National Theatre Live: Ballet Shoes (2025)
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?
Director: Katy Rudd
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ballet-shoes/
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Grace Saif as Pauline Fossil |
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Melanie-Joyce Bermudez as Petrova Fossil |
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Daisy Sequerra as Posy Fossil |
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Justin Salinger as Great Uncle Matthew (GUM) / Madame Fidolia |
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Jenny Galloway as Nana (Miss Guthridge) |
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Pearl Mackie as Sylvia Rose Brown |
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Nadine Higgin as Theo Dane |
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Sonya Cullingford as Winifred |
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Sid Sagar as Jayan Saravanan |
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Helena Lymbery as Doctor Jakes |
| Writing | Noel Streatfeild | Author |
| Writing | Kendall feaver | Writer |
| Directing | Katy Rudd | Director |
| Art | Frankie Bradshaw | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Samuel Wyer | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Ellen Kane | Choreographer |
| Sound | Asaf Zohar | Music |
| Sound | Gavin Sutherland | Music Arranger |
| Lighting | Paule Constable | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Ian Dickinson | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Ash J Woodward | Visual Effects Designer |
| Production | Bryony Jarvis-Taylor | Casting Director |
| Crew | Penny Dyer | Dialect Coach |
| Sound | Cathleen McCarron | Vocal Coach |