Kendall Feaver’s acclaimed adaptation of Noel Streatfield’s book Ballet Shoes will return to the National Theatre this festive season.
In a crumbling house full of dinosaur bones and fossils, three adopted sisters – Pauline, Petrova and Posy – are learning who they are and what they want to be. Under the watchful eyes and guidance of their guardian Sylvia, Nana, and some unlikely lodgers, they fight to pursue their individual passions. But in a world that wasn’t built for women with big ambitions, can they forge a future, keep their family together, and even learn a dance or two along the way?
It is directed by Katy Rudd, with set designer Frankie Bradshaw, costume designer Samuel Wyer, choreographer Ellen Kane, composer Asaf Zohar, dance arrangements and orchestrations Gavin Sutherland, lighting designer Paule Constable, sound designer Ian Dickinson for Autograph, video designer Ash J Woodward, illusions Chris Fisher, casting director Bryony Jarvis-Taylor, dialect coach Penny Dyer and voice coach Cathleen McCarron.
Ballet Shoes will play in the Olivier theatre this winter. Casting and dates to be announced.
Tickets are on general sale from March 20, 2025. Details: nationaltheatre.org.uk
Top picture: The Company in Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre, 2024. Photographer Manuel Harlan