Cinema/theatre/TV

Kids Week is back. From 1 to 31 August, a child aged 16 or under can see a fantastic selection of shows in London for free when accompanied by a full paying adult. Two additional children can go at half price and booking is now open.

DisneyLife: New Digital Service offers Disney’s biggest collection of entertainment, including movies, books, music and TV episodes, in one place. Harriet and Anne Coates have been enjoying some favourites.

The Box of Photographs is showing on the Main Stage at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, London. Alex Bell, along with Toby and Pippa, went to review for Parenting Without Tears.

Harriet and Anne Coates went to see a performance of My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty at the Peacock Theatre. Now aged nearly six, Harriet saw the first production by the English National Ballet four years ago. How did this one compare?

Warner Brothers has just released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Anne Coates went along to a preview.

We’re Stuck! is an interactive show for children aged eight to 11 that teaches them not to be afraid of mistakes in maths by taking them on a fun adventure with scientists and robots.  The tour begins in Shoreditch, London and then travels to Burnley, Waterfoot and Manchester during the Easter holidays.

This February half-term, travel down under to discover the incredible true story of Oddball and the Penguins, and how a troublemaking Maremma sheepdog became guardian to an endangered colony of Australia’s adorable Little Penguins. Harriet and Anne Coates went along to a preview.

English National Ballet and English National Ballet School present My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty, a reimagined version of the classic fairy-tale ballet created especially for children as young as three. Adapted to an hour in length and with a narrator to help young audiences follow the story, My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty is the perfect way to introduce children as young as three to the magic of ballet. National Tour 24 March to 29 May 2016.

Poonamallee Productions and Exeter Northcott Theatre present An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo – tour dates

We regularly run features and, from time to time, competitions, linked to Netflix. Here Sam Lockwood gives an overview of why he is such a fan of the online entertainment company.

Parents in the UK, US, Canada and Australia agree that 9pm is the new midnight for kids. Now you can celebrate the most famous ten seconds of the year (whether it’s midnight or not) with special children-sized countdowns only on Netflix. 

Next spring award-winning arts venue The Vaults will host the world theatre premiere of Goosebumps in a strictly limited run, exclusive to London. Working closely with publisher Scholastic, The Vaults have been granted permission to create an immersive world based on the phenomenally popular book series. Booking is now open.

You only have until 3 January to see The Gruffalo at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, see it if you possibly can, writes Anne Coates, your children will love you for it.

Charles Way's Beauty and the Beast at the Polka Children's Theatre, is a must-see, writes Anne Coates.

An original 13 part series from Marvel – Jessica Jones – and a comedy exclusive A Very Murray Christmas head the line-up on Netflix along with the recently acquired Toy Story and The Hobbit.

A new 60 episode series of Teletubbies begins on Monday 9 November on CBeebies – Laura Chambers went to the world premiere and reports back.

Opening in cinemas from 23 October, from the makers of Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom, Independent Cinema Office (ICO), The Big Knights – a newly remastered compilation, hand-picked by its creators, of the best of the brilliant BBC children's series. 

Beasty Baby, devised and produced by Theatre-Rites at Polka's Adventure Theatre, is a fabulous experience for young children and adults alike, writes Anne Coates.