Ballet Shoes
By Noel Streatfeild
In a new version by Kendall Feaver

The bestselling book revitalised for the stage
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 spectacular re-imagining of Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel, in a new version by Kendall Feaver (The Almighty Sometimes).
Suitability
Please note: This production contains themes of adoption and death. Suitable for ages 7+
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
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Cast
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
Classical Coach
Cira Robinson
Dialect Coach
Penny Dyer
Voice Coach
Cathleen McCarron
Voice Coach
Tamsin Newlands
Associate Set Designer
Natalie Johnson
Associate Choreographer
Jonathan Goddard
Staff Director
Aaliyah Mckay
Ticket prices
Monday – Saturday evenings and matinees:
£25, £39, £59, £79, £99
Previews 23 – 29 November:
£20, £35, £49, £64, £79
For concessions and discounts, see Ways to save
Please note the 6.30pm start time on the following Tuesday performances: 10 Dec, 17 Dec, 7 Jan, 14 Jan, 21 Jan and 28 Jan.
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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 Eleanor Stollery, supported by Ess Grange.
We have an allocation of tickets held for members of our Access scheme and if any of the assisted performances above are shown as “Sold Out”, tickets may still be available: Please log in to your account to view all available tickets, or call Box Office on 020 7452 3961
Smart caption glasses
Will not be available for performances of Ballet Shoes.
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Photography (Yanexi Enriquez, Grace Saif and Daisy Sequerra) by Rachel Louise Brown. CGI title by Real Life Living Things. Art direction and design by Louise Richardson and National Theatre Graphic Design Studio.