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An inventive addition to the Proms: Wallace promises a grand day out
Friday 20 April 2012
He invented a pair of Techno Trousers, the Knit-o-Matic and the Snoozatron. Now the multi-talented Wallace is turning his hand to composing, with a new commission for this year's Proms.
Carmen, King's Head, Islington, London
Peter and the Wolf, Royal Festival Hall, London
Sunday 15 April 2012
OperaUpClose veer towards greatest-hits territory while a lupine concert holds toddlers transfixed
Ahoy! Meet the real-life pirate scientist 300 years ahead of Aardman
Saturday 31 March 2012
Steve Connor discovers uncanny parallels between a swashbuckling pioneer and a new animated hero
DVD: Puss in Boots (U)
Friday 30 March 2012
"What can I say, I was a bad kitty," explains Antonio Banderas's outlaw mog at the start of this very enjoyable spin-off from the Shrek franchise.
John Carter (12A)
Friday 09 March 2012
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe
The Diary: Laura Poliakoff; Joe Penhall; Black Pond; Dominic West; Damien Hirst
Friday 10 February 2012
Laura's launch
Dreams turn to reality for surrealist film director
Friday 20 January 2012
The Czech film director, Jan Svankmajer discusses a troubled childhood and the inspiration for his new film.
Wallace and Gromit creators in leprosy row
Friday 13 January 2012
The creators of Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run are at the centre of an angry storm surrounding their latest film amid accusations of bad taste and disability discrimination.
Heads Up: David Shrigley: Brain Activity
Sunday 08 January 2012
Art? It ain't started till the ambitious banana sings
DVD: Winnie the Pooh (U)
Friday 19 August 2011
"Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave," Christopher Robin famously tells his beloved Pooh, a bear with "very little brain", in A A Milne's heart-rending children's tale.
Watch Me Move: The Animation Show, Barbican Art Gallery, London
Sunday 26 June 2011
Feed your dreams at the all-you-can-watch imagination feast
DVD: Tangled (PG)
Friday 20 May 2011
Disney's do-over of the Grimms' Rapunzel is a light and funny telling of the story of the stolen princess with the magical hair.
Katy Holland: Why the Barbie hotel suite has made me a nervous Shrek
Sunday 15 May 2011
Am I imagining things, or has the world been taken over by kids' fantasy icons?
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