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The Robot Zoo

Published 24 March 9 4:29 PM | charlotte

28 Mar 2009 - 01 Nov 2009 Daily 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM Horniman Museum and Gardens 100 London Road, SE23 3PQ 020 8699 1872 The Robot Zoo is a menagerie of moving creatures that gives an insight into animal anatomy. This family exhibition, which is visiting London for the first time, consists of eight larger than life-size robot animals and 11 interactive displays, which allow visitors to explore animal life in more depth. Using a clever mix of pipes, pistons, hydraulics, lighting and sound, these robotic...

Filed under: London, family, horniman museum and gardens, survive, interactive displays, menagerie, pipes, rhinoceros, hydraulics, giraffe, chameleon, moving creatures, sound, eat, animal anatomy, grasshoppr, pistons, move, wild, house fly, lighting, the robot zoo, platypus, giant squid, bat, eight larger than life size robot animals

Complicit

Published 7 January 9 9:50 AM | charlotte

07 Jan - 21 Feb 2009 Mon - Sat 7:30 PM; 14 Jan - 21 Feb 2009 Wed, Sat 2:30 PM; 20 Jan 2009 2:30 PM The Old Vic 103 The Cut Waterloo SE1 8NB Directed by Kevin Spacey, Complicit is a powerful American play that explores the current political climate. Complicit follows the moral struggle of Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Ben Kritzer, played by Richard Dreyfuss. Kritzer is forced to choose between his beliefs in the freedom of the press and protecting his family when he is hauled before the Supreme...

Filed under: Theatre, film, television, London, pulitzer prize winning journalist, american play, family, richard dreyfuss, moral struggle, kevin spacey, supreme court, richard dreyfus, press, complicit, jaws, blockbuster w, the old vic, steven spielberg, close encounters, artistic director, ben kritzer, oliver stone