THE PRESSURE was on. Stephanie Falls desperately wanted a part in new Pavilion musical stage show The Real Glesga Dance Mums - but how to land it?

Two days before her audition all the actress from Uddingston had to go on was two details; producer Iain Gordon wanted her to sing a song.

And he told her the character she was auditioning to play, Britney, was “a bit mumsie.”

How to make sure she stood out from the crowd?

“My pal Zoe who works in musical theatre came up with an idea,” reveals Stephanie, smiling.

“She knows the world of dance mums and suggested I sing the Bruno Mars song Treasure, but to change the lyrics to something that suits my mumsie character.

“So I did that, and presented it to the producer as if Britney were parading her wean before an X Factor panel, and it went down well.”

It went down better than “well”. Stephanie landed the job.

“I then learned Britney is also a bit slow,” she says, smiling. “So I must have given the producer enough to convince I could be slow.”

The Real Glesga Dance Mums is the latest theatrical wean in the Real Glesga family of Pavilion comedy shows.

It follows on from the Real Glesga Hoosewives, a phenomenal hit that will be repeated.

Stephanie can’t quite believe she’s made it to the Pavilion, and has landed the chance to shine in front of audiences of 1600 each night.

“It’s an amazing experience for me,” she gushes.

“I’ve never appeared at the Pavilion before. I’m really excited.

“I once came to see Dorothy Paul at the theatre when I was a kid, and I just loved the atmosphere.”

Did she go to dance lessons as a kid?

“Oh, yes,” she says, with a sigh that suggests it wasn’t the happiest of times.

So that means your mum is a real dance mum?

“She was a reluctant dance mum,” says Stephanie, smiling. “She couldn’t be bothered driving me on a Saturday. But to be fair to her she took me.

“Having said that, I dipped in and out of dance. I was more into singing and acting. And dance wasn’t the competitive world that we show in this play, which exists now.”

Stephanie adds; “There were only four kids in my class when it started out. It was all relaxed and lovely, although I think it’s become more competitive in recent times.”

“I’ve heard you do get the pushy mums who demand ‘Why isn’t my girl getting to the front?’”

The Real Dance Mums tv series in America reveals horrendous behaviour.

“We want to show some of that in this show,” says Stephanie, grinning.

“It’s all about women living their dreams through their kids.

“In one episode I watched, the dance owner got one dance school barred on a technicality, which destroyed the little kids.”

Stephanie hasn’t played a theatre of the scale and history of the Pavilion in the past, but that’s not to say she is without work.

Stephanie, who studied Theatre Studies in Edinburgh and went on to do a Masters at the Conservatoire in Glasgow, teaches drama and singing.

She also works with the Walking Theatre Company, which takes themes from books such as Treasure Island and converts them into moving theatre pieces.

And the actress is part of Mischief La Bas, which performs “subversive street theatre.”

“I did an appearance at the weekend where we played Apologetic Vikings, saying sorry for our invasions,” she says, smiling.

“And we once did a show called the Scone of Destiny.”

She adds, grinning; “My partner, who is a town planner, thinks what I do is hilarious.

Stephanie knew she wanted to act from an early age.

“There wasn’t a single moment that crystalised the thought. I’d always been a performer, singing Abba songs from an early age and annoying my family.”

Stephanie, who appeared in STV add Sell Your Car Scotland adds; “I’m never quiet, although I’d like to do a bit more television.”

In recent times, Stephanie appeared in Peter Pan in Inverness, as Tiger Lily.

This year she will be returning to Neverland, this time in Motherwell, where she will be playing Wendy.

“I get to fly this year,” she says in excited voice. “And I may dye my hair. I don’t see me wearing a wig for nine weeks, sometimes doing three shows a day.

“But at least I’m wearing a comfy nightie for most of it.”

Meantime, she has Real Dance Mums to prepare for.

“I’m having a great time,” she says of rehearsals.

“And I have to say I bought Zoe a few glasses of wine when I landed the job. We had great reason to celebrate.”

• The Real Glesga Dance Mums, The Pavilion Theatre, October 5-15.