Recent Articles in Cinema/theatre/TV

Tea Break Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty? - Review
Dec 19, 2020

This year we can't enjoy our usual seasonal treat of a panto at a theatre but production companies have been working hard to bring the shows into our homes. Harriet and Anne Coates had a fabulous, interactive experience with Tea Break Theatre's Sleeping Beauty? 

Tea Break Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty?
Nov 23, 2020

Book your tickets for Tea Break Theatre's Sleeping Beauty? on a pay what you can basis.

CBeebies announces Christmas in Storyland
Nov 19, 2020

CBeebies announces Christmas in Storyland as this year’s Christmas Show which will be available to watch on Saturday 12 December on the CBeebies channel and BBC iPlayer.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Nov 16, 2020

This December, award-winning site-responsive and leading digital theatre-makers Creation Theatre present a surreal and anarchic adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which will be performed LIVE online in real time, across two weeks from the 19 December to 3 January. 

BBC Newsround – More News in More Places
Sep 1, 2020

BBC Newsround unveils exciting new changes to its format to offer more kids more news in more places.

Jack and the Beanstalk – Panto at Home
Aug 26, 2020

This Christmas, "Blue Peter" legend Peter Duncan streams his new production of Jack and the Beanstalk directly into homes from 4 December to 10 January, for the perfect family treat, promising you boos, hisses, "he’s behind yous", a sing-a-long song and all the classic panto antics that we love.

Eureka Entertainment release Alice
Jul 21, 2020

Her husband took everything. Now she's taking back her life.  Eureka Entertainment are to release, ALICE, the debut feature film from multiple award-winning writer and director Josephine Mackerras, on selected digital platforms from 24 July 2020. Review by Anne Coates.

 

RSC's Twelfth Night – in your sitting room
Mar 27, 2020

To mark World Theatre Day (Friday 27 March), the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is inviting people to join a live "watch along" from their living rooms on Saturday 11 April of a recording of their 2017 production of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, featuring Adrian Edmondson as Malvolio and Kara Tointon as Olivia.

My Spy – Film Review
Mar 11, 2020

From STX Entertainment an action-packed film to entertain the whole family: My Spy – reviewed by Anne Coates.

Little Women - Film Review
Dec 30, 2019

Greta Gerwig's film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, Little Women, is a triumph and a delight to watch, writes Anne Coates.

Black Beauty at The Purcell Room
Dec 19, 2019

Black Beauty, presented by Red Bridge Arts and Traverse Theatre Company is one of the funniest family shows I've seen. If you are near London this is a must-see, writes Anne Coates.

CBeebies Christmas Show – Hansel & Gretel
Oct 31, 2019

Following a successful launch in 2018, UK audiences are invited to watch CBeebies’ theatre recording of this year’s Christmas Show: Hansel & Gretel on the big screen on 30 November and 1 December.