The National Theatre’s big family Christmas show is a sumptuous adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s classic 1936 children’s novel Ballet Shoes. It’s slick, classy and meticulously directed by ...

After The Witches last Christmas, the National Theatre has another seasonal hit on its hands with Ballet Shoes. It was my duty as a critic, rather than knowledge of the book by Noel Streatfeild, or ...

Leaping between its period setting and the present, Kendell Feaver’s adaptation of Noel Streatfield’s 1936 book is as delicately balanced as a dancer on pointe ...

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 ...