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National Theatre Live: Ballet Shoes

2025 · 140 min

A warm, lively filmed stage production that charms with its spirited sisters and gentle humor.

Directed by: Katy Rudd
Genres: Adventure, Comedy
Starring: Grace Saif, Melanie-Joyce Bermudez, Daisy Sequerra

Overview: 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?

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Directed by: Katy Rudd
Genres: Adventure, Comedy
Starring: Grace Saif, Melanie-Joyce Bermudez, Daisy Sequerra

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
coming-of-age
ambition
identity
found family
Places: home
big city
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: adventure, comedy
Directed by: Katy Rudd
Written by: Kendall Feaver
Starring: Grace Saif, Melanie-Joyce Bermudez, Daisy Sequerra, Justin Salinger, Jenny Galloway, Pearl Mackie, Nadine Higgin, Sonya Cullingford
Runtime: 140 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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