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.
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.
For the first year CBeebies had their own Prom as part of the season at the Royal Albert Hall. Olivia, Harriet and Anne Coates went along to share the experience.
What the Ladybird Heard has been transformed from a Julia Donaldson bestselling children's book into a fabulous theatrical experience for children aged three plus. Harriet and Anne Coates went to see a performaance at the Cadogan Hall before the UK tour.
Based on the book by bestselling author Julia Donaldson and award-winning illustrator Lydia Monks comes What the Ladybird Heard a wondeful theatrical experience for families with chidlren aged three plus.
Some 12 years in the making, Richard Linklater's amazing achievement in filming a story in "real time" makes Boyhood a very special movie but it is long, writes Anne Coates.
Booking opens on Tuesday 17 June, 2014 for Kids Week which runs throughout August. Children under 16 see a show free when accompanied by a full paying adult.
Polka Theatre and Little Angel Theatre present Skitterbang Island, first commissioned in 2010, creates an exciting operatic adventure for early years audiences, as Harriet and Anne Coates discovered.
There's just time to catch the last performances of Sleeping Beauty in the Woods presented by the Little Angel Theatre. Anne Coates and her family saw a performance at the Royal Albert Hall and were enchanted by the production.
My First Ballet: Coppélia is the third in the My First Ballet series, a joint venture between English National Ballet and English National Ballet School. Harriet and Anne Coates went along to a performance at the Peacock Theatre in London and were both enchanted. The perfect way to introduce young children from the age of three to classical dance.
Children as young as three can get their first taste of classical ballet with this simplified version: My First Ballet: Coppélia performed by students of the English National Ballet School. Here are the tour dates listings and Parenting Without Tears will be reviewing on 9 April.
