This year’s festive family treat at the National Theatre is Ballet Shoes – a vivid reimagining of Noel Streatfeild’s novel, first published in 1936 and never since out of print. It’s ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Confession time: while every other balletgoer of my acquaintance can trace their passion to childhood ...

WhatsOnStage recently paid a visit to the National Theatre, where we went into rehearsals to see how the world premiere production of Ballet Shoes is limbering up. We ...

Besides the stage show, awards and dinner—there were the pointe shoes. These couture ballet shoes are part of the Pointe Project. They’re being auctioned off until 9 pm ET today to help ...

Daisy Sequerra (as Posy Fossil), Yanexi Enriquez (as Petrova Fossil) and Grace Saif (as Pauline Fossil) in Ballet Shoes, © Manuel Harlan There are perils to adapting ...