Read our review of Ballet Shoes, starring Grace Saif, Yanexi Enrique, Daisy Sequerra and Pearl Mackie, now in performances at the National Theatre to 22 February 2025. In Noel Streatfeild’s 1936 ...

Still, Ballet Shoes – one of the children arrives with a pair as a babe in arms – is an uplifting injunction for each child to find the talent they were born with and make a life from it ...

After The Witches last Christmas, the National Theatre has another seasonal hit on its hands with Ballet Shoes. It was my duty as a critic, rather than knowledge of the book by Noel Streatfeild, or ...

Cookbook author and former professional dancer Dean Sheremet shares tips on how to incorporate dance fitness into your family ...

The National Theatre’s big family Christmas show is a sumptuous adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s classic 1936 children’s ...

Leaping between its period setting and the present, Kendell Feaver’s adaptation of Noel Streatfield’s 1936 book is as delicately balanced as a dancer on pointe ...

See the “controlled chaos” of what it takes to stage and costume this elaborate production at the Kauffman Center for the ...

Tis the season to dress up and get cultured — with theater, dance and music that is. Here, festive productions that will put ...

Just like football players expect to spend Thanksgiving on the field, ballerinas plan to spend their Christmas season on ...

Jingle those bells joyfully: here is a real Christmas cracker from the National Theatre, one whose pleasures will surely be enjoyed for myriad festive seasons to come. Noel Streatfeild’s ...

According to an article in the show’s programme by Jacqueline Wilson, Noel Streatfeild’s 1936 book, Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage, to give it its full title, has never ...