National Theatre Live: Ballet Shoes (2025)

Plot Summary

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?

Full Cast & Characters

Grace Saif

Pauline Fossil

Melanie-Joyce Bermudez

Petrova Fossil

Daisy Sequerra

Posy Fossil

Justin Salinger

Great Uncle Matthew (GUM) / Madame Fidolia

Jenny Galloway

Nana (Miss Guthridge)

Pearl Mackie

Sylvia Rose Brown

Nadine Higgin

Theo Dane

Sonya Cullingford

Winifred

Sid Sagar

Jayan Saravanan

Helena Lymbery

Doctor Jakes

Director & Crew

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