat for everyone, ninety minutes is £185 — the headcount never changes the price.
Every hen group has a ringmaster, a tightrope walker and at least one bearded lady. This is the hour they find out which is which.
Big top · bigger chorus · bride in the spotlightRoll up, roll up
Book the hen do
its own circus.
Summer Saturdays disappear fast, so send the form and we'll check the date, book the studio and pencil you in.
- £160 flat for the entire troupe — no per-person pricing
- A Showman-inspired routine built for beginners, bride as ringmaster
- Replies within a day, usually a lot quicker
Plymouth Dance Centre
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Any group size — one flat rate.
No per-person maths.
Thank you!
Why the Showman works
The theme that
makes an entrance.
Since the film came out, the Showman has become one of the most requested hen party dance class themes in Plymouth, and the reason is simple: the songs were written to be sung by a crowd. The Greatest Show, This Is Me, From Now On — they're built on stomps, claps and a chorus that gets louder every time round, which is exactly what a room full of hens wants. The choreography follows suit: ringmaster struts, cane-and-top-hat arm shapes (mimed, unless you bring your own), big travelling formations and a stomp-clap breakdown that even the most reluctant hen joins in with because it's basically applause with your feet.
To be clear, this is our own routine inspired by the film's songbook, not anything official — but your choreographer builds it so it feels like a proper number, with the group as the troupe and the bride as the one in the red coat. If she'd rather belt than strut, This Is Me makes a gorgeous slower centrepiece with the whole group gathering round her. Groups who love this sort of big ensemble number often shortlist our West End musicals theme too, or the equally powerhouse Six the Musical class if the bride wants six queens instead of one ringmaster.
The Showman suits mixed groups especially well — it's a family film, so the bride's mum, her little sister and her uni housemates all know the words, and the moves scale from a walk-and-clap to a full-blown leap depending on who's doing them. Plymouth does the after-party nicely as well: a studio in the city centre, the Barbican five minutes down the hill for cocktails, and the Hoe for a cast photo with the Sound behind you. Quite a few brides have come back to us for their wedding first dance afterwards, occasionally to the very same song.
What you get
The whole show,
one ticket price.
All nine items in the first column come inside the £160 or £185; the studio hire is the single add-on and we book it on your behalf.
What's included
- Professional dance instructor
- Greatest Showman choreography built for your group
- All music and sound equipment
- Warm-up and cool-down
- Beginner-friendly instruction
- Photo and video opportunities
- Help picking the theme and the song
- Group coordination beforehand
- A spotlight moment for the bride
What you'll experience
- A ringmaster strut that gets bigger every time you do it
- The stomp-clap breakdown, learned in about four minutes
- Mimed top-hat and cane arm shapes
- Troupe formations that travel across the whole studio
- The bride's big entrance through a corridor of hens
- A last chorus sung as loudly as it's danced, on camera
Perfect for
- A bride who cried at the film and won't admit it
- Three generations in one group who all know the words
- When the group would rather sing than dance — this does both
- Musical theatre kids, retired or otherwise
- Big parties that need a routine with room for twenty-plus
- Any hen do with a circus, carnival or red-coat dress code
Curtain up to curtain down
How the Showman
hour runs.
It opens with the stomp-clap. Your choreographer teaches the rhythm before anyone has moved their feet, so within a few minutes the whole studio is making the noise from the film's opening and the nerves have gone. Then the routine builds in sections — the ringmaster walk, the top-hat arms, a travelling formation that sweeps the troupe from one side of the room to the other — each one drilled to the track until it sits comfortably.
The final stretch of the hour joins it all together and stages the bride's entrance: the group splits into two lines, she walks the gap, and the last chorus explodes behind her. Book ninety minutes and there's room for a second song — This Is Me is the usual pick — plus a properly filmed run of the finished show.
Reviews from the ring
Rave notices,
hen edition.
"Twenty-two of us including the bride's nan, and the Greatest Showman routine worked for every single one. Nan did the stomp-clap sat down and still stole the video."
"The bride's entrance through the two lines of us to The Greatest Show — I still get goosebumps watching it back. Our teacher timed it to the second."
"We did the ninety-minute Showman session so we could fit This Is Me in as well. Worth every penny of the extra — half of us were crying by the end, in a good way."
"Loudest hour of the whole weekend. Brilliant."
Showman specifics
Straight answers,
big-top edition.
The things organisers want to know before booking a Greatest Showman hen party dance class in Plymouth. Anything we've missed, ask on the form.
01Which songs make up the Greatest Showman routine?
The Greatest Show is the default because it has the stomp-clap and the biggest chorus, but This Is Me, From Now On, Come Alive and The Other Side all work brilliantly. Pick the bride's favourite on the form and we'll choreograph around it; a ninety-minute booking usually fits two.
02Is this an official Greatest Showman class?
No — we have no connection to the film or its producers. What you get is our own routine inspired by the songbook and the circus style of the movie, choreographed by a professional dance teacher specifically so a group of beginners can learn it in an hour and look like a troupe by the end.
03Should we dress up for it?
Only if you want to — plenty of groups arrive in leggings and trainers and have just as much fun. That said, a red ringmaster coat on the bride and a few top hats on the hens photograph wonderfully. Bring whatever you'd like to wear, as we don't provide costumes, and keep the footwear flat enough to stomp in.
04Some of us can't dance at all. Will it still work?
Yes, genuinely. The Showman style is built on walking, stomping, clapping and big arms rather than tricky footwork, so the less confident hens carry the rhythm while the show-offs add the flourishes. Everyone learns the same routine; the choreographer just pitches each section at the room in front of them.
05Who gets the ringmaster's top hat?
The group forms a corridor, she makes her entrance down the middle, and the final chorus is staged around her with everyone facing in. If she's the type who'd rather not be looked at, tell us on the form and we'll make her part of the troupe with a smaller moment instead — both versions are easy to teach.
06Where does the circus pitch up?
At a studio we hire in Plymouth city centre; we confirm exactly which one when we confirm the booking, and it's always easy to reach from the station and the Barbican. Got a big holiday let or a function room with clear floor? We can come to you and run the class there instead.