Ballet Shoes
By Noel Streatfeild
A new version by Kendall Feaver
Booking and details
Public booking opens at midday on Thursday 20 March
The ‘playful, graceful adaptation’ (Telegraph) returns
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?
Katy Rudd (The Ocean at the End of the Lane) returns to the National Theatre to direct this ‘perfect joy’ (The i), as Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel is brought back to the Olivier Stage in this new version by Kendall Feaver (The Almighty Sometimes).
Nominated for the Olivier Awards 2025:
- Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
- Best Set Design
- Outstanding Musical Contribution
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Members book first for our new shows, including Ballet Shoes, Till the Stars Come Down, new dates for End and additional tickets for The Land of the Living.
Supporting Cast and Patron booking from midday Tuesday 11 March
Member, Member Plus and Priority booking from midday Thursday 13 March
Advance booking from midday on Monday 17 March
Public booking from midday Thursday 20 March
Suitability
Please note: This production contains themes of adoption and death. Suitable for ages 7 – 107
Supporters
This production is supported by Rosetrees Trust. This is an Edgerton New Plays Commission. New Play Commissions are also supported by the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation.
Cast to be announced
Artistic team
Writer
Noel Streatfeild
Playwright
Kendall Feaver
Director
Katy Rudd
Set Designer
Frankie Bradshaw
Costume Designer
Samuel Wyer
Choreographer
Ellen Kane
Composer
Asaf Zohar
Dance Arrangements and Orchestration
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
Voice Coach
Cathleen McCarron
Tickets
Monday – Thursday evenings and matinees:
£25, £39, £59, £79, £99
Friday – Saturday evenings and matinees:
£30, £49, £66, £86, £110
Previews 17 – 22 November:
£20, £35, £49, £64, £79
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Please note the 6.30pm start time on Tuesday evening performances (excluding 25 Nov, 23 & 30 Dec).
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Prices may change according to demand
Assisted performances
Captioned
BSL Interpreted
Audio described
No Chilled performance available.
No Dementia-friendly performances available.
Relaxed performance
The interpreter for the BSL performance will be announced closer to the performance date.
Audio-described performances are preceded by a Touch Tour, 90 minutes before the performance start time. Call the Access line on 020 7452 3961 to book Touch Tours.
The Audio describers will be announced closer to the performance date.
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Smart caption glasses
Are not available for Ballet Shoes.
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Image. Art direction and design by Louise Richardson and National Theatre Graphic Design Studio.