“This isn’t a school, it’s a cult” is the dismissive judgement of Pauline (Grace Saif) when she first visits, but soon she, car and plane-loving Petrova (Yanexi Enriquez) and ballet ...

The story follows the three orphaned Fossil sisters (Pauline, Petrova, and Posy ... pleasing the many audience members for whom Ballet Shoes is a special memory from their childhood.

Speaking about the return of Ballet Shoes, incoming Director and Co-Chief ... three adopted sisters – Pauline, Petrova and Posy – are learning who they are and what they want to be.

"Suffused with gung-ho spirit, exuberance and larky wit", it is a celebration of plucky young women and "never puts a foot wrong". Feaver and Rudd have done a "magnificent job", agreed Sarah Crompton ...