Cinema/theatre/TV

Modern Films Family in partnership with CBeebies have announced that this year's CBeebies Panto is Beauty and the Beast and that it will be in cinemas during November and December. 

Anne Coates reviews the fabulous immersive drama at the Unicorn Theatre running until 3 November, 2024: Toto Kerblammo! by Tim Crouch. 

Dorian The Musical is a fabulous retelling of Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, updated for a modern audience and set in the world of rock stars and influencers. Anne and Harriet Coates went to the opening night.

After five sold-out development runs at the New Diorama Theatre in 2019 and Southwark Playhouse in 2020, 2021 and 2022, plus an extended Riverside Studios run last summer, Operation Mincemeat is back – now at the Fortune Theatre until 19 August, 2023. Anne Coates reviews.

We have teamed up with Polka Theatre to offer one family (or group of four) the chance to see this production of Michael Morpurgo's Little Manfred.

Kathryn Bingham reviews, Jurassic World Dominion, the last instalment in the Jurassic Park story.

Adapted for young audiences in terms of content and the length of the play, by Jude Christian, Hamlet at the National Theatre was a triumph.

Malory Towers returns for series two. The beloved children’s drama is set to land on BBC iPlayer with all episodes available from Monday 22 November. Adapted from the iconic novels written by Enid Blyton, the King Bert Productions and WildBrain co-production sees Darrell and the gang return for their second form, with adventure, fun and boarding school antics back in full swing.

Just released on Disney+, Pixar Animation Studios’ Dug Days, a new series of five shorts that follows the humorous misadventures of Dug, the lovable dog from Disney and Pixar’s Oscar®-winning feature film Up whose high-tech collar translates his thoughts into speech.

the newly launched parental controls which came to Disney+ with the launch of Star – the latest general entertainment brand to join the Disney+ family.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz performed in a sitting room near you – reviewed by Anne Coates.