Cinema/theatre/TV

Harriet and Anne Coates went to see the fourth in the series: My First Ballet: Swan Lake produced by the English National Ballet and danced by second year students at the English National Ballet School at the Peacock Theatre in London. It was a theatrical experience not to be missed.

Story Pocket Theatre in asssociation with Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre presents Arabian Nights – physical theatre for children aged five plus. Anne Coates went along with Olivia and Harriet – all three were entranced by the perfomances.

We can't all get to the National Theatre – or afford it if you factor in babysitting as well – but now you can watch the fabulous production of Behind the Beautiful Forevers at a Vue Cinema near you on 2 April 2015. Anne Coates went to a special screening.

UK tour of the award-winning show Arabian Nights presented by Story Pocket Theatre in association with Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.

English National Ballet and English National Ballet School are delighted to announce tour details for My First Ballet: Swan Lake, the reimagined iconic Tchaikovsky ballet made accessible and enjoyable for audiences as young as three years old.

The creative team behind Alice’s Adventures Underground – already hailed as one of 2015’s hottest tickets – will also be premiering a separate show for children aged five and up, entitled Adventures in Wonderland. This multi-sensory and interactive theatre production at the Vaults, Waterloo, is timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel.

The Adventures of Puss in Boots, the latest in a rapidly expanding list of original series that DreamWorks Animation is creating for Netflix that includes Turbo FAST and All Hail King Julien is now available. The first five 22-minute episodes are ready to view for Netflix members in the US, Canada, Latin America, UK, Ireland, the Nordics, Benelux and France.

Showing until 8 February, 2015, at the Polka's Adventure Theatre, Grandad, Me and Teddy Too is a charming show created especially for children aged two to five years. Harriet and Anne Coates went along for the experience.

Blue Peter will today announce a groundbreaking new venture as it launches a search for three "CBBC Intelligence Officers". The exciting new project will see the iconic CBBC brand collaborating with, and gaining unprecedented access to MI5, the Security Service.

Into The Woods has just opened in UK cinemas and is great family entertainment, writes Anne Coates.

Oily Cart in association with The Southbank Centre presents There Was An Old Woman at the Royal Festival Hall Blue Room and  then on tour to Warwick Arts Centre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury and the Chichester Festival Theatre. Harriet and Anne Coates went to join in the fun.

The Netflix original series ALL HAIL KING JULIEN is part of a larger partnership with Dreamwork Animation and will be available, in full from today only on Netflix. Anne Coates and her family went to a special showing of the first two episodes.

The centerpiece of CBeebies Christmas schedule is a wonderful production of Peter Pan on Friday 19 December at 5pm. Harriet and Anne Coates went to a recording of the programme at the Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays.

Paddington starring the bear from darkest Peru has just opened in cinemas and Harriet and Anne Coates went to a special family screening hosted by Volvo Car Uk.

Anne Coates reviews Stations of the Cross, which won the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Script this year and the EIFF Student Jury Prize.

 

What better way to pass a winter afternoon or evening in the run up to Christmas than all the family watching a seasonal movie. Netflix has three additions this month: The Search for Santa Paws, I'll Be Home for Christmas and Christmas Angel. Plus there are lots of old favourites to watch.

Featuring Anna and Elsa from the number one animated film, Frozen, as we as everyone's favourite characters from Disney's The Little Mermaid, Tangled and Beauty and The Beast, The Magical Ice Festival comes to the UK in 2015 and booking is now open.

CBeebies Christmas Show flies into Salford with a special adaptation of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan – free tickets available via ballot from midday Wednesday 10 September, 2014.