Set in 1930s London, Ballet Shoes tells the inspiring tale of Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and Posy Fossil (Lucy Boynton), who are adopted bu an eccentric explorer, "Gum" (Richard Griffiths), and raised as sisters by his selfless niece (Emilia Fox) and her nurse (Vitoria Wood). Each of the girls has a dream to fulfil; Pauline longs to be an actress, Petrova yearns tobe an aviator, and Posy seems born to be a ballerina.

But when "Gum" disappears, the money runs out and fiesty, ambitious and devoted Fossils find they just fight to survive...

"We three Fossils vow to put our name in the history books, because it is ours, and ours alone, and nobody can say it's because of our granfathers"

With these words, three orphans embark on an exhilarating journey through the world of show business.