The National Theatre has announced full casting for the first major stage adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s best-selling book Ballet Shoes by Kendall Feaver, playing in the Olivier theatre from 23 November 2024 - 22 February 2025.

The cast includes Stacy Abalogun (Ensemble), Yanexi Enriquez as Petrova Fossil, Philip Labey (Ensemble), Katie Lee (On Stage Swing), Sharol Mackenzie (Ensemble), Pearl Mackie as Sylvia, Nuwan Hugh Perera (Ensemble), and Katie Singh (Ensemble). They join the previously announced cast including Eryck Brahmania (Ensemble), Cordelia Braithwaite (Ensemble), Michelle Cornelius (Ensemble), Sonya Cullingford as Winifred, Jenny Galloway as Nana, Courtney George (Ensemble), Georges Hann (Ensemble), Nadine Higgin as Theo Dane, Helena Lymbery as Doctor Jakes, Xolisweh Ana Richards (Ballet Dancer + Ensemble), Sid Sagar as Jayan Saravanan, Grace Saif as Pauline Fossil, Justin Salinger as GUM/Fidolia, and Daisy Sequerra as Posy Fossil.

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?

Directed by Katy Rudd, the production features set design by Frankie Bradshaw, costumes by Samuel Wyer, choreography by Ellen Kane, composition by Asaf Zohar, dance arrangements and orchestrations by Gavin Sutherland, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph, video design by Ash J Woodward, and casting by Bryony Jarvis-Taylor.

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