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Ballet Shoes review: ‘everything a family show should be’

JL;DR SUMMARY The National Theatre's first stage adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's beloved children's novel, "Ballet Shoes," offers a captivating and heartwarming family show. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Stage AdaptationNational TheatreFamily Show1930s LondonBallet ShoesNoel StreatfeildGumSylviaChosen FamilyMusical Score

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London, England, United Kingdom
"Primarily it is a rollicking tale set in 1930s London about three adopted sisters who are taken into the care of wealthy, eccentric palaeontologist, known as GUM..."

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