Cinema/theatre/TV

Christine Mayle reviews Kaleidoscope Entertainment's action-packed family animation adventure film based on Swedish best-selling author, Camilla Läckberg’s, children’s hit book series, Super Charlie.

Front Room Productions and Lawrence Batley Theatre expose the sensational trial for Humpty Dumpty’s murder this summer in a new fairy-tale inspired musical. Review by Joe O'Neill.

An energetic and entertaining start to the first full week of the Edinburgh Fringe as The Crawl, performed at a nearly-full Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh. Review by Joe O'Neill.

This whimsical retelling of a beloved fairy tale is a delightful adventure, bursting with laughter, infectious original songs, and playful mischief. Simon Collins' two young daughters loved the experience.

Endearing fable about family, fun, friendship, and fear. Heidi proves love triumphs in the face of evil and corruption – animated film in Odeon cinemas from 1 August, 2025.

Following on from her huge success of her How to Train Your Dragon series, Cressida Colwell is delighting fans with her spin-off: How to Train Your Dragon School as cinema goers get to see the remake of the animated trilogy with a live action film.

Playful, vibrant and language-free children’s theatre show SPLAT! Is delighted to be hitting the road on a UK tour from May to August 2025. SPLAT! is a high-energy physical comedy about art, creativity and collaboration and it’s heading to 25 destinations across the country in 2025.

The award-winning children’s book The Detective Dog, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Sara Oglivie, first published by Macmillan Children’s Books in 2016 is now brought to life by Tiny and Tall Productions and is currently on tour in theatres around the UK.

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.