The ballet teacher, who trained in London and Paris, has pupils who travel hundreds of miles every week for her 90-minute lessons in Edinburgh. But now the grande dame has decided to hang up her ...

The girls dancing alongside one of their lodgers, Theo, who is a professional dance teacher who helps them into stage school. Image: Manuel Harlan. The National Theatre has taken a modern twist on ...

LONDON—Ballet dancers have a more intimate relationship with their shoes than most people. So do ballet fans. When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes, or ...

Ballet Shoes – a spellbinding staging. Director Katy Rudd is best known for her 2019 production of Joel Horwood’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane, which ...

Move over loafers. The most popular shoes of this season seem to the ballet flats. They have flooded social media timelines in the past month as the ultimate “cool-girl shoes", with celebrities ...

I’ve tried so many shoes to find the best comfy pairs, and now some of my favorites are on sale. From my beloved Dr. Scholl’s sneakers to flexible Birkenstock dupes and supportive ballet flats ...

Ballet Shoes returns for Christmas 2025. The National Theatre’s big family Christmas show is a sumptuous adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s classic 1936 children’s novel Ballet Shoes.

Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre review: Bravo – this superlative adaptation never puts a foot wrong. This wonderful show is suffused with gung-ho spirit, exuberance and larky wit.

Ballet Shoes joins a throng of adapted children’s novels, many of which have become box-office gold. The RSC’s Matilda is still running in the West End; the National Theatre’s War Horse has ...

Beloved by parents and children alike, the National Theatre has taken on the first major stage adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s best-selling book Ballet Shoes as their big ticket show this ...