Weiglia do ok in shade and whilst not a ball you can prune it into the shape you want. Euonymus will also tolerate shade and dry. I have one under the beech tree along with a sarcoccoca. Acuba is another option.
see what others suggest.

I have a part shadedbank which gets dry at the top. Flowering shrubs up there I have magnolia stellata. Mahonia media, buddleia ‘Santana’, leycesteria formosana, Argyrocistus battandieri, Cornus Mas, malus (Crab Apple), elaeagnus, privet. The leycesteria is great, especially ‘Golden Lanterns’.

Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ is the perfect size, and it flowers twice!

Thanks very much for the help, I need to look those up now !