National Theatre Live: Ballet Shoes
2025
Directed by Katy Rudd
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?
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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...
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- Runtime
- 140 min
- Released
- 2025-07-22
- Studio
- National Theatre
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
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Key contributors
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Katy Rudd
Director
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Kendall Feaver
Writer
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Grace Saif
Pauline Fossil
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Melanie-Joyce Bermudez
Petrova Fossil
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Daisy Sequerra
Posy Fossil
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Justin Salinger
Great Uncle Matthew (GUM) / Madame Fidolia
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Jenny Galloway
Nana (Miss Guthridge)
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Pearl Mackie
Sylvia Rose Brown
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Nadine Higgin
Theo Dane
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Sonya Cullingford
Winifred