THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

Allan Bryce and James Whittington on your favourite TV shows and movie franchises…

CELEBRATING A CARTOON CLASSIC

Released in 1993, Aardman Animation Ltd’s The Wrong Trousers introduced icons Wallace & Gromit to the dangerous foe Feathers McGraw, a villainous penguin with ambitions to put Wallace’s ingenious inventions to criminal use. The film won an Academy Award; becoming part of a long legacy for Aardman as the home of British animation.

For the film’s 30th anniversary, The Cartoon Museum and Aardman are collaborating to bring you a truly spectacular exhibition that celebrates that legacy. They will be showcasing behind the screen shots showing the artists and studio as the film was made, set pieces and models seen for the first time in London, and plenty of surviving original artwork.

The exhibition opened on Tuesday, 12 September 2023 and runs until Tuesday, 16 April 2024. And you can also join The Cartoon Museum on Thursday 26 October for model making workshops, 
where you’ll get to make your own Aardman characters to take home with you -ably assisted by Will Harding, a member of Aardman’s own model making crew. The Cartoon Museum is located at 63 Wells Street 
Fitzrovia, London, W1A 3AE and you can call them on 020 7580 8155.

YOU’RE ALL OUT OF ORDER!

Silva Screen Records will reissue The Long Good Friday in digital format. Reissued originally on Silva Screen Records in 2016 as a 2 CD digipak, this digital reissue features the mono dialogue mixed in with original mono music tracks on request from composer Francis Monkman.