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Dancing Shoes

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Young Vic · London

Premiered 2025

An unexpected friendship interrupts Donny’s addiction and isolation.

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The story

Donny’s life has been shaped by addiction and by keeping himself apart from other people. A new friendship begins to alter that pattern, asking him to risk connection and let himself be seen. The play follows recovery not as a solitary act of will, but as something made possible through another person’s presence.

In the room

This hour-long drama balances painful material about addiction and isolation with a warmer focus on friendship, visibility and the possibility of beginning again.

Good fit if you like

recovery stories, unlikely friendships, intimate character drama and emotionally direct writing.

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From 30 Sept 2026
Booking until 30 Sept 2026

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