Ballet Shoes Tickets at Olivier Theatre, London

The ★★★★★ adaptation that ‘never puts a foot wrong’ returns this autumn. The Fossil sisters; Pauline, Petrova and Posy are learning who they are and what they want to be, can they forge a future, keep their family together, and even learn a dance or two along the way?

2 hours 30 minutes, with an intervalAges 7 and up

A play at the Olivier Theatre, near Waterloo

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Played at Olivier Theatre from 17 Nov 2025 to 21 Feb 2026.

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? Katy Rudd (The Ocean at the End of the Lane) returns to the National Theatre to direct this ***** ‘perfect joy’ (The i), as Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel is brought back to the Olivier Stage in this new version by Kendall Feaver (The Almighty Sometimes)

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Address

National Theatre, Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PX

Nearest Tube

Waterloo

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